Rio 2016 Review: Conversions and Centering

Injera for the win... © World Rugby
Injera for the win… © World Rugby

This is the first installment of an Olympic review series, in which I will analyze team performance in different facets of the game. This particular post examines conversion kicking and how well teams centered their tries. I feel these skills are often overlooked or at least not well measured. To better measure these skills I will attempt to isolate them from each other and, when evaluating conversion kicking, do so relative to the difficulty of the kick. Continue reading “Rio 2016 Review: Conversions and Centering”