I remember being at this game, great defence from Salford but as shown here they were ridiculously holding down, not square at marker and hardly ever behind the try line when defending in their 10 metre area. Saints had lots of 6 agains but it didn’t stop Salford’s tactics.
They did mate. The leniency from referees in that 2023 was noticeable and it made a sizeable difference to sides being able to counter the Saints tactics which was about intensity and attrition on both sides of the ball. Getting away with slowing that to your speed is a very effective counter to that tactic
I remember being at this game, great defence from Salford but as shown here they were ridiculously holding down, not square at marker and hardly ever behind the try line when defending in their 10 metre area. Saints had lots of 6 agains but it didn’t stop Salford’s tactics.
They did mate. The leniency from referees in that 2023 was noticeable and it made a sizeable difference to sides being able to counter the Saints tactics which was about intensity and attrition on both sides of the ball. Getting away with slowing that to your speed is a very effective counter to that tactic