You could help by requesting this thread be locked because it's the most boring attempt ever to make yourself look remotely knowledgable and interesting.

Epic fail.

Ask him how many games hes been to recently, even living a stones throw from the grounds



He just repeats what someone else posts on LU

It's the same for nearly every team which is what Giggedygiggedy doesn't understand.
I'd like to see the 10m idea given a shot, if teams continue to use the current tactic then replace it.

yeah sure you guys knew what these terms meant.

heres another thing to look for

in some teams the fullback is now acting as a 3rd playmaker, often acting as a 2nd receiver.

brett hogdson used to do it at the eels, hayne does it for the eels

look at the use of decoy runners to create gaps in the defence.

another example of bodies in motion

Wow, I bow to your knowledge. Decoy runners you say? Well I never. Its not like they were around in the 50s is it

I'm still thinking "so what"?

I saw two cars have a bump today. They were two big units. The big grey Volvo dominated the collision. The Fiat Punto was in Disneyland. The RAC had to intervene to carry the Punto off to the vehicle bin.

well as long as you keep bumping this ill add some more :

in attack tackles 1 - 3 are settlers. the idea is to get the ball to the centre of the field, to around the halfway line. often the kick will go to the corner, the attack needs to get the ball to the centre of the field to open up attacking options.

tackles 4 - 6 are when the team will put on more genuine attacking plays. being on the centre of the field they can split with the half on one side, the 5/8th on the other.

I saw something the other day in a game, one mister with the ball looked as though he was going to pass it to another mister stood at the side of him - but right at the last moment he decided he wasn't going to pass it after all and he was just pretending! Some other misters thought he had passed it and by the time they had realised that he had only pretended to pass it it was too late and he had gone through a gap..... Anybody know what this phenominom is called?

Saw another strange thing yesterday too, one fairly fast mister was running with the ball in both hands then when a really angry looking mister in a different coloured jersey tried to bash him from the side, he put the ball in one hand and then pushed him away with the other one so he couldn't get to him.....

Dally, whats going on here mate? I just can't puzzle it out......

im betting when you watch a game you just think pass the ball, run hard and thats all there is!

some people like to dig a little deeper.

heres another tip :

when teams are on the attack, one of the playmakers will stand behind the play at times and count the number of defenders on each side of the ruck. if they spot a side where they have an advantage theyll call for the ball to go to that side

Dally

I think it's admirable that you want to raise some discussion on RL tactics - I live in a non Rugby League area and I use these boards to catch up with other fans and I do want to discuss more than just gossip and slagging off each other’s players/fans/grounds etc

But what you have listed in this topic is not tactics it is the basics of how to play RL - tactics are how you adapt your game when playing a particular opposition or during a particular period of the game... this has to be discussed in context

Anybody very new to RL may read your last 4/5 posts on this thread and learn something to look out for in a game so thanks for that

Dally - are you sleeping with Paul Cullen?

That's not right even at the most basic level. I wouldn't teach that to Under 8's. And the saddest thing is that a lot of RL fans will actually think that this sort of thing is what 'tactics' consists of, and is as complex as it gets.

So, let me get this straight. The "playmaker" actually looks at what is infront of him before deciding what play he should make? Here's us thinking that they use some sort of play by numbers system and follow a premeditated script for the whole 80 mins....

Going back to your comments about driving the ball to the middle, you sure your right on this?

Its a shame the way this is going, cos this could be an interesting topic if it wasn't just you in the main trying (badly) to explain the simplest and most basic points of the game.

We got taught all sorts of systems and tactics by Walter Paul (Dad of Henry & Robbie), from the super basic upwards - unfortunately the majority of the side wasn't technically good enough to do owt with it.

Dally - your original post had a link to the show on Fox. There is a video on the site, but I can't get it to play. Do you know if it is only visible to IP addresses? (the show looks really good)

Thanks

it plays for me, maybe only for aussie viewers

the show is well worth it

look if you know all this stuff it wouldve been better to add some of your own insights.

its easy to say you know this stuff but in terms of what youve added, its a bg fat donught

start with the basics before going onto the more complicated stuff.

judging by your responses this was the right approach

one other tip, when watching a game, dont just focus on the ball carrier, focus on 5 m. either side of the PTB. watch the decoy runners and which lines they run, do they open up holes, which option does the play maker take

by just watching the ball carrier you wont understand why a try or line break eventuated.

So why do they wont to get the ball to of the field you creating less space.? a team that likes to spread the ball will go the same way 2 or 3 times to open up the width of the whole field and find forwards to attack in the line .!!

no rubbish sherlock.... its called playing with your head up and what is in front of you, using flair not being a robot... very basics of the game taught to 12 year olds. Nothing tactical about this.

This subject is really making you look silly.

Just all basic stuff maybe named different etc its like me reeling of things like this - off, run around, hot ball... all very basic

Theres me just thinking the non ball carriers run around for the fun of it ...lol

Yeah thanks for that, can you explain why you think that in a goodball set teams should waste three tackles 'settling' the ball into a 'central' position rather than working to 20's or 80's and then putting on a more complex play?

thats your contribution to the thread?

thanks, i was hoping some of you could help me learn more about the game but sadly its not happening

still the weekly installment of big league helps here

heres another tip for you lot :

teams in the nrl on last tackle have been deliberatly kicking the ball dead in goal, even on the full to nullify attacking fullbacks like hayne and slater returning the ball in broken play