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Message: [QUOTE="Thelmus, post: 3137313, member: 8988"] They manage it after dominating possession, and that's the key. There is no incentive to so to break the game open. Once a team gains a sustained time in possession, they simply wear down their opponents to the point every set becomes an opportunity to score with a constantly retreating defence, that even with the ball in hand fails to make sufficient yards to reverse the momentum. In the past a team could reverse momentum by slowing play down and kicking for touch, taking a conservative approach, whilst sweating on an opponents mistake. This is nigh on impossible with 70/30 possession, teams camped and defending their try for sometimes as much as 5 sets of defence. I mean how skillful do you need to be after putting a defence through that? Its simply a case of who can manage it first with halves now all capable of achieving it to an extent, made worse with exhausted defenders. We want two teams to be competitive as long as possible. This currently is a long way from the case. Score lines are more extreme than ever and many teams have a realistic shot of victory gone before half time. This can't be good for the game. [/QUOTE]

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