Rugby photo advice

[Jim_Tod]

Ok, looking for some sdvice to make the best of my gear on rugby games. My local team have gone up a league in Scotland and i'm finding it harder to get decent shots as everything feels clumped up, little player seperation and a lot less shots and decent shots taken.

I'm doing the stool at the end of the try zone, quarter to half way from touch to post.

I've got a d500 which i'm using a 120-300 2.8 and 1.4 tc ( so a 200-400 f4 on crop) but anything inside 5-10 from the line is too close and i try to switch to the d810 which i've got a 70-200 2.8 on. Decent fps on d500' d810 doesnt feel as good.

I also have a 150-600c which doesnt make it in bag currently.

I have other lenses but these seem the main candidates. Would those with more sports experience than me advise how they would set up for club rugby.

 

[DemiLion]

I've got a d500 which i'm using a 120-300 2.8 and 1.4 tc ( so a 200-400 f4 on crop)

You've got your calculations wrong. At the moment you are shooting the equivalent of 250-630/5.6- you haven't accounted for the FoV/DoF effects of the camera's crop.

Take the x1.4 off and shoot with the Sigma at 180-450/4

 

[Byker28i]

I shot Sunday morning rugby,roughly in the same place you were. I had a 5d mk3 with a 100-400 and a 50d with my 24-105 for the close stuff.
If I shot from the sidelines I tended to use my 70-200 on the 5d.