Exactly





It seems adapting to a teams game plan that knocks us off ours is something this team cant do..and i for one dont believe its because of lack of talent.

But why should negative play be rewarded.



The 40:20 was a great idea as it rewarded a GOOD kick. This is rewarding a poor kick.

I understand what your saying



Maybe the rule should be.Instead of the 20 metre tap it should be were the kick happened. unless its kicked less than the 20 metre line..then it can start from there.



But i'm not really against a team using a ruling in there favour to get the advantage.

Why not go the whole hog and introduce Flankers, Line Outs and begin excluding those less privellaged than ourselves and call our game Rugby Union?



That particular rule is fine as it is, IMO. If you're really smart, you'd drop you fullback wayyy back to return the ball. Perhaps on the try line, and have a halfback or a winger just 'bobbying' behind the line, say 10-15 metres to cover a crafty chip.



Clever tactics by McDermott, well executed by Orr and Randall, who in my opinion has the best rugby brain in the league - the manner in which he targeted Thorman and sent runners directly at him, forcing him to make four or five consecutive tackles, then putting in the kick behind him, turning him and that channel around was a breath of fresh air. All too often, I find myself screaming for teams to target a spot player in the opposition.

I don't see an issue with this. If it was that effective, every club would do it week in week out, but they don't. Plenty of clubs lookfor the bigger advantage which is keeping the ball in.



All Quins were doing was playing the percentages, but this tactic is less effective than having a good kick which ends up around the goal line. The downside to this though is that your defensive line has to work hard.



Th tactic can be used effectively, however a decent team would not then allow themselves to be penned in. In a set of 6, you should be making 50m. This then allows you to get a good kick in and you should be able to pen the opposition in their own 10. It is up to you to stop these tactics being effective, and Hull were simply icompetent tonight.

Some people hate the 40 20 rule as they say it doesn't reward a good defence...

The game in the UK baring a few games per season is getting boring.

the 40/20 was and is a poor rule, you say it's a reward for a good kick, yet the great defence that kept the team in their oponents 20 might as well not have bothered, poor ruling.

And yet people to try to tell me the standard of super league gets better each year

The 'level playing field' that the salary cap has brought into the game has made the game worse on quality.

How dare you say such a thing.



Typical Wigan fan, only thinking about the "glory years". Not concerned with the game in general, bitter, twisted



etc etc etc





There I've saved the trolls the bother.





They never let the truth get in the way of a pop at Wigan.

It's shocking how poor the standard of RL is these days. The world cup was a wake-up call for some but some people still need waking.