OriginalMrC Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Pretty much every week the OurLeague app has got intercept tries included in the Try of the Week. Invariably they involve someone catching a loose pass and running fast in a straight line. I'd much rather see a really great passing move or a spectacular dive in the corner. Anyone else think intercept tries get more credit then they deserve? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Depends. If they’ve still got players to beat, yeah, they’re impressive. If it’s open space and they’re just running with no one anywhere near them, they’re not as good but still reasonably impressive to see someone hit full speed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELBOWSEYE Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Still worth 4 points and usually change momentum of the game 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Keith Fowler Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I think there's an assumption that a try from distance is always spectacular when they can often be fairly boring. Dropped ball then a speedster goes 80 metres uncontested isn't any better than a well constructed crash ball try from two yards out. 1 I was born to run a club like this. Number 1, I do not spook easily, and those who think I do, are wasting their time, with their surprise attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 13 minutes ago, DI Keith Fowler said: I think there's an assumption that a try from distance is always spectacular when they can often be fairly boring. Dropped ball then a speedster goes 80 metres uncontested isn't any better than a well constructed crash ball try from two yards out. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blues Ox Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Depends like someone said above. Tipping the ball up in the air off a pass and been able to catch it can be a very hard skill like a change of direction at the right point when someone is chasing you but just catching and running really isn't worthy of try of the week mentions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Sometimes with an intercept it’s a great read by the defender. I’m thinking the sort Lee Briers used to be brilliant at. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELBOWSEYE Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 42 minutes ago, DI Keith Fowler said: I think there's an assumption that a try from distance is always spectacular when they can often be fairly boring. Dropped ball then a speedster goes 80 metres uncontested isn't any better than a well constructed crash ball try from two yards out. Your making the mistake of rating a try when an intercept will if from distance have the teams fans cheering the full sprint. So generally they have a bigger impact and in a lot of cases are against the run of play 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) 2 hours ago, OriginalMrC said: Pretty much every week the OurLeague app has got intercept tries included in the Try of the Week. Invariably they involve someone catching a loose pass and running fast in a straight line. I'd much rather see a really great passing move or a spectacular dive in the corner. Anyone else think intercept tries get more credit then they deserve? I really like them if I'm honest I think they are the ones when you are in the crowd they mean more. A team is plodding through a set and your team is defending then BOOM!!!....your outside back is off to the other end for an unexpected try Then you hear yourself screaming and you start ripping your shirt off and swinging it around your head.......or.is that just me? Edited March 23 by Bedfordshire Bronco 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, DI Keith Fowler said: I think there's an assumption that a try from distance is always spectacular when they can often be fairly boring. Dropped ball then a speedster goes 80 metres uncontested isn't any better than a well constructed crash ball try from two yards out. Not sure I've ever seen my team do it and found it boring! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 44 minutes ago, bobbruce said: Sometimes with an intercept it’s a great read by the defender. I’m thinking the sort Lee Briers used to be brilliant at. This is the key for me. If it is a loose pass by an attacker then perhaps not as good but if it is a quality read by the defender to take the intercept then that is a skill in the game in its own right. 2 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Has anyone ever seen someone try and pass it in their own ingoal and it gets intercepted and the player just plonks it down for a try 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Bath Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 8 minutes ago, DavidM said: Has anyone ever seen someone try and pass it in their own ingoal and it gets intercepted and the player just plonks it down for a try Not in his own ingoal but the great Billy Slater in the World Cup Final wasnt far from his own ingoal. He has never had to buy his own drink in NZ since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I wasn't a fan of the one Widnes gave away against London. Liam Finn to Keiran Dixon. Watching the fastest man on the pitch scoring, to rubber stamp our relegation wasn't enthralling. I've forgiven Dixon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 the look on the face of the player who throws the pass that gets intercepted is always interesting - it as if you can read their mind saying something like "oh boll erks" see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blues Ox Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 58 minutes ago, DavidM said: Has anyone ever seen someone try and pass it in their own ingoal and it gets intercepted and the player just plonks it down for a try Am I imagining things or did this not happen in a challenge cup final involving Hull? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Browny Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 55 minutes ago, DavidM said: Has anyone ever seen someone try and pass it in their own ingoal and it gets intercepted and the player just plonks it down for a try Marcus Bai, 2005 Cup Final. Intercepted by Richard Whiting. 3 I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 18 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said: the look on the face of the player who throws the pass that gets intercepted is always interesting - it as if you can read their mind saying something like "oh boll erks" Yes that is always a funny part too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumby Magic Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I hate it when we Intercept and go full length of the field. Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north yorks trinity Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 3 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: I really like them if I'm honest A team is plodding through a set and your team is defending then BOOM!!!....your outside back is off to the other end for an unexpected try Depends which team scores. My team is plodding through a set and the other team defending then BOOM!!!...their outside back is off to the other end for an unexpected try with their fans cheering the whole run. Not so good then!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 16 minutes ago, north yorks trinity said: Depends which team scores. My team is plodding through a set and the other team defending then BOOM!!!...their outside back is off to the other end for an unexpected try with their fans cheering the whole run. Not so good then!! Yep.....still gets the emotions up though ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 3 hours ago, doc said: I wasn't a fan of the one Widnes gave away against London. Liam Finn to Keiran Dixon. Watching the fastest man on the pitch scoring, to rubber stamp our relegation wasn't enthralling. I've forgiven Dixon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Frightful Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 4 hours ago, The Blues Ox said: Am I imagining things or did this not happen in a challenge cup final involving Hull? 1 hour 24 minutes and 30 seconds of this video : 1 "When I saw the Pistols and The Clash I realised it didn't seem that difficult, they didn't seem like they could play very well either, so the thing was to form a band then work it out. We didn't even know who was going to play what - we passed around all the instruments until we found what we were comfortable with. I wasn't comfortable with any of them so I became the singer." Terry Hall on forming The Specials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DACS Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 They're overrated in terms of skill for the most part, but they are exciting, and with the fitness and speed of forwards in cover defence now we see far fewer long range tries scored by other means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) On 23/03/2023 at 15:28, OriginalMrC said: Pretty much every week the OurLeague app has got intercept tries included in the Try of the Week. Invariably they involve someone catching a loose pass and running fast in a straight line. I'd much rather see a really great passing move or a spectacular dive in the corner. Anyone else think intercept tries get more credit then they deserve? No. Edited March 25 by JohnM “Bouncing on beds, I remember from childhood, is a great depression reliever.” ― Robert M. Pirsig, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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