Ball Stripping Good or Bad?

[Fangs]

Have the NRL, Fox or Channel 9 created a statistic for it yet? Or will it just fall under the definition of a strip.

If you ask Fangs, it shall be delivered:

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/08/01/one-on-one-strips-the-nrls-best-and-worst-revealed/

No surprise my f**king team is leading the NRL for one on one strips conceeded.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Did anyone watch the Raiders-Warriors game last night?

Holy hell I don't know what that was but it wasn't the NRL.

I suspect it was some bastardised form of Rugby League; with the Raiders tackling in 3s with 2 peeling off in unison every few tackles.

Get that shit out of our game now please. Don't even wait until 2020; save 2019 as well, Todd.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

Did anyone watch the Raiders-Warriors game last night?

Holy hell I don't know what that was but it wasn't the NRL.

I suspect it was some bastardised form of Rugby League; with the Raiders tackling in 3s with 2 peeling off in unison every few tackles.

Get that shit out of our game now please. Don't even wait until 2020; save 2019 as well, Todd.

Or you know, players can just secure the ball

We got penalised trying it once so it’s not like it’s a flawless excercise.

 

[LineBall]

Did anyone watch the Raiders-Warriors game last night?

Holy hell I don't know what that was but it wasn't the NRL.

I suspect it was some bastardised form of Rugby League; with the Raiders tackling in 3s with 2 peeling off in unison every few tackles.

Get that shit out of our game now please. Don't even wait until 2020; save 2019 as well, Todd.

Just shows how dumb the warriors are. Anyone playing the Raiders know they are going to do it. The whole premise that two players are restraining a player while a third strips the ball is rubbish.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

I think they're great

 

[Pete Cash]

Yeah the only legal one we did was fine. Hodgson locked up the ball and his teammates fell away. People act like the other two guys are holding the arms or something. It just stops momentum so Hodgson can win the wrestle for the ball when they fall off

 

[typicalfan]

At this point it is basically union.

Go and watch that then.

Nope for league for the majority of its history stripping was legal. I certainly don't attribute that to being a Union thing and no genuine league fan would.

 

[skeepe]

I wouldn’t get rid of it. I’d go a step further and reintroduce raking the ball back at the play the ball. I reckon Hodgson would be great at that too.

 

[LineBall]

I wouldn’t get rid of it. I’d go a step further and reintroduce raking the ball back at the play the ball. I reckon Hodgson would be great at that too.

Having more of those crafty footballers is great for the game

 

[Raidersteve78!]

It really is simple have players concentrate on holding onto the ball, if they have a secure grip of the ball they won't have it taken out off their hands it's really that simple.

It is not without risk if they get wrong they get penalised as the Raiders were twice last night.

 

[Dave's mate]

Will end up killing offloads and second phase play. A truly awful rule change

 

[Tommy Smith]

So in conclusion, Raiders fan love it and almost everyone else hates it.

 

[Raidersteve78!]

Will end up killing offloads and second phase play. A truly awful rule change

Whilst offloads are great to watch they shouldn't be without risk, just like stripping the ball comes with risk so too does offloading the ball to get an advantage.

 

[T-Boon]

Having more of those crafty footballers is great for the game

Benny Elias could make a comeback

 

[Raidersteve78!]

So in conclusion, Raiders fan love it and almost everyone else hates it.

It didn't start with the Raiders. Munster was doing it at will early in the season and the media was lapping it up.

 

[HowHigh]

Not really a fan of it, rather not have it in the game.
If its purely a 1 on 1 tackle sure but none of this 2-3 starting the tackle then dropping off so one can strip it.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

This is only year one. Keep the rule and teams/players/coaches will start manipulating it further.

More wrestling, more limb manipulation, more BS in the ruck.

 

[LineBall]

Not really a fan of it, rather not have it in the game.
If its purely a 1 on 1 tackle sure but none of this 2-3 starting the tackle then dropping off so one can strip it.

So what’s the difference? When the actual strip occurs it’s still one on one.

 

[T-Boon]

It really is simple have players concentrate on holding onto the ball, if they have a secure grip of the ball they won't have it taken out off their hands it's really that simple.

It is not without risk if they get wrong they get penalised as the Raiders were twice last night.

Agreed. Big dumb props should be a liability. They have had it all their way for too long.

 

[Raidersteve78!]

Not really a fan of it, rather not have it in the game.
If its purely a 1 on 1 tackle sure but none of this 2-3 starting the tackle then dropping off so one can strip it.

If the ball runner is charging into a tackle knowing it will be a two or three man tackle his main priority should be to maintain possession of the ball. Anything outside of that should come with a degree of risk.

If you're skillful enough and the reward for offloading the ball outweighs the risk in going for the offload then offloads will remain a vital part of the game.