I is all about shifting the trajectory of your momentum in order to evade being tackled. Action from one player will always be quicker than reaction from another.

Broughy is the one who decides to "shift" and in doing so he gains a split second advantage over Tadulala which translates in to a greater distance between ball carrier and defender.

There are many occasions when you will see an attacking player shift trajectory a number of times which has the effect of completely throwing the defender off track.

One of the most scientific threads ever appeared on rlfans

its got naff all to do with scientific theories, I was shouting over here and he just brought to our corner

The corner was nearer for Danny than for Semi, hence he got there first...simple..


I wondered what happened to the winger on the other side who was surely nearer to be able tackle him..

hoping that semi could catch him

Just been lazy, he will get a kicking from the coach when they view the tape.

I like it. I'm not hot on science (or is it maths), and I'm one of those people who thinks that when the petrol gauge is on empty, it is better to get to the garage as quickly as possible rather than drive slowly, but now Broughy's run to the corner makes perfect sense.

I feel proud that I was the cause of the words "scalene triangle" being used on RLfans. Who would have thought it.

i just assumed he was heading for the exact spot that he had pre determined he could guarantee the conversion. semi knew this and was defending the area under the sticks where danny would have less chance.

it was of course my first ever game and im 4

Slugger I'm afraid it's another Douglas Adams moment.

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be".

Man, now we've gone all profound! This forum ain't what it used to be.

you not finished that bloody book yet?

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.

and i, refuse to be drawn in so easily to the obvious answer retort!

but its er 7 converted tries!

Basically he wanted to prove that he can kick from anywhere and the only way to secure this was to score out wide himself as he had already kicked two (I think it was at that stage) from the other line

Challenge for you Slugger

Use a scalene triangle to solve a crime in your next book

Hence the sidestep sir? A level Physics i wouldn't mind studying



Maybe Hendo could tell us the Physics behind it?....Or maybe not!

Also, if he(Broughy) had turned to go nearer the sticks, he would have changed his running curve from an outside arc, into an inside hyperbola, thus allowing Taddy the opportunity to run an inside parabola, and the point of intersection would more than likely have been the in-field side of the try line.
Danny was obviously remembering his invaluable A level maths lessons when taking on the matter of crossing the said try line, and doing his Calculas, Archimedes, Pythagoras and Quadratic Equations in his head with a huge grin on his chops.

Or maybe he just said to Semi, "ive got your passport in me pocket pall" and ran like hell

I'll get the missus to mark your exam later!

I hope JK has included classes about all this in the training schedules

To add to my earlier post, it's easy to accelerate to a pre-determined and fixed point but when that point is being unpredictably altered at random It becomes almost impossible to reach full speed.

Furthermore if the chasing defender has more mass than the ball carrier centrifugal forces and momentum make trajectory changes more difficult. Add that to the split second advantage gained by the ball carrier also being in control of the trajectory changes and you see why Broughy was able to beat Tadulala to the line.

Might I make a suggestion that we need to name this phenomenon for future reference.

Maybe, The Brough-Tadulala Effect?

Proffesor think you've cracked it

What about the semi/Brough shift?

Could we get a Proffesor from Wakey Tech to an Audience with, and have him demonstrate fully this Brough-Tadulala Effect, like a Christmas Lecture. With various props and models (no not Richie and Ollie and the WC Dolls) and volunteers from the crowd.


The Clan, I think you may be called upon by the scientific community and honoured for your discovery.

I thought this thread was about the old fairground ride at the old market