Quote: charlie caroli "Very much agree Ste,Hock unloads the ball maybe 7 out of 10 tackles in the same way Sam Barlow does ,if they come off they look great and if they don't the player is accused of throwing the ball away,for me we should have players following Hock and Barlow all the time looking for these unloads.'"
Agreed offloading is a great skill & really helps our game & the way we play. However while Barlow makes a half break, looks for the player running alongside him & passes it neatly to him Hock seems to go into a tackle, look to get the ball out then fling it. We've had a few players over the years that seemed to suffer from "Offloading Tourette's" it's not always the best thing to do.