Quote: tvoc "Surely not I would say as almost invariably in that situation you will still be behind and find yourself carrying the ball out of your danger zone for the next nervous minute.
Risk/Reward. If you don't take the risk you're unlikely to gain the reward.
There are times when taking the two makes reasonable sense
I'll disagree if that's OK. Especially in big games. We turned down, what, 8 kick-able points?
I say take them. We were making good metres. Put the points on the board, retain possession and have the confidence that the set following the kick off will finish somewhere between the 40 and half way at worst and will end with a good kick.
