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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 2314713, member: 1992"] Coxy, I've been saying for a while now that the tactic using the wingers to take those couple of hitups could be improved if the players were instructed to NOT RUSH those initial hitups. With the way they currently are performing they buy barely a few seconds , less than 5 or 6 ,with those first 2. They can double that time with a deliberate ploy of the tackled player rising slower than normal but not obviously to all viewing. A slow play the ball is only mentioned during commentary, it's not remarked on further than that. The defence in these situations is most often set and makes the runner an easy target and as most here have said makes barely 2 metres. The runner has no support making it super simple to target him. With double the time and at least 2 or 3 other runners it's little different that the 20 metre restart. Under that scenario,irrespective of whomever takes the first hitup, more than 2 metres is made. The other benefit is this, a settled set, say from a tap restart will most often gain much bigger metres than one from the aforementioned scenario. Normally, if done well we don't have a settled type set until the 4th or fifth tackle, most often the 1st or 2nd time a forwards had his go.Most of the time the set is never settled and results in poor ground gained and a hurried unplanned kick. Little is gained by playing fast in this area I believe. It's possible to improve the stats. [/QUOTE]

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