A wonderful opening from Dorce there:
"John Boyd, the American military strategist, developed what he called the OODA Loop: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. The idea was simple but profound. In any conflict, the side that can cycle through those four steps fastest gains a decisive advantage, as they react in real time while their opponent works from an outdated picture of the battlefield.
Saturday night in Paris felt like watching that theory play out on a rugby pitch. France observed space, oriented themselves to it, decided to attack it, and acted. It appeared that Ireland observed the same space, oriented themselves to a predetermined structure, decided to follow the plan, and missed valuable half-chances as they presented themselves. The game, in many ways, was decided by that gap."
