Watching Boots n all this morning, it seems they play two lines in the backs when defending - first line (2 players) comes up quick to snuff out the move in the backs and two sit back just in case and are then supported by others sliding across. I think you must have to be super fit to keep this up all game so if we hammer them down the middle it might make them a bit looser out wide at the end of each half when they're tired and can't afford to shoot out the line. Get ready for a lot of work of the middle tonight - a few more 5 drives and kick.

As always... talking b0ll0cks.

A slightly more worrying Stat for us at the moment is the number of offloads we have made in the 2 games so far. We have only made 12 offloads so far from 401 carries which is 0.02%. We are obviously playing an error free style of rugby at the moment which is to be expected but hopefully we will see the players promoting the ball more often once conditions improve.

Not to confuse things here but an offload is classed as passing the ball when being tackled isnt it? Maybe we have just not been tackled!!

Think Agar is telling them to play it safe for the time being and when you consider the weather it isn;t such a bad thing. However we did score a cracking try from an offload in the Saints game.

Huddersfield tackle well and do a good job covering man and ball in the tackle, we should get more opportunities to offload on sunday.

I think possibly the conditions may have played a part in this. I actually envisage with Long we may see some champagne rugby as the pitches dry up and get faster. Also as we gel more and become more confident as a unit

Agree, as a guess i'm sure that the error rate and competion rates would have gone against us had we tried more offloads in the conditions and at this stage of the season. Happy with tight wins for now.

Saints wasn't a tight win, we played some good rugby during that game (well i think we did) and if not for the wrongful sin binning of Tansey we may well have nilled them.

Not many teams will put a big score on Hudds no matter what the conditions are and i felt we tightened up a bit after going 12 in front.
We did what we could not do last year and that is hold on to a winning score and play smart football. Tickle taking an age to kick, kicking for the corners to slow the game down and eat away at the clock etc. All those things came together on friday night and played as much a part in the win as the two tries did.

Interestingly enough, if you divide the number of play the balls we've had by the number of kicks we've made in general play then number you get is 5

and 5 is the number of years since we lifted a trophy (a proper one)

I agree conditions are playing a part but other teams have still offloaded the ball far more than we have. Cant really complain as we are winning games but I think with a few more offloads we will start putting a lot of points on teams. Tansey, Long, Horne etc are always on the shoulder for an offload but none seem to be coming at the moment.

Debatable.

Not just conditions but opponents as well. Two very good teams.
We had 4 offloads against Saints so 8 against Hudds lets hope for 16 against Crusaders

5 drives and a kick is not debatable