General NRL Discussion

Haha yeah. Cartwright as mentioned above is also despicable, especially when he's in the halves.

 

I agree that Toolman that a lot of Maloney's misses are kind of like that in that he rushes up to get initial contact and then falls off, but I don't think it really works and I totally disagree that it's a good thing. I bet coaches fucking hate it too -- they spend hours and hours formulating their defensive structures around the idea that they don't want their halves to have to make one-on-one tackles, and Maloney goes out and deliberately gets himself into those situations, and then worse still actually misses the tackles. He should let his second rowers do their jobs.

 

I think a lot of other halves with have the same sort of stats if they employed the same style. But the fact that he had technical deficiencies (like most halves) means he's a fucking retard for doing it. Jeff Robson and Travis Burns used to defend like this for example and they kind of pulled it off to some extent (still annoyed me though -- a coach would probably always be happier with a half not really being able to tackle but working within the structure and making good decisions).

 

Nah disagree. A lot of the time if he stayed in structure he wouldn't need to make a one-on-one tackle at all. His style brings on those situations.