I wasn't there... but Brough oupacing Hall over 90 yds ???? I had my faith restored in Hall's place as a winger when he went the whole length, around the very quick Greenshields, from Ali's pass at Murrayfield last year. ...until I read about this. Of course I appreciate there is more to a good winger than outright pace ( I remember Alan Smith

) .....BUT Brough ? What happened ? At least Scotty is scoring them this season

End of thread.

My mind must be playing a blank. It was Burrow who Brough caught wasn't it? or is the OP talking about another passage of play?

For the Brough interception try - it was his mis-tackle which let him in not his speed. But all in Hall (

) he tackled well.

1, Brough is actually quite quick.

2, Think about how an intercept works...Brough was already facing and running in the direct of the try line. Hall had to turn around set off running...by which Brough was already 20 meters in front. Hall did well to get a near ankle tap.

Yup. Brough had a good 15 yard start and Hall just about caught him 10 yards out then for some reason it looked like he tried ankle tapping him

Neil, he was not there, he did not see Hall turn from running the other way, accelerate up to speed, make up the 10 to 15 metres he would be behind at the start of Brough's run and still manage to get in an ankle tap (albeit unsuccessful) on a very quick half-back!

Brough is very quick, and presumably had a head start. Its not unreasonable to expect a very quick half back to score an interception try.

I'd put Brough up there with Burrow, Jefferies and Dorn as one of the quickest halfbacks in the league. Kearney from Bradford is supposed to be rapid as well. McGuire used to be right up there with the above names until his hernia problems.

Were not talking about a number 10. I would expect any scrum half in his twenties to score from that position

I was right in front of it.

Hall had him locked on.

But Brough knew exactly where Hall was and just deviated his run slightly - knocking Hall off track, so out of desperation he went for the ankle tap.

Smart finish from Brough.

Indeed, which was the case, I would expect both Burrow and McGuire (and of course Eastmond, Tomkins etc, etc and the majority of halves, possibly even Pryce and Long!) would have scored in the same circumstance.

What is a good 15 yard start, is it 17 or 20 maybe. Hall was a couple of yards behind McGuire when he past the ball and was also looking across the line expecting the ball. He gave Brough 5 yards start and might have caught him had it been a race, but realising he would not stop him before the try line he very nearly ankle tapped him. What I cannot understand is you know precisely how much start Hall gave Brough but you arent sure if he ankle tapped him or not

Perhaps you were shaking hands with the unemployed at the time, and were distracted just a thought.

I am just guessing but maybe when he says a 15 yard start he meant, you know, 15 yards. Not 17 or 20.

Not rocket science is it?

I dont know I am not a rocket scientist. You seem to be in the know about it having brought the subject up, it must be a bit of a come down slumming it on a forum if you are.

The number of gompers hanging round this site since last night has made it really hard work.

You just have to humour them or break it down to a level where they can understand. I'm not sure you've broken it down enough for this drooling dumb fook though.

You don't think rocket scientists use the Internet?

When someone says 15 yards you don't know if they mean 15 yards or 17 or 20 yards?

I'd like to make you look stupid but I sense you don't need my help.

Like I told you before Laddie always avoid the obvious ones, it shows the difference between a comedian and a CLOWN

hth.

Bwahahahaha

I dont know any rocket scientists' full stop, so it would be silly of me to comment on it. As a matter of interest how many are there on the Leeds board.

Contrary to what you believe I do know how far 15 yards is exactly, what I am not sure is how far a good 15 yards is, especially when the poster tries to give you the impression that it is a tad more, but because he has only 11 digits to play with cant count any higher he has to guess, thus trying to give the impression that he is educated. Hth

You quite right there, I dont need help to make me look stupid, I am quite capable of doing that by myself from time to time

However anytime you think you are bright enough to kick my @rris feel free to give it a go. You ought to be a twin really, you have far too many brains for one

Sorry for the delay, I had to nip downstairs and ask the grandbairn to translate that for me. Apparently you have soiled your nappy, well what can I say. It would appear that the kryptonite is coming out of both ends' now

I can't answer your question, but what I can tell you with some degree of certainty is that there are a number of people with a working grasp of English grammar.

Sadly, it doesn't appear that you are one of them.

If you're working so hard to set yourself up as intellectually superior to others it's always good to proof read your posts before hitting submit.

HTH.

Andy
Can you not quote him please. I've got him on ignore and quoting him sort of scuppers my trying to stay awake.

Aw bless