Quote: Judder Man "Its not all about individual metres though, Mose attracted 4 wigan players every time he took the ball up, he was used twice as a decoy again attracting wigan players, this was using a lot of energy from the Wigan team. Wigan were making metres on the outer edges but were more or less dominated in the middle, we had a better kicking game so we didn,t have to make loads of metres.
Wigan,s bad composure at times created there own errors, I think Saints approach to the game contributed to that and exposed the weakness in a wigan side striving for consistency.'"
Saints first try, Masoe drives to the sticks and attracts four Wigan defenders (one of which was the fabled 'Mickey Mac', who may very well still be buried there after Masoe so comprehensively drove him into the dirt). Saints immediately go left and Swift walks in untouched. On the stats sheet, it'll only measure as a 4m gain and a carry. In due context, it was enormous.
Of course these are the finer arts of the sport. One can't expect daft Wiganers to understand.