: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:53 pm  

and i, refuse to be drawn in so easily to the obvious answer retort!

but its er 7 converted tries!

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:31 pm  

Basically he wanted to prove that he can kick from anywhere and the only way to secure this was to score out wide himself as he had already kicked two (I think it was at that stage) from the other line

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:31 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

I like it. I'm not hot on science (or is it maths), and I'm one of those people who thinks that when the petrol gauge is on empty, it is better to get to the garage as quickly as possible rather than drive slowly, but now Broughy's run to the corner makes perfect sense.

I feel proud that I was the cause of the words "scalene triangle" being used on RLfans. Who would have thought it.

Challenge for you Slugger

Use a scalene triangle to solve a crime in your next book

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:55 pm  

The Clan wrote:

I is all about shifting the trajectory of your momentum in order to evade being tackled. Action from one player will always be quicker than reaction from another.

Broughy is the one who decides to "shift" and in doing so he gains a split second advantage over Tadulala which translates in to a greater distance between ball carrier and defender.

There are many occasions when you will see an attacking player shift trajectory a number of times which has the effect of completely throwing the defender off track.

Hence the sidestep sir? A level Physics i wouldn't mind studying

Maybe Hendo could tell us the Physics behind it?....Or maybe not!

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:19 am  

Also, if he(Broughy) had turned to go nearer the sticks, he would have changed his running curve from an outside arc, into an inside hyperbola, thus allowing Taddy the opportunity to run an inside parabola, and the point of intersection would more than likely have been the in-field side of the try line.
Danny was obviously remembering his invaluable A level maths lessons when taking on the matter of crossing the said try line, and doing his Calculas, Archimedes, Pythagoras and Quadratic Equations in his head with a huge grin on his chops.

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:52 am  

Pilchard wrote:

Also, if he(Broughy) had turned to go nearer the sticks, he would have changed his running curve from an outside arc, into an inside hyperbola, thus allowing Taddy the opportunity to run an inside parabola, and the point of intersection would more than likely have been the in-field side of the try line.
Danny was obviously remembering his invaluable A level maths lessons when taking on the matter of crossing the said try line, and doing his Calculas, Archimedes, Pythagoras and Quadratic Equations in his head with a huge grin on his chops.

Or maybe he just said to Semi, "ive got your passport in me pocket pall" and ran like hell

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:37 am  

wesgate wolf wrote:

Or maybe he just said to Semi, "ive got your passport in me pocket pall" and ran like hell

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:40 am  

Pilchard wrote:

Also, if he(Broughy) had turned to go nearer the sticks, he would have changed his running curve from an outside arc, into an inside hyperbola, thus allowing Taddy the opportunity to run an inside parabola, and the point of intersection would more than likely have been the in-field side of the try line.
Danny was obviously remembering his invaluable A level maths lessons when taking on the matter of crossing the said try line, and doing his Calculas, Archimedes, Pythagoras and Quadratic Equations in his head with a huge grin on his chops.

I'll get the missus to mark your exam later!

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:50 am  

I hope JK has included classes about all this in the training schedules

: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:10 am  

BenchWarmer wrote:

Hence the sidestep sir? A level Physics i wouldn't mind studying

Maybe Hendo could tell us the Physics behind it?....Or maybe not!

To add to my earlier post, it's easy to accelerate to a pre-determined and fixed point but when that point is being unpredictably altered at random It becomes almost impossible to reach full speed.

Furthermore if the chasing defender has more mass than the ball carrier centrifugal forces and momentum make trajectory changes more difficult. Add that to the split second advantage gained by the ball carrier also being in control of the trajectory changes and you see why Broughy was able to beat Tadulala to the line.

Might I make a suggestion that we need to name this phenomenon for future reference.

Maybe, The Brough-Tadulala Effect?