1982: KB Cup Qtr Final Combined-Brisbane vs Parramatta

[T-Boon]

redfern oval

The 5 looks about 7 or 8 there.
That's probably the worst 6 minutes of Parra's life in the early 80s.

 

[T.S Quint]

They would still be effective if they tried to do them from within their own 40 when the defense isn't expecting any kind of anything.

Mitch tried his towards end of the set on the opposition 40.

That said he is one of the few still ad-libing.

Putting in a chip or grubber in your own 40m would pay off about once in every 10 times attempted. The ply is so low percentage it would be stupid to do it. If it doesn’t pay off I wouldn’t consider it exciting, just dumb.

 

[T.S Quint]

@T-Boon seems to want the forwards to have no impact on a game. The hitups in the middle from the big guys trying to make ground is a huge part of the game. How good is it when one of your players makes a big 10-20m hitup to gain ground and get your team out of trouble.

 

[Suitman]

redfern oval

I loved going to Redfern Oval as a young teenager and Eels fan. Such a passionate ground supporter wise from both sets of fans and there was always a great contingent of Eels fans that turned up. Generally always packed, and plenty of Souths bogans.
Always a great day out, whether we won or lost. It was a true, tight rectangular ground with the crowd close to the field.

 

[blue bags]

i remember the eels, bulldogs, teams from the past, were called the entertainers, the ball movement was breathtaking

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

@T-Boon seems to want the forwards to have no impact on a game. The hitups in the middle from the big guys trying to make ground is a huge part of the game. How good is it when one of your players makes a big 10-20m hitup to gain ground and get your team out of trouble.

Quite good?

 

[T-Boon]

@T-Boon seems to want the forwards to have no impact on a game. The hitups in the middle from the big guys trying to make ground is a huge part of the game. How good is it when one of your players makes a big 10-20m hitup to gain ground and get your team out of trouble.

I feel that pig play was more impressive under the 5x5 metres. You basically get gifted 6m under a gentlemen's agreement now. Since D-H forward passes are basically legal now they don't even have to get the timing of the run right.

 

[T.S Quint]

Quite good?

It’s f**ken awesome, is what it is!

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Quite good?

No wait, I know.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

It’s f**ken awesome, is what it is!

Oh right.

 

[T.S Quint]

I feel that pig play was more impressive under the 5x5 metres. You basically get gifted 6m under a gentlemen's agreement now. Since D-H forward passes are basically legal now they don't even have to get the timing of the run right.

The 5m rule wouldn’t work these days. Players are too fit and the wrestle would just eliminate any way to gain ground without kicking the call downfield. We’d go back to playing like Union, and no one wants that.

 

[T-Boon]

The 5m rule wouldn’t work these days. Players are too fit and the wrestle would just eliminate any way to gain ground without kicking the call downfield. We’d go back to playing like Union, and no one wants that.

Its do-able but we would need to get into radical ideas like going to 11 aside. Which is a thought that explodes rugby league fans heads.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

thats right, you dont even see a simple , run around anymore, the game has completely changed now, when was the last chip kick, or even sneaky grubber kick , you saw ?? maybe just a few

You don't see many run-arounds any more largely because the halves play on different sides of the field. There is no pivot. Gutho does it occasionally.

 

[Suitman]

You don't see many run-arounds any more largely because the halves play on different sides of the field. There is no pivot. Gutho does it occasionally.

It doesn't mean it still couldn't happen.
Coaches these days are more obsessed with exploiting the rules rather than being visionary, like Gibson was.

 

[T-Boon]

You don't see many run-arounds any more largely because the halves play on different sides of the field. There is no pivot. Gutho does it occasionally.

A lot of the run arounds use to involve the hooker or the winger.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

A lot of the run arounds use to involve the hooker or the winger.

I know. I wasn't suggesting that it was the 7 running around the 6. I'm saying that the role of both 6 and 7 has changed (as has the 9). Doesn't have to be that way of course.

 

[T-Boon]

It all comes down to the fact I keep hearing that teams spend 80% of their practice time working on defense now. In that environment...the game of rugby league is dead wood.

 

[T.S Quint]

It doesn't mean it still couldn't happen.
Coaches these days are more obsessed with exploiting the rules rather than being visionary, like Gibson was.

You need to be a visionary to properly exploit the rules.

 

[Suitman]

You need to be a visionary to properly exploit the rules.

I understand that.
I just wish it was done for good, not Evil.

"Maxwell Smart".

 

[T-Boon]

You know you've been watching too much 80s footage when you blew up about a scrum feed in the Storm v Raiders game. Get rid of scrums.