Quote Lord God Jose Mourinho="Lord God Jose Mourinho"
If you put up big kicks to try and get another try, that means the whole team have to follow that kick and get set quickly so the defence is solid. Booting the ball into touch meant that the players could stroll to the scrum and instantly know exactly what they faced defensively. I don't think that Cas were in any way happy to see us kicking to touch each time, I think they knew we'd got them in a headlock and we weren't going to let them out.'"
The kick can be a full on attempt to score but should always come with cover defence from those not leading the chase.
How much of a headlock did Leeds get Jewitt in when he made the break that led to the Castleford try - that sequence followed a negative Leeds attacking kick so did the tactic even work from a containing point of view.
Leeds used other kicks to control Castleford in the second half that were not negative. Sinfield pinning Dorn into the corner with his first kick of the half, McGuire's kick followed up by Jones-Buchanan and Bailey forcing the drop-out that led to Hall's second.
Why use negative kicks in attacking positions and take the pressure off the opppnents.
I get the fact that Leeds won and that is all anyone cares about whether that victory be by 1 or 13 or 23 points.
