I'm abit bemused people are on here criticising McDermott for saying something they've been bleating on about for ages. He readily admits his players are guilty of this, that doesn't mean he coaches it, he even says Radford doesn't coach it.

In the heat of battle players go into survival mode and do what they need to in order to win. If they didn't reap rewards they wouldn't do it.

The responsibility comes down to the governing body and the officials to enforce things correctly.

That's a really good idea. As it stands field position AND extra 6 is way too big an advantage for what is often a really minor, pedantic technical infringement.

It's within his power to stop it though. He could drop or fine players he deems guilty of it. Let's be honest, leeds have been the 2nd biggest cheats in SL for years, beaten only into 2nd place by wigan. They've won numerous GF's on the back of it so he can hardly complain

I like it too. Do away with the kick to touch for anything but foul play although I guess you'll then get teams happy to give away a penalty early in the tackle count if they gain advantage by slowing play down

Stop been catty Jake you lost again against Leeds Boo HOO

He drops players, loses games, loses his job. Other coaches avoid that plan and nothing changes.

I think it's really crept into Hulls play over the last couple of years.Fonua barely gets tackled without flapping around like a dying fish, grappling the tackler and waving his arms, Houghton was one of the 1st to throw the ball deliberately into a defender.

I've noticed in our games we try to milk a pen in the scrum by keeping it in the 2nd row nearly every scrum. Just think it's against the spirit of the game

Only hulls success is pure. Everyone else has cheated.

That is the general perception in West Hull. Winning teams tend to have a nasty streak but Hull have really took it to the brink last couple of season and 2 trophies say it works.Far from a good team to watch but very big and very tough to beat

Conversely, Hull have 2 big wingers who opposition defenders struggle to dominate and who have every right to get up and PTB quickly if they win the collision. If defenders impede that they rightly get penalised. Fonua probably carts the ball up 15 times a game on average and maybe wins 1 or 2 penalties a game but is stopped from getting a quick PTB on many more occasions

Will be glad to see the back of him .Tongan trout every time he's tackled .

I'm glad you see that too