What tactics for the skinny Vegas field?

[Nicola Tesla]

How do you think the team or any for that matter, should approach this game with the considerably slimmer field?
Going to be a tighter up and slide defence I’d imagine.
Def going to have to try to get the back in the air for a contest with our tall guys out wide!
Thoughts?

["gaz"]

6 metres shorter and 5 metres narrower
I imagine due to the narrower field resulting in a more compressed defence, the attack will unfortunately be stifled.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I ran this up the flagpole in another thread, but didn't generate much interest. Probably deserves its own thread though.

Apart from what I said previously, I see it favouring Easts and Manly. One is it cramps the Broncos superior overall speed a little and makes it easier to herd them inside. Plus we dont have our quickest player engaged. Souths rely on that strip the edges and go around creating the overlap more than any other team. Should play into Manlys hands.

[King Salvo]

By the sounds of it the ground will be 63 metres side-line to side-line instead of the normal 68 metres and 96 metres try line to try line instead of 100 metres.

So not a lot of difference in the washup if the field dimensions are this

The issue will be the grass as the stadium features a roll in roll out grass field. - NFL Fields are 48 to 49 metres side line to side line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N457ZoS0zfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnKyplWI8tg

[A Country Member]

Offloads

[roosterproud]

12 aside to compensate

[dice]

Tries off kicks

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Tries off kicks

You called.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Win the ruck in the middle. Play straight with the ball.

[Rooster90]

I can almost guarantee the tactics will be to play Roosters footy

it looked like the guys were running out of space wide against Manly, I'm concerned about what we will see in Vegas

[SamKerrSimp]

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

[JAF]

Does anyone know if Joey Manu is on the plane yet??

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Since they are playing ten yards and not metres I think that will be an issue.

[horrie hastings]

Tries off kicks

With the narrower field expect a few kicks to go out on the full.

[mightyrooster]

Since they are playing ten yards and not metres I think that will be an issue.

How much is a yard anyway compared to metres? I’m feeling too lazy to google.