Originally posted by Mickie Lane
View Post
As much as I hate the 'rule' (and fail to see why it isn't a penalty for a hand on the ball), you open yourself up to such exploitation. I suspect Robbo has a few tricks like that up his sleeve... for usage in the 2nd half of a preliminary final or grand final against Canberra/Melbourne.
Most other teams are smart enough to realise it's a short-term hack that you can't plan your whole season around. It's just those 2 teams, we know they do it and we can mess them up with counter tactics when it matters if they persist. IMO it's something they've left themselves open to as they've been doing it all season.
What they SHOULD have done (and I'm guessing what Robbo was planning) is pull this trick when scores are level during a GF or something. It's not difficult or a 'skill' to put your hand on the ball, single out a smaller player and then get a few people to fall out, enabling a strip. I suspect this is why Robbo's applauding Canberra for being the masters of it. He knows it's pretty easy to do... but doesn't want teams to get used to us doing it on every tackle.
Comment