What happened to that old thing where halfbacks would continuosly kick the ball back and forth?

Question

for field possession and stuff like that.....i saw an old highlight of one between ricky stuart and some other guy and it seemed entertaining.

Answer 1

It used to be advantageous to gain field position by finding touch deep in opposition territory.  Scrums in those days were a contest, with the better hooker winning more ball.  These days, there's no point - the scrums are (sensibly) modelled on the Rugby Union practice of loose-head and scrum-feed by the non-infringing team.  This means that finding touch only enables you to set up a defensive pattern in the opposition half.  Rugby League today is only five-tackle football anyway, then a speculator kick - or else surrender possession on the sixth tackle.

Cheers,

Cliff.

Answer 2

fifth eights like anasta have taken it over....were u watching last nights game?

13th min: An Anasta bomb is defused, at the second attempt, by the Qld defence who then dart downfield razzle-dazzle style.

29th min:Anasta, trying to play the ball quickly, spills it to give Qld possession inside the home side's half.

31st min: looks like a Blues knock-on after a poor Anasta pass

79th min:An Anasta pass finds Hoffman who is tackled brilliantly by Tate, but Archer calls the pass forward. Qld 16-10

end result: NSW: Cooper try. Fitzgibbon three goals from three attempts (one conversion, two penalties),

Braith Anasta is a fk up! he didnt even help he just hindered and never scored once!...