HFC Yorkie wrote:A couple of points have been made on other threads about when Craig Hall knocked on in our own half with the open field ahead of him. This isn't a pop at him - just a genuine question over current coaching/views on the game.
My old bloke - who was a pro in the old old old days, and a winger or full back - always reckoned if the ball fell loose on the ground like it did tonight, that the best tactic was to put the boot to it and get the ball as far up the field as possible. His logic was that he'd always back himself in a straight foot race, and even if it was still a difficult pick up when he got there, at least it would be a knock on near their line rather than his own. Seems sense to me, yet you don't see many players do it. If Craig had done that tonight would he have got more, or less, stick?
Without the luxury of hindsight:
He gathers, he scores.
He kicks it, he is at the mercy of the bounce and kick accuracy.
