Dave T wrote:It's the same thing, ie a defender is allowed a little more time to hold down.
Surrender is where a player has gone down easily to get a quick play the ball (Morley does it a lot at Warrington). Dominant is where a defender makes a big hit and puts a player on their ass for example.
Both allow the defender a little more freedom.
I was talking to someone about that a few weeks back, dominant is straight forward however i was never sure what the indication was with surrender, as you say it appears to be the same, allowing the defence to hold down a bit longer.
i was thinking though, they both reward defence, should there not be an equivalent call for when an attacker scatters defenders and leaves them behind but they're still hanging onto an ankle at the ptb (if you know what i mean) or would that be redundant and just result in a penalty.