What is a 40 20 ?

[GraniteGuy]

This is my second season getting into NRL and I think I've got most things covered, but there's one thing everyone cheers about that I don't understand. When a player kicks a 40/20 - how does that benefit the attacking team?

 

[Whos Ya Daddy]

They get the ball back via the scrum feed.

 

[bobmar28]

They get the ball back via the scrum feed.

20 metres from the try line.

 

[cleary89]

Where the ball went out...

 

[BDGS]

A 40/20 is when an player from the attacking team kicks the ball from inside his own 40 metre mark within his own half, and then for the ball to travels into the opposition half and pases the 20 metre mark and goes out of the field of play after already having bounced inside the field.

A team benefits from a 40/20 by retaining possession via a scrum feed, and your team gets a new set of six in an attacking position - obviously only after winning the scrum.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

A 40/20 is when an player from the attacking team kicks the ball from inside his own 40 metre mark within his own half, and then for the ball to travels into the opposition half and pases the 20 metre mark and goes out of the field of play after already having bounced inside the field.

A team benefits from a 40/20 by retaining possession via a scrum feed, and your team gets a new set of six in an attacking position - obviously only after winning the scrum.

Winning the scrum is pretty much assumed in the modern game of course.

 

[Mr Saab]

Winning the scrum is pretty much assumed in the modern game of course.

Unless your name is Matt Awful or Chris Heignington

 

[Noa]

Alternatively it could be a female who looks 40 from a distance but is only 20 up close. This is the flip-side of the much sought after 20-40

 

[GraniteGuy]

Ah, so that's why everyone gets so excited. Chris Sando seems to be the master.

 

[miguel de cervantes]

OP question and location suggests that he/she has strangely stumbled on the NRL rather than the ESL!

 

[Chook Norris]

it seems like quite a simple task and i expect most players to get it at training, but in reality is quite hard to achieve.. mainly due to defensive pressure, wind, and wingers being able to track the ball down quite swiftly.

 

[ByRd]

it seems like quite a simple task and i expect most players to get it at training, but in reality is quite hard to achieve.. mainly due to defensive pressure, wind, and wingers being able to track the ball down quite swiftly.

Unless Goodwin is on the wing lol

 

[hitman82]

Alternatively it could be a female who looks 40 from a distance but is only 20 up close. This is the flip-side of the much sought after 20-40

:lol:

 

[Evil Homer]

How did you get into NRL before the UK competition, GraniteGuy?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Ah, so that's why everyone gets so excited. Chris Sando seems to be the master.

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[muzby]

it's also a good nickname for someone who seems to have aged prematurely...

a man in his 20s who looks like he's in his 40s..


michael weyman.. age 25..

michael dobson, age 23.. (i think someone just showed him a mirror)

or.. the original mr 40/20, scott minto during his toyota cup years..

 

[AlwaysGreen]

it's also a good nickname for someone who seems to have aged prematurely...

a man in his 20s who looks like he's in his 40s..
or.. the original mr 40/20, scott minto during his toyota cup years..

A 40/20 is a bit like a reverse Dorian Grey then.
This picture of Minto was actually taken at the time of his Harold Matthews Cup debut.

 

[perverse]

This picture of Minto was actually taken at the time of his Harold Matthews Cup debut.

:lol:

best head i've seen in the game for a good long while. absolutely horrendous.

 

[BDGS]

Ah, so that's why everyone gets so excited. Chris Sando seems to be the master.

Because its incredibly hard to pull off.

You have to do all the requirements without being tackled, without the winger or fullback stopping the ball going out and kick the ball 40 metre with accuracy and get a good bounce.

 

[Canard]

Because its incredibly hard to pull off.

Sounds like me at 3am after 10 pots, a sambuca shot and some wacky tabaccy.