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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 3148797, member: 1992"] I like where you're going with this. One of the problems we have(we're not alone here) is the forwards KNOW that the playbook instruction is 'after the winger/fullback fields the ball, the remaining two of the three take the next two hit ups'. It's the standard response and expected by the coach. I wouldn't allow it. I'd say to those three if you've fielded the kick, take your sweet mother fucking time getting up, hell I'd tell them to pretend a hurt ankle or knee. My accompanying instruction would be to the captain, or on field boss to get his gorillas over to the ptb quick fucking smart because every single one of them walks slowly back on side. Everyone of them, without exception and in every match dawdles back expecting the hitups to bring the ad line to them. Sometimes a forward doesn't even make a single hitup in a whole set and I wrote about this years ago. It's an area that we aren't exploiting. What prompted me to look at it was the observation that from a set start , say a tap restart the defence line is standing stock still and usually exactly 10 metres away and the first hitup gets between 8-10 metres a carry. Everyone in the defence line has to be moving up because the ball can easily be spun wider. That however is never the case when a winger or fullback is taking the ball up because the defence can clearly see there is only one threat who can get the ball and consequently only a couple of defenders need move leaving the rest to pick off the next easy hitup. The way I'd do it is to have forwards ready to go hard. Blokes in the team for just that job. Sure, my way is 'not in the spirit of the game' but neithers wrestling and it's now standard practice. [/QUOTE]

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