Quote: Nothus "What are people's thoughts on this tactic?
The last couple of times I've seen Wigan play, they have won at least two penalties during the match by deliberately trapping the ball when feeding a scrum in their own 20 yard area. The opposition break early and Wigan get the differential penalty.
Last night in particular, this tactic helped them salvage something from the game, as it was exactly this type of penalty that put them in the position to score the try at the death.
So what do people think? Are Wigan being clever here? Should we blame the opposition for a lack of concentration? Or is there a slight hint of a lack of sportsmanship about doing something like this?'"
Doesn't it just expose the fact that players aren't waiting for the ball to come out before breaking/advancing?
Quote: Nothus "All Wigan have done is take advantage of the opposition trying to cheat, by not binding properly and breaking early to form a defensive pattern.'"
Exactly this. If it was the other way round there'd probably be a thread bemoaning Wigan breaking early at the scrum.
