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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
Has anyone noticed the long standing practice of lag tackling at Richmond ? I call it lag tackling, but maybe there’s a better description.
Basically, it involves situations where there is a one on one contest for the ball and the player that commits themselves the most physically, wins first possession or gets their hands on it first. But what a heap of Richmond players do though in these situations is to wait that split second just before the clash is about to occur, let their opponent get their hands on it first, and then attempt to lay a tackle thereafter. Lag tackling.
A classic example was Tivendale last night. The very first WCE goal came from Tivendale not committing to a contest with Lynch, preferring instead to wait that split second so he could let Lynch gather it up and then he’d wrap him up in a tackle. Needless to say, Lynch had all the momentum…the tackle wasn’t strong enough…Lynch shoved it out to Graham who kicked WCE’s first goal.
A lot of supporters get confused into thinking that half the tackles that Richmond players lay are great when in fact they’re just a result of not being committed enough in the first instance to try and win first possession. Alternatively, they’re fooled into thinking the Richmond player couldn’t quite get there first so it was better for them to hang back which in many situations is just not the case i.e. they could have gotten there first if they were committed enough. Its almost become an epidemic at Richmond, brought on in my personal opinion by years and years of such practice by the Wayne Campbells, Matthew Knights and Nick Daffy’s of the world. The amount of times Campbell would let an opponent get the ball first then lay a tackle and get up off the ground thinking he’d done a great job used to infuriate me.
How about a side that’s prepared to take a knock to get its hands on the ball first… instead of hanging back waiting to make a tackle ?
Basically, it involves situations where there is a one on one contest for the ball and the player that commits themselves the most physically, wins first possession or gets their hands on it first. But what a heap of Richmond players do though in these situations is to wait that split second just before the clash is about to occur, let their opponent get their hands on it first, and then attempt to lay a tackle thereafter. Lag tackling.
A classic example was Tivendale last night. The very first WCE goal came from Tivendale not committing to a contest with Lynch, preferring instead to wait that split second so he could let Lynch gather it up and then he’d wrap him up in a tackle. Needless to say, Lynch had all the momentum…the tackle wasn’t strong enough…Lynch shoved it out to Graham who kicked WCE’s first goal.
A lot of supporters get confused into thinking that half the tackles that Richmond players lay are great when in fact they’re just a result of not being committed enough in the first instance to try and win first possession. Alternatively, they’re fooled into thinking the Richmond player couldn’t quite get there first so it was better for them to hang back which in many situations is just not the case i.e. they could have gotten there first if they were committed enough. Its almost become an epidemic at Richmond, brought on in my personal opinion by years and years of such practice by the Wayne Campbells, Matthew Knights and Nick Daffy’s of the world. The amount of times Campbell would let an opponent get the ball first then lay a tackle and get up off the ground thinking he’d done a great job used to infuriate me.
How about a side that’s prepared to take a knock to get its hands on the ball first… instead of hanging back waiting to make a tackle ?