If offloads are so important how come Castleford are the only team in the top six league positions and in the top six for offloads?

The top six teams for offloads are with league positions in brackets

1) Toronto - 115 (12)
2) Warrington - 90 (icon_cool.gif
3) HKR - 80 (11)
4) Hull - 72 (7)
5) Cas - 47 (3)
6) Wakefield - 46 (9)

Wigan are 10th for offloads with 37 and in 1st place in the league!!!!

Catalan and Huddersfield are below Wigan for offloads and are in the top six in the league table.

Just to add, five of those teams are also in the top six for errors made. I would suggest that is a consequence of their offloading game?

One of the dangers of trying to stop offloads by gripping the ball or arm is the probability that if the player loses the ball the ref will blow up for reefing. This always seems to happen if the ref isn't looking whilst he is going back 10m; turns round and sees the ball on the floor he inevitably blows up. Happens a lot with Wigan.

Very interesting post. Wonder if that'll play out the same come the end of the season?

Number of offloads = number of extra tackles the opposition has to make.
That sapping of the gas is probably more relevant than the attacking threat of the offload itself