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Yes, in the era of 7 tackles and tackle count restarts, having more possession is key to victory. Let's look at some other games:
Definitely, and this has become even harder for us due to the short-dropoffs.. its such a momentum shift.. I mentioned in my Titans review.. the dominance was really only possible as we caught almost all of them...
Possession is obviously super important. Obviously, you can only score when you have the ball. Also, the team without the ball has to work harder. Once they are under heavy fatigue the other team starts to dominate.
I agree with all that but you underestimate the fatigue that continual defence causes physically or mentally rest or not
I don’t know the Titans was an anomaly
I am bias on the day as anyone to ted snd white
yep thats what im trying to say.. it was a rare day where Lomax caught most of them.. and we may not have had the solid win if we had of turned over possession again and again.
I distinctly recall a try being awarded against us a couple of years ago where the ball had been clearly dropped but the try scorers little finger was still in contact with it when it touched the ground and it was actually called that way by the bunker. There's always been controversy in referee's calls in RL but some of them are just so open to inconsistent interpretations. They create new absurd rules every year but they forever ignore some of these really rubbery ones.
I hate short drop outs. They're just plain dumb football IMO.
Who the bloody hell started the damn things anyway and whatever club it was they must be masters at it now.
I understand the theory but it rarely works. To compound the inherent 'gamble' they do this bs of flirting with the sideline and the ten metre line. It's like playing Russian roulette; especially if you've got a very average kicker, some relatively short outside backs that can't jump and struggle to catch a ball at the best of times and a bunch of nackered defenders. Don't forget it's always after some torrid line defence and / or the start of a repeat set.
Nobody has mastered it because it's pretty much pure chance. If it succeeds you look like a genius; if it fails you look like a drongo - just like all other gambles.
That has been the way for years and has better percentages rather than trying your Roulette luck at kicking the 10 metres, not kicking out on the full, not giving the opposition back the ball close to the try line etc.
I'll tell you what I absolutely hate about that rule is that the stripping action always starts when there is 2 or more players still involved in the tackle. Then once one of them almost has the ball the other defenders drop off and you're left with the BS of a "one on one" strip. We were the victim of one a week or two ago.
Was that magic round against the Titans and Jermaine Isaako was playing for the Titans. It was a wet night and he scored in the corner after losing the ball as he was grounding it but it was ruled he got a finger nail to the ball and scored.
Add to it 6 again. 90% of time I have no idea why it is given.
I thought it was the game against the Cowboys (3 years ago??), last round of the season....Cowboys player had the ball rolling down his hand as he was placing it in the corner.
