League has become even more a game of contact forcings back in recent years particularly with the extra tackle sets.
I agree that this will be where Cooper's style of play will potentially work against him. High risk options are very low percentage in league because giving away field position is very costly.
He'll need to temper his game and really just deploy his attacking passing and kicking game when in the opposition 20.
I watched back-to-back Knights / Waratahs games with a friend who was a union diehard until 22 and then jumped ship to the NRL.
Newcastle made a break and didn't go wide. I asked why and he pointed to the fact that possession is king in league, and high risk plays are never attempted on early tackles.
In the Tahs game, they flipped and flopped and failed all around the park, throwing horrendous offloads to no one seemingly every 2 minutes. He was horrified.
"They don't respect possession, no wonder they're shit".
Makes you think.
But yes, NRL has pretty highlights packages but I think Quade will have a rude awakening if he thinks that means he can just throw cutouts and flick passes all game.
