Rugby World Cup Political Side Debate: My code is older then your code.

[El Diablo]

I think that alot of that cross-code inititive was taken on board by the Australian Institute of Sport.

They used to get Baseball guys in to improve cricketers fielding, get Aussie rules guys in to improve Union kicking and League guys in to improve Unions defense.

It all makes sence really.. I had a couple of "Soccer*" playing mates fill infor my rugby team. They did really well actually, the balance and poise of soccer player was far better than any of the rest of us. It just went a bit pear shaped for them when they finally got caught at the bottom of a ruck

*note in NZ soccer players are limited to spending 50% of there time playing soccer and must spend the rest of their time playing rugby of some form or else lose their passport.

As for the Maori torpedo kick - I am not sure. Most of the Maoris that I played with/against never kicked it... see "Maori sidestep". OUCH