Well, my point really was that all that free passing, open running play that is shown in these clips must be pretty atypical. Think about it: if you have unlimited tackles, why would you risk so much as making a single pass? Possession was everything. It must have been incredibly dull.
Funny I should've seen this: I'm American & just finished watching the 1957 WC Final (GB v Aus) today sent by a kind Aussie. CHEERS, ROGER! I too wondered why possession wasn't given after the 4th tackle (in those days), but now you've explained it for me. Also explains why defenders kept kicking at the ball during the offense's PTB & why players reallu kicked the ball farther back to teammates. Yes, the game seemed much more rough & tumble than today ... & a lot more fun, IMHO.
Well, I've looked at all of the episodes in this series so far, and in none of these postings have we seen a single tackle. This gives the erroneous impression that rugby league was fast and flowing - all go. When in fact, there was no rule limiting the number of tackles before possession changed - so actually, it must have been largely bump and grind.
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StFidjnr 5 days ago
Well, my point really was that all that free passing, open running play that is shown in these clips must be pretty atypical. Think about it: if you have unlimited tackles, why would you risk so much as making a single pass? Possession was everything. It must have been incredibly dull.
KalvinKorff 1 month ago
Funny I should've seen this: I'm American & just finished watching the 1957 WC Final (GB v Aus) today sent by a kind Aussie. CHEERS, ROGER! I too wondered why possession wasn't given after the 4th tackle (in those days), but now you've explained it for me. Also explains why defenders kept kicking at the ball during the offense's PTB & why players reallu kicked the ball farther back to teammates. Yes, the game seemed much more rough & tumble than today ... & a lot more fun, IMHO.
mwidunn 1 month ago
Well, I've looked at all of the episodes in this series so far, and in none of these postings have we seen a single tackle. This gives the erroneous impression that rugby league was fast and flowing - all go. When in fact, there was no rule limiting the number of tackles before possession changed - so actually, it must have been largely bump and grind.
KalvinKorff 1 month ago
@KalvinKorff see my reply above
mwidunn 1 month ago