2024 NRL General Discussion Thread
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mrslong
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It's the idiots Reyno's kicking to.This is expected, but still absolutely hillarious.
Rankings for short drop out success rates.
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I'd also be interested in how many short kick offs we win in defence. I'd guess 0 also. The Panthers showed their hand against newcastle yesterday, every time newcastle did a short kick off the tallest Panther batted it back towards the 50m line with all his strength. They got the ball every time.
Bucking Beads
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If we don’t adopt this style of play to short drop outs I could indeed burn something down!
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We almost got one against the Sharks.
Then Hetherington dropped it cold after Cobbo batted it back.
Then Hetherington dropped it cold after Cobbo batted it back.
Big Del
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The defensive counter to this ?
Send smaller skillful players after the ball like rovers in AFL . It`s not rocket surgery .
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That's not even including defending short drop outs... which would also have to be close to zero.This is expected, but still absolutely hillarious.
Rankings for short drop out success rates.
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To go short or not? Stunning stats reveal king of modern NRL craze ... and who is ignoring it
To go short or not? Stunning stats reveal king of modern NRL craze ... and who is ignoring it
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Yeah, even when we get it right, we get it wrong.
We're so bloody useless at it, just launch it long every time I reckon.
Old Mate
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Yep. Who ever has the biggest boot which I think is Walsh can just send it.Yeah, even when we get it right, we get it wrong.
We're so bloody useless at it, just launch it long every time I reckon.
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yeah that's what i think. I get the idea behind a short dropout, even if you don't get possession you've mostly got a set line, but punching it 50 back means their attack has to work a bit harder to get it within the danger zone. sap the energy instead of giving them a full set 10 out with a full set of lungs.
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I think mixing it up is an option as well
If they commit too hard to short drop outs it will mean less players back for the long one... might be able to find a prop on the full or having to defuse it.
If they ease up on the short one there's less players there to defuse
We also have Walsh and Reyno, so we should be flipping either side as well.
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LittleDavey
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Do we conclude from this that speaking French is bad for you?
Bucking Beads
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Old mate Mam must be a proper laugh around the lads. He just gets the giggles every time.
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