i dun find the footy boring. but it annoys me that EVERY team except 1 or 2 play the exact same way with the exact same plays at the exact same time.
eg: the cross field kick on 5th tackle for the winger - success rate probably 1/10? *YAWNS
y dont teams make more use of THESE plays:
*rolling the ball into ingoal for a dropout - it's not even a trick play, just something which seems to be common sense yet all the mediocre teams go for the big hollywood all-or-nothing plays on 5th tackle. which is probably y so many teams r mediocre...
*kicking early in tackle for 40/20 - especially when the wingers haven't dropped back, i see numerous chances for 40/20 goto waste during a game
*take a dropkick from the optional restart - i cant find this in the rule book anymore but apparently if u drop kick from a 20m restart and it finds touch (not on the full) u get the ball back via scrum? i've seen it done a couple of times and always wonder y it isn't used more often. wingers often stay up for these restarts or drop back 5m as a token gesture
*spread the fking ball from 20m restart when opposition are retreating - cant believe it's been 1.5 years since it was introduced and we still dont see it being utilised more effectively
*chip and chase - only see cronk-slater do it as a surprise tactic. rest of comp do it when they're on 5th tackle being 6 pts down with 5 seconds left; or when they're up by 30. surely theres room in the game to try this more often
eg: the cross field kick on 5th tackle for the winger - success rate probably 1/10? *YAWNS
y dont teams make more use of THESE plays:
*rolling the ball into ingoal for a dropout - it's not even a trick play, just something which seems to be common sense yet all the mediocre teams go for the big hollywood all-or-nothing plays on 5th tackle. which is probably y so many teams r mediocre...
*kicking early in tackle for 40/20 - especially when the wingers haven't dropped back, i see numerous chances for 40/20 goto waste during a game
*take a dropkick from the optional restart - i cant find this in the rule book anymore but apparently if u drop kick from a 20m restart and it finds touch (not on the full) u get the ball back via scrum? i've seen it done a couple of times and always wonder y it isn't used more often. wingers often stay up for these restarts or drop back 5m as a token gesture
*spread the fking ball from 20m restart when opposition are retreating - cant believe it's been 1.5 years since it was introduced and we still dont see it being utilised more effectively
*chip and chase - only see cronk-slater do it as a surprise tactic. rest of comp do it when they're on 5th tackle being 6 pts down with 5 seconds left; or when they're up by 30. surely theres room in the game to try this more often