Does a penalty kicked into touch count as metres gained? I know you've done it the easy way, but the team who conceeded the penalty were at fault, not you. Also, you've got to make sure you find touch with the kick, otherwise you're advantage has gone.

What do you think they should be then?

In the absence of someone counting or verifying what OPTA are employed to do it's all we have got to go on I'm afraid.

I know, and I am not doubting you on it. But like finglas I was somewhat suprised to see how low the meters were, as I said on the first page.

I have however only watched the match once, and my recolection of the runs might not be correct.

As it is though, I can only recall Sinfields try that came from any distance, which might add to the low meters argument.

Sorry, just belatedly noticed this comment.

I assume kick distance isn't any part of the 'metres made' stats at all.

The metres made total equals the total of the individual players metres made and it's clear to see from those of Burrow, McGuire and Sinfield that they don't include kick distances.

In that case, I can understand why the figures at Hull were down on normal. As well as the 40/20 we had a few free metres off Hull due to handling errors, good old JT being the most obvious example.