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Message: [QUOTE="HarryAllan7, post: 3470777, member: 9372"] Hookers cannot run and attack unless they have the space and time around the ruck to do so. The key to attack in the modern NRL is simply about momentum in the middle of the field - nothing more. Creating quick PTBs, space and fatigue around the ruck creates opportunities for hookers to run and capitalise on that forward momentum and opens up opportunities to let our spine players work their magic. No dummy half, no matter how dynamic, is able to run and gain metres and be an attacking weapon if the forwards are getting hammered, on the back foot and not winning their tackles. The last few seasons it has baffled me how often the hooker will pass off the ground to a forward literally standing still. How can that happen? I watched the trial on the weekend and Smoothy simply consistently throwing flat passes from dummy half that get forwards over the defensive line is such a simple and easy element that the Broncos have been sorely missing for some time. Now, if we could teach some of the forward to actually run hard onto the ball so they receive the flat pass while barrelling down on the opposition, rather than totally flat footed, then suddenly we're halfway there. It's amazing how good our dummy half options will look if we manage to get these little things right. [/QUOTE]

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