What tactics for the skinny Vegas field?

[milanja]

Chip and chase will be a good tactic I predict that Sammy Walker has a great game on this smaller field everyone is talking about Adam Reynolds and his kicking game but the field dimensions might work against him and both Sam Walker and Luker Keary have shorter kicking games with Sammy having the tricky little kicks in his arsenal.

Of course kicking to Daniel Tupou if he plays and Joseph Sua'ali'i will bring us great reward as well maybe even a few kicks near the posts for Lindsay Collins after his Queensland efforts last year it's a shame that Dominic Young can't play that would have been a fantastic attacking trio

What’s wrong with Toops?

[roosterchook]

Might be a very defensive low scoring game. Plenty of kicks.

[Paddo Colt 61]

What do Americans ever make of these games? Is admission free? Like Arena "football" the audience is most likely to be made up of the sort of dimwit who goes to the wrestling, votes for Trump and won't be able to make head nor tail of Rugby League. There must be countless thousands of them in the 'burbs around Las Vegas - who in their right mind would ever live in that soulless dump? The gambling capital says it all.

As Jax rightly points out Walsh's speed should be pretty much nullified by the narrower space and I do expect the Broncs to be more overawed by the mere fact of being in America, the place of dreams. They are from Brissie after all and the chip on the shoulder won't come into it.

[bondi.boy]

Reading all this...the whole thing is ridiculous.
It's not rugby league.

[milanja]

What do Americans ever make of these games? Is admission free? Like Arena "football" the audience is most likely to be made up of the sort of dimwit who goes to the wrestling, votes for Trump and won't be able to make head nor tail of Rugby League. There must be countless thousands of them in the 'burbs around Las Vegas - who in their right mind would ever live in that soulless dump? The gambling capital says it all.

As Jax rightly points out Walsh's speed should be pretty much nullified by the narrower space and I do expect the Broncs to be more overawed by the mere fact of being in America, the place of dreams. They are from Brissie after all and the chip on the shoulder won't come into it.

I like the college football, and bought tickets to the game in Sydney in 2016, there was a crowd of about 60k, not sure how many freebies they gave away. A lot of people might have gone just to see what the game is about, or just to do something different.

Did it have an impact on the neutrals? It probably did, because only 30k turned up a year or so later.

It may well be the same with the rugby league. I think over 30k have been sold already, a crowd of over 40k is said to be a success, so we may have to wait a year to see if it is actually a hit, or a one time novelty.

[SamKerrSimp]

What’s wrong with Toops?

I thought I had seen that he was in doubt my mistake

[zac]

i'm not convinced the future of the nrl will be enhanced by playing games in the u.s. but time will tell.
you'd figure the smaller field will make scoring tries harder - might be an idea to take every penalty shot at goal on offer and set up for a few 40m fgs

[Rocky Rhodes]

What do Americans ever make of these games? Is admission free? Like Arena "football" the audience is most likely to be made up of the sort of dimwit who goes to the wrestling, votes for Trump and won't be able to make head nor tail of Rugby League. There must be countless thousands of them in the 'burbs around Las Vegas - who in their right mind would ever live in that soulless dump? The gambling capital says it all.

As Jax rightly points out Walsh's speed should be pretty much nullified by the narrower space and I do expect the Broncs to be more overawed by the mere fact of being in America, the place of dreams. They are from Brissie after all and the chip on the shoulder won't come into it.

Relax PC61, Airbus Albo will be there..

Free admission? LOL..nothing is free..just like leftard's Medicare...nothing is free..And don't blame peeps for voting trump when the only alternative is voting in a 81yr old geriatric called Joe Biden who puts on his toaster on to make a cup of tea because he is hungry.. Moron should be institutionalized along with hard core leftards.

[bondi.boy]

Bash and barge, no room to move, boring it will be...no sweeping backline moves with wingers scoring in the corners.
4-2 scorelines, hardly exciting.
I hope I'm wrong.

[SamKerrSimp]

I like the college football, and bought tickets to the game in Sydney in 2016, there was a crowd of about 60k, not sure how many freebies they gave away. A lot of people might have gone just to see what the game is about, or just to do something different.

Did it have an impact on the neutrals? It probably did, because only 30k turned up a year or so later.

It may well be the same with the rugby league. I think over 30k have been sold already, a crowd of over 40k is said to be a success, so we may have to wait a year to see if it is actually a hit, or a one time novelty.

They’re only playing in America so they can get the American sportsbetting gamblers interested in the sport.

[milanja]

They’re only playing in America so they can get the American sportsbetting gamblers interested in the sport.

That was one of the main reasons, does the NRL get a % of money bet on its games? Or does it hope that it is popular enough to bet on, which inturn will make people want to watch it and give it slice of the US broadcasting market?

[bondi.boy]

Rugby League is already played in America.
Their national team USARL 'Hawks' played in the World Cup.
USARL ...13 teams, including the Herriman Roosters out of Salt Lake City Utah.
Canada ('Wolverines') and USA ('Hawks') are playing a Test match in Vegas on 1st March 2024.

[The Brain]

Offloads

..and plenty of chips over the top. through...the game will be stifled. Forwards will have to do all the work for sure .

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Buzz mentioned on radio this morning that the refs going over will be Ash Klein and Adam Gee. Originally I heard Gerard Sutton was one but it appears not thankfully. Also spoke about they will likely ref 'Origin style' where much more leniency is afforded to promote a faster, open game. As we all expected I think.

[Johnny73]

Vegas was started by the Mob and 70+ years later nothing has changed. If V'Landys thinks he's going to out-wit the big time gambling hoods he's stupider than he looks.