12 men scoring against 13 men

[Anonymous]

I don't know the stats but it so often happens that when a player is sin binned, the team with 12 men is the next to score a try. It happened today with Parramatta v Manly and imo, that was the turning point of the match.

Why is that a team that is reduced to 12 men for 10 minutes usually lifts while the team with all hands on deck often lets down their guard?

Does the sin bin actually gives the penalised team a psychological edge?

Is the sin bin a real deterrent?

 

[Hass]

To further add to that... The Warriors scored twice in their match a few weeks ago when they had a player in the Sin Bin, while Parramatta made their amazing comeback in that match scoring three tries in the last ten minutes - all while Darren Treacy was off in the Sin Bin.

As for it being a deterrent?

I seem to remember a match against Newcastle last year officiated by one William Harrigan where the use of the Sin Bin effectively ended one team's chances of winning the match.

Cheeers.

 

[Paullyboy]

It is really quite a strange thing, it often seems to serve as motivation for the team with 12 men and quite often you will see a team who is not really putting in the effort all of a sudden think that they will need to lift their intensity - and when this happens they produce the football they are capable of

 

[legend]

I also think the side with 13 players may have a tendency to panic and score at all costs while they have the advantage. This often leads to uncharacteristic errors that can result in a try to the disadvantaged side.

A side losing a player also seems to be galvanised fir the ten minutes and invariable lifst a few cogs to compensate.

 

[chileman]

It's not just footy.....last week we had a player sent off red carded in soccer when we were down 2-0 ....with 10 players we came back and scored 3 quick goals....I think it is all to do with the teams mental state!