Quote: The Avenger "McGillvery was playing swing defence which requires him to move infield and adopt a position which is almost that of a second full back.
The positional stuff you mention comes from St McNm'"
This isn't a rare thing, most sides nowadays will have the open side winger come infield somewhat when defending a tight blind side (because you can't have the winger drop without giving the attack an overlap). The fact this doesn't happen at Huddersfield should be more of concern to Huddersfield fans than anyone else.
Quote: The Avenger "What was disappointing was the fact Luke did the same kick three times all on the 4th tackle IIRC and Hall failed to grasp what was going to happen and drop back a smidge, whilst you can excuse a little fatigue if he had sprinted back instead of jogged we wouldn't have had to drop out from between the sticks. That's the difference between winning & losing.'"
Wingers start dropping back on the 4th if on a big open side. For Hall to be in position for that kick, he has to drop on 3rd. Besides, Hall drops back and New Zealand have an overlap and put it through the hands. They either score or get a quick PTB to kick off next tackle, with Hardaker and McGilvary having to change position last minute to compensate for Hall being stuck in the defensive line having just made a tackle. It's really not as simple as you make out; nothing wrong with giving up 10 metres to dramatically reduce the risk of them scoring.
