Brian McDermott

Now that battle over a number of sets is what fascinates everybody.

even, you know, the appetite for, for Uber League in Australia, it's, you can see that because there's some old ladies in the supermarket pulling you to one side, giving you some advice about how the game should be played.

And you think, well, they know their stuff over here.

But that battle of you've got six players and then we've got six players, you've got six.

But that's morphed over the last few seasons, hasn't it?

It's not six players anymore.

It's 10 players.

You've got to be ready for... It can be 14 players.

And even if you've done really well for 14 players and that normally ends up near your own trial line and you've defended and everybody says, wow, wasn't that a great defensive effort from the opposition?

to keep them out.

But then they get given the ball and you say, right, do your best.

Because, you know, six of your team are gassed.

There's another few.

So you try and knock together some attack, you know, for the next possession that you have.

But then the game's so imbalanced for a long period of time because of the six against.

So I understand the six against.

I don't necessarily disagree with them.

But just as an observation, I think the battle of you've got six players, you've got to be really good.

There's a scrutiny on your attack.

If you don't come up with enough creativity, if you don't run powerful enough, if you don't run and your skill levels aren't high enough, then you've wasted your five players and you've got to kick on the last.