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Message: [QUOTE="Ari Gold, post: 2232758, member: 1917"] And to continue on from my last point. I also seem to recall an Origin game a few years ago. It might have been the one that ended 10-all. Anyway, with about 5 mins to go, we were in great field position. Jason Smith could have had a shot for field goal, but I remember hearing in a post match interview that they didn't want to risk the Blues scoring off the kick off. A draw retained the Origin shield, and that's all that mattered. If you only need 1 point to make the finals, do you think winning the game is the priority? Hell no. Achieving the overall objective of making the finals is. If that means an 80 minute draw is good enough, then by god that's good enough. That Origin game proved this 100%. If two teams need a point and are locked together, it's all about protecting. No team is going to try and get the winning points because a win isn't important. Making the finals is. If you take the lead, the other team goes from protect mode to attack mode. They could score. Why risk that happening? It's much easier to just kick into touch and wind the clock down for a few sets. Mark my words. If the scenario eventuated, then both teams would play for the draw. That scenario is about 93185196319369161236186981649617379 times worse than a team getting 0 points for losing in golden point. [/QUOTE]

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