Grapple Tackle. : Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:50 am  

Nothing to do with Warrington but reading Terry Matterson's comments about the Huddersfield players using this technique in the League Express concerns me a little.

He basically accused the Huddersfield players of moving there arms towards the neck of the opponent once contact has been made on the chest, in order to slow down the ptb, obviously Nathan Brown denies the claim that his team use or he coach's such technique.
Reading further into the article it stats that Brown was accused of the same thing whilst coaching in Australia and excluding Matterson, 2 other Super League coach's have been to Cummings this season to complain about the technique being used by the Huddersfield players.

We see this technique being used more and more often in our game by all clubs but to be coaching players to perform this technique should eradicated and met with a hefty disciplinary IMO, or is Mr Cummings saying all of the above is just a coincidence

Anybody have any opinion on this.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:51 am  

i didn;t think brown was an exponant of it, he was most outspoken about the tactics the storm used.

to my knowledge anyroad.

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:15 pm  

Tony Catsmith wrote:

i didn;t think brown was an exponant of it, he was most outspoken about the tactics the storm used.

to my knowledge anyroad.

You are correct.

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:27 pm  

A case of a coach looking for excuses after a loss

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:30 pm  

RAI of Sunshine wrote:

A case of a coach looking for excuses after a loss

What all 3 of them

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:32 pm  

Latchford Wolvesfan wrote:

What all 3 of them

No, the first two were almost certainly genuine complaints made to Cummings, Matterson publicly moaned about it in a post-match interview, the match they just happened to have lost.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:32 pm  

Tony Catsmith wrote:

i didn;t think brown was an exponant of it, he was most outspoken about the tactics the storm used.

to my knowledge anyroad.

just to expand grapple tackles and not standing square are two of the things that wind me up when i'm watching sky games which results in me getting told off by the wife for shouting at the tv.

There was a lack of any shouting in the cas giants game from me, i can't say i noticed any.

What i have noticed in the last 2 giants games on sky, is that luke robinson is still a bit crap and kevin brown is playing surprising well, IMO/

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:42 pm  

Tony Catsmith wrote:

just to expand grapple tackles and not standing square are two of the things that wind me up when i'm watching sky games which results in me getting told off by the wife for shouting at the tv.

There was a lack of any shouting in the cas giants game from me, i can't say i noticed any.

What i have noticed in the last 2 giants games on sky, is that luke robinson is still a bit crap and kevin brown is playing surprising well, IMO/

Maybe his body growth has caught up with his head.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:43 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

Maybe his body growth has caught up with his head.

nah, still foetustastic