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[QUOTE="Bull Shark, post: 2401687, member: 7690"] that's an interesting observation you've made because if you looked at statistics alone you'd conclude that NRL defenses have gotten far better over the last few seasons. the average points per game this year (I think around 38) is about 10 ppg lower than 10 years ago when the average was a whopping 48ppg. Infact right through the early 2000s the points scoring was a lot higher on average than it was this year and probably the last three years at least. Remember in yesteryear when the top attacking teams would average around 28 themselves .. well this season the most prolific offensive team only averaged around 22.4 ppg (Manly) ... and even at the opposite end of the scale, the worst defensive team (Titans) only leaked 26 ppg, whereas around a decade ago or even less you'd find the wooden spooner typically conceeding well over 700 points for the season at an average of around 30 or tick over. I'm not about to argue though that those stats translate to current day players / teams being better defensively .. Perhaps its got something to do with the way the game is played - ie teams playing a more structured game and less willing to chance to their arm in attack inside their own half (?) Or the "wrestle" slowing down the play the ball could be another reason (?). One area where players are better nowadays is in their last-ditch defense over or near the tryline .. the number of amazing "held-ups" players achieve, often times on their own, is quite astounding. But the amount of time players spend at training perfecting the dreaded "wrestle" probably has a bit to do with that. [/QUOTE]
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