Absolutely hate it, three times we killed the momentum and territory we had for 2 points - on two of those occasions we then made mistakes that created a platform for Warrington. I just don't like the message that taking the 2 sends out unless it is stretching the lead past a single score or tying / winning the game late. Otherwise it just hands the psychiological advantage to the opposition by accepting you won't get 4 or 6 from the territory.

Agree with that right up until the last line

On the 2 occasions that you decided to take the 2 points I was chuffed that you did

I remember in the 2009 Cup semi-final. Wigan deciding to take the penalty to go 8-0 up but all it did was say to Warrington "Actually, we dont think we can get across your try-line" Pyscological advantage of keeping them out automatically goes to the defending team, even if they concede 2 more points.

I havent even read the rest of the thread but this sums it up perfectly for me. Every time we took the 2 Warrington were on the back foot and we gave them an easy way out. Building pressure and making Warrinmgton play out from their own line would have been invaluable, never mind the fact that we may have actually scored tries on the back of it anyway. As it was we took the 2 and on every occasion Warrington scored a try immediately after because we then made a mistake and by taking the 2 had given them easy field position so they could then attack our line.

Spot on, couldn't believe the first one - I saw it as a sign of weakness/lack of confidence.