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

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

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

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?

Proffesor think you've cracked it

What about the semi/Brough shift?

Could we get a Proffesor from Wakey Tech to an Audience with, and have him demonstrate fully this Brough-Tadulala Effect, like a Christmas Lecture. With various props and models (no not Richie and Ollie and the WC Dolls) and volunteers from the crowd.



The Clan, I think you may be called upon by the scientific community and honoured for your discovery.

I thought this thread was about the old fairground ride at the old market