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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2924162, member: 8215"] 20 metre restarts are different again. More often than not it's an outside back running it, and they do that effectively on the fly, so they have momentum on their side, and like I said earlier, backs have agility and footwork to get between defenders and get a quick PTB. If you ever see one where the player taking the tap has to wait (say due to their own players being off-side still) and they have to tap it flat-footed, they'll only make 5-6 metres unless the defensive line is super passive. In the case of a slow PTB though, with both sides reset, the moment the ball touches the player's foot, the defence can spring off their line aggressively. The dummy-half won't have been able to get a run-up to carry momentum for themself to take a scoot, and even if there is a forward running on to the ball, the hooker still has to pick up the ball and pass it sidewards & backwards, losing valuable time. In that situation, there is no way the runner is making more than 5-6 metres, and they'll often get swamped and pushed back. [/QUOTE]

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