Understood it completely, it was bollox

And why was that?

So not trying to score then? You're contradicting yourself.

The fact is starbug you appear to have absolutley no understanding of the modern game of rugby league. There are alot of subtleties and intricacies to the game, it's not as simple as 'try and score every time we have the ball ''.

You have to earn the right and also pick your moments, balance risk with percentage plays. If you try and score all the time it will involve risky offloads and cut out passes outwide. If you don't earn the right to do this with good forward play and quick play the balls putting the defence on the back foot you can end up getting creamed in posession, losing ground, and if you are lucky enough not to knock on from all the kamikaze passing you are kicking from a crap position and the opposition fullback catches the kick on the full and returns the ball to the halfway line. By the time they finish the set they are in your red zone, prime position for a good attacking kick or a set move, where they then 'try to score'.

But then if you are down the field in your own half but theres a gap in the defence or you spot alot of space outwide teams will attack rather than drop it off to a forward, get me?

Do you think leeds are trying to score when jamie peacock takes a flat pass straight into the defence in his own 20 metres?

Watch australia in the world cup. They will relentlessly complete sets, get up the field, pen the opposition down in their own half and force repeat sets, points will follow. But if theres a lapse in defence anywhere on the field they will click into full attack mode and exploit it.

They won't try and score off every play they will build a game and attack when the opportunities are there.

Quite frankly, you are clueless.

If you quote me, at least put in the whole quote, you missed out part of it that doesnt ' contradict '

I do understand the modern game, and yes there are subtleties and intricacies , there is also loads of bollox quoted by supposed 'experts , quite often trying to sound clever

So tell me, if you are losing, what IS your ' ' priority ' ?

depends how long is left, the defecit, where you are on the pitch, the pattern of the game

See what I mean, complete bollox

To get in a position to score whilst minimising the chance of conceding any more?

Nope, try again

Different plays yes, priorities no, yes the name of the game is to score , dont do that and you lose

Boxing is a poor analogy, it isnt a structured sport like RL

No. Almost every set starts with 2 or 3 'settlers', drives normally taken in by forwards, or backs if it's following a deep downfield kick. This is almost always regardless of winning or losing, and will very, very rarely change.

If, by some miracle, a player manages to bust the line and break clear on a simple drive then yes you capitalise on the opportunity. But his brief from the coach is not "do everything to score on that drive". His goal is to make yards, suck in defenders and probably to achieve a specific position on the pitch for the move to follow. If a try somehow comes along, that's a bonus.

Every team also has 'break-out' or 'red' sets which are simple, ball-up-the-jumper sets out of their own 'red zone' with the aim of nothing more than getting to the kick and putting a good chase on. Yes, if a line-break occurs you make the most of it - but the goal and priority of that set is safety and territory, not scoring.

Having said that, you can't genuinely be this clueless, you're obviously trolling.

When Clarke made his comment Huddersfield were well out of their ' red zone ' , they were close to half way, and yes sometimes it seems that teams are following a set ' script ' , something I find very strange to tell the truth

However no matter what plays teams make, the ' Priority ' is to score, and every set starts with that intention, yes that might change by the last play and completion with the best territorial advantage will be what the team will settle for, but to suggest that a team losing by 2 scores in a low scoring match should lose scoring as the priority is just

Thats right, BOLLOX

I couldn't care less what Clarke said. I'm talking about your stupid assertions on game strategy in general.


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