I don't think we've tried an awkward kick-off all season. All of our kick-offs go harmlessly to the scrum half or whoever is directly under it.

Why were these scrum halves often standing in the crowd behind the posts?

I mean all of our kick-offs are same - just kicking to the same area of the pitch all the time.

But they're not, they are much more exciting than anyone else's kickoffs as we all wait with bated breath as to whether or not we can manage enough precision to land the ball within the available 2500 sq.m.

our kick offs against Huddersfield at Odsal seemed to keep them guessing. maybe it was just them?

We need more practice at short kick-offs as well. Those two we did were terrible.

As teams generally only try short restarts when they're chasing the game, practice should be available most matches.

We got plenty of chance against Wigan, IIRC but we continued the policy of kicking it to exactly the same bloke standing in the same place on the goal line.

So, repetitive accuracy must be at least a start .. right?

So why always the left side? It'll either be caught, or will bounce with a chance of going into touch or we'll kick it straight out on the full.

Why not down the centre? Those same 3 options above PLUS

- bonus option of hitting the posts!

At the very least it'll improve our chances from 1:3 kicking out on the full to 1:4!!











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I could place a hanky on the turf at Odsal and wager that Gaskell or Foster would be within 2 yards of it. Every kick off they do is slightly to their left and about ten yards from the line - in other words, straight to their scrum half.

It couldn't have less variety if they tried

Mind you, the feeble attempts at short kick offs on Sunday didn't exactly work out as a decent variation....

That snot fair.

Should it be kicks off?