I await this tactic at the Don Valley against Batley then

There is actually no stipulation on time for kicking at goal. The only rule says

SECTION 13 Penalty Kick

5. No Delay - No player shall deliberately take any action which is
likely to delay the taking of a penalty kick.

Should the kickers side infringe then:

6. If the kick is not taken as stated or if a player of the
infringes kicker’s team infringes, a scrum shall be formed at
the mark, provided it is no closer than twenty metres
to the touch line.

However the ref has a duty to not allow time to be lost. The only thing that covers the time taken is that the ref can stop the clock if he feels the kicker has taken enough time to do his job. The rough rule is a minute but is not set in stone. It could be ten seconds if the kicker chooses to throw the ball away from his point rather then set up the kick.

However woodcock didn't break any rules, the ref just applied the laws.

Sheffield came with spoiling and slowing the game down tactics and executed it perfectly so well done to them. I suppose a positive out of yesterday is we are no longer waiting for our first "fall" and am pretty certain we can't play as bad as that again!!!

Matt Calland had been saying your defence hadn't been doing its job properly and you'd reggret it if it wasn't tightened up, which I presume is what happened. Like all coaches, he can only do so much - I do wonder what goes on between the ears of some rugby players - not least ours last Thursday.

Hard luck but it gives the rest of us a bit of a filip now.

It'll be nice to see you there.

The kicks will be just the same. That's his style.

Not much!

True but at home, no bonus point and to the seagulls are just about as bad as it gets in my book!

I think sheffield are a decent side, I know they'd only won 1 game (i think) until yesterday but they've only lost all their other games by 12 or less. The number of ex fax players they have in their team means that they were always going to be up for it yesterday, plus they had a number of players out injured. Think Shffield will be more than competitive when they get players such as Groom back playing.

I agree regarding the bonus point though, shocking not to get one, especially as we had one in the bag with about a minute to go!

Keep underestimating us. We don't mind.

My wife's from Sheffield