Making the NRL a faster game has curtailed attacking opportunities.
The action at the attacking end of the field is absorbing but nothing happens in the defensive half. A team receives the ball in their own territory from a 40-metre kick and, after the first tackle, runs it back from dummy half or one out.
This frantic pace has resulted in the middle forwards walking back to an onside position to conserve energy following an opposing team’s clearing kick.Roosters forward Sitili Tupouniua and lock Victor Radley walk back and catch their breath while teammate Dominic Young plays-the-ball up-field after being tackled by Manly forward Haumole Olakau’atu during week two of the 2024 NRL finals.“It was the hardest, fastest, most physical game ever,” says Canberra coach Ricky Stuart.
Annesley cited statistics to demonstrate the success of what he called, “a change to the interpretation of ‘downtown’.”“In 2024 we saw an almost 40 per cent increase in kick return plays of more than 30 metres , with 75 kick return plays of over 40 metres. We also saw 33 tries scored directly from kick returns.“
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