Ok! Who started this?

[Shorty]

What about the play that got Slater to score the winning try on Wednesday, or is this the same play?
I've noticed the Broncos use it the most, particularly when Tunza was around.

 

[Mark Rudd]

While watching an old SoO from the early 90's, I saw a play similar to what's been mentioned. Resulted in a Blues try too. And i'm sure that play was nothing new either.

 

[gUt]

What about the play that got Slater to score the winning try on Wednesday, or is this the same play?
I've noticed the Broncos use it the most, particularly when Tunza was around.

These days Locky makes it far too obvious, bless him.

 

[Noa]

I swear iv seen footage involving Grahame Langlands performing the same move.

Difference being though that would be the only time it happened in the whole game.

 

[ademkungal]

its a play that was used an patented by Clive Churchill and i think that throughout the years weve been the best exponents of it

 

[2010Dragons]

My High school coach in the 70's . :sarcasm:
We use to do this set move at school boy level in the 70's
This move has been around since the first football was kicked.:crazy:

 

[Pierced Soul]

it's a shame that teams go through phases where they pick one thing to do and keep doing it. the 2nd man play being whats in vogue the past few years.

the panthers game against the broncos recently was great to watch as their attack was varied the whole night, cross kicks, 2nd man, running straight at the defence, short kicks...

i like that Foran can run the play or play at the line as well, soemthing that a lot of current halves dont tend to do. it will all cycle again in a few years

 

[Drew-Sta]

People complain about it but if it's been done to death, why are the defensive team still letting it through?

I like the move. It's free flowing and has bodies in motion. It's a bit like the wrap around in that when it's done well, it looks great. Done poorly, and you cringe.

Things like the inside ball, etc are all basics of league. I've noticed the teams that complicate things are the ones that tend to win big due to it clicking on the day or lose big as they can't get their shit together on the day.

 

[Hooch]

Fullback coming into the line in attack to create an overlap.

Probably been around since the first bloke dropped out of the line in defence to defend at fullback.

 

[MightyBronco]

Spoke to an assistant coach of the Eels a few years ago. Not there anymore, but he said "nothing you think of is new. It has all been thought of and done before." He was speaking specifically of philosophies and game plans.

The only time you see something new is when the rules allow for it.

This.

The worst thing about League is the lack of "plays". I remember playing under 10's footy and we had the wall, scrum plays and other stuff - we were 10x more creative than current NRL teams.

 

[Packy]

Would you rather a game have 20 of these or 20 bombs

Amazingly, the Bronocs manage to do both and only this.

 

[Willow]

I swear iv seen footage involving Grahame Langlands performing the same move.

You're right. Graeme Langlands caught the ball just inside the touch line and around half way, then ran crossfield looking for a gap. It resulted in a try on the other side of the field. Mid-sixties I think... I've got it a VHS tape somewhere.

And I'm pretty sure the move is older than that.

 

[2010Dragons]

it's a shame that teams go through phases where they pick one thing to do and keep doing it. the 2nd man play being whats in vogue the past few years.

the panthers game against the broncos recently was great to watch as their attack was varied the whole night, cross kicks, 2nd man, running straight at the defence, short kicks...

i like that Foran can run the play or play at the line as well, soemthing that a lot of current halves dont tend to do. it will all cycle again in a few years

IF IT'S NOT BROKEN...DON'T FIX IT!!
If teams are wining games....why would you change their style?
The idea of the game is win it. It doesn't matter if it is the same or ugly, or fast or slow....what ever works, just get the result.
1st priority is to win.
2nd priority is to win.
3rd priority is to win.
LAST priority is to entertain.

 

[gUt]

Amazingly, the Bronocs manage to do both and only this.

You're right. But then we don't have Ben Barba so we can't run the Doggies only play: give it to Ben Barba.

 

[Packy]

Haha. Did you watch teh Broncos without Locky?

just sayin..

 

[gUt]

Are you saying we gave it to Ben Barba?

 

[Willow]

as Phil Gould has pointed out, it's the most boring and overused play in the game

Surely he'd be 50/50 on that.

 

[Azkatro]

Bellamy added the short, flat ball to the front man variation.

Thurston and Aaron Payne has been using that move for the last couple of years too.

 

[stormbati]

Thurston and Aaron Payne has been using that move for the last couple of years too.

Thurston, Bowen and Payne use to run that play where Payne would run to his right out of dummy half and give it to Thurston/Bowen on his inside then it would open up and they use to kill it.
Havent seen that in a while.
I noticed Foran kick a little banana kick for Stewart the other night and ended up with a Cherry-Evans try. That play was Matt Orford all over. Orford used that with Slater and Inglis back in 2005. Not sure if Joey used it intentionally around the posts since most think that Joey started the banana kick. Im pretty sure I read somewhere that Joey copied if off Brett Kimmorley when they asked about it.

 

[hellteam]

Broncos perfected it, mainly due to the ball playing ability of Hunt. Now, it doesn't work AS much, which is good, and we have seen quite a few variation of it lately that are working (inside balls etc).

It was pretty much the only way the Broncos used to score a few years ago.