According to this - www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... 08&hp2=420 We kicked 1 all last season. Ive never realised why we dont go for this more often, i think its a great play and can win you games with field position. Is there a main reason why we dont utilise it more often (apart from we are turd).

According to this - www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... 08&hp2=420 We kicked 1 all last season. Ive never realised why we dont go for this more often, i think its a great play and can win you games with field position. Is there a main reason why we dont utilise it more often (apart from we are turd).

I think this rule is unfair!

Why should a team gain such an advantage just because the other has a terrible kicking game!

Simple. We don't have good place kickers. Although to be fair 40/20s are not that common. Leeds kicked none last year but have kicked 3 in 2 weeks.

Tim Smith got one against Wakefield though.

Bring Him Back this week!

Quote ="{Hogan}"According to this - www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... 08&hp2=420 We kicked 1 all last season. Ive never realised why we dont go for this more often, i think its a great play and can win you games with field position. Is there a main reason why we dont utilise it more often (apart from we are turd).'" I Blame Mathers!

Quote ="{Hogan}"According to this - www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... 08&hp2=420 We kicked 1 all last season. Ive never realised why we dont go for this more often, i think its a great play and can win you games with field position. Is there a main reason why we dont utilise it more often (apart from we are turd).'" I Blame Mathers!

Smith kicked one in the grand final

Well the Super League site tells lies then if you look.

It is a fantastic rule IMO and it is something our players should practice.

Im afraid it does cause smith did kick one in the grand final!

So it does, abit poor really.

Quote ="{Hogan}"According to this - www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... 08&hp2=420 We kicked 1 all last season. Ive never realised why we dont go for this more often, i think its a great play and can win you games with field position. Is there a main reason why we dont utilise it more often (apart from we are turd).'" Not quite as easy as that. Its not as if getting these 40/20 is childs play.

Quote ="{Hogan}"According to this - www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... 08&hp2=420 We kicked 1 all last season. Ive never realised why we dont go for this more often, i think its a great play and can win you games with field position. Is there a main reason why we dont utilise it more often (apart from we are turd).'" Not quite as easy as that. Its not as if getting these 40/20 is childs play.

I dont get why we dont see teams kick from a 20 metre tap, or has this rule been scrapped now?

That Wigan kicked none at all is most suprising given we had Trent last season.

I think you still can i remember sinfield trying not that long ago. I maybe wrong though

I can remember Long doing it in the GF I think but it was given as a Leeds scrum, but I maybe wrong.

Agreed Sibbs, was it at the Celtic game & he failed? i remember seeing it but cannot remember which game it was.

If memory serves, Andy Farrell was one of the first British players to kick one. I may be wrong here, but I seem to recall it was in a Friday night match against Hull, our first home game that year. He kicked it at the end of our first set of six - and I remember thinking 'this new rule is going to be meat and drink to Faz'. And then he didn't kick another one until some time the next season.

Or maybe my memory's playing drinks. Have drunk a lot of beer since then.

Bring back Bill Ashurst, he would have had a field day with this rule

Was just about to ask when will Windy mention Ashurst. You haven't let me down

its a lil harder to hit a 40/20 at the jjb, its a whole lot bigger than the other grounds, and i suppose when you play away you dont feel as confident, but that said have lulu smith or even tomkins got a kick big enough to reach with the distance

the 40/20 is a fantasic rule and im at a loss as to why we dont go for it more often. wether its down to poor field position or inadequate kickers im not sure but the following should be able to make the distance:

Richards
Leuluai
O'Loughlin
Smith
Tomkins

maybe more practice is needed?

Why? How many times were you bogged down deep in your own half.

Perhaps your forwards laid a good enough platform to reach the half way line on most occassions, and in which case the potential for a 40/20 is greatly reduced, unless you run the risk by passing back very deep in order to kick.

If only that was true

Surely Pat should be able to kick those from our own 10? But seriously - 40/20 should be so simple for him with a bit of practice, especially if he stays at full back. I mean, look how he took to goal kicking.. it could be his speciality

Hull KR I believe.