NRL announces rule changes

[tig_prmz]

Also, there needs to be a set criteria for professional foul regarding consecutive penalties.

I think refs need to come up with a signal and a whistle to indicate to the captain that they have received a warning. I feel 3 consecutive penalties within a 5 minute period should constitute an automatic sin-bin.

 

[Tiger5150]

The only change I like is the interchange of injured players for at least 2 mins.

I think there is a place for a settling kick into touch for a scrum/rest. Its not used that much anyway. Sad to see that go.

2 point field goal is just .....why?

I called for the 6 again rule over penalties a few years back in an NRL fan survey, but I suggested it be used slightly differently. There was too much of it and it was too subjective in 2020. I also cant stand the deliberate holding down on the zero and 1st tackles. That's a professional foul.

My suggestion was to have ***the tackle count restarted*** - basically not six again, just back to zero. If on the 3rd tackle you go back to zero, if on the 5th tackle you back to zero. I also think it should only be in the oppositions half. In your own half you still get a penalty to kick up field.

Isnt that 6 again?

 

[TheDaBoss]

Liddle Simpkin combo gonna be fire

 

[the_third]

all these changes are making it feel like touch football. I'll wait and see, but not convinced its the right direction.

I would have like to see a crackdown on delaying tactics in the last 5 or so mins or added time to combat the slowness in this period. Even just calling play on if a player goes down with "cramp" in this period

 

[JC99]

I don’t understand the obsession with wantihn to make the game touch footy speed. Sure there’s a little less wrestling now but far out they want literally 0 breaks in play.... injury counts will continue to rise

 

[tig_prmz]

I don’t understand the obsession with wantihn to make the game touch footy speed. Sure there’s a little less wrestling now but far out they want literally 0 breaks in play.... injury counts will continue to rise

I think teams and players will adapt but I feel we are just T20ing the game up. I guess you have to adapt to what the majority of the population wants as well.

In the 80s I'm guessing it was 2-3 tries a game on average and now it's probably somewhere around 6-7 but this will increase it to possible 9-10 tries a game in a year or two.

The art of wrestling will still stay. In the last 20 minutes of each half maybe not as much but the start of each half, wrestling will become very important.

 

[cochise]

The only change I like is the interchange of injured players for at least 2 mins.

I think there is a place for a settling kick into touch for a scrum/rest. Its not used that much anyway. Sad to see that go.

2 point field goal is just .....why?

I called for the 6 again rule over penalties a few years back in an NRL fan survey, but I suggested it be used slightly differently. There was too much of it and it was too subjective in 2020. I also cant stand the deliberate holding down on the zero and 1st tackles. That's a professional foul.

**My suggestion was to have the tackle count restarted - basically not six again, just back to zero. If on the 3rd tackle you go back to zero, if on the 5th tackle you back to zero. I also think it should only be in the oppositions half. In your own half you still get a penalty to kick up field.**

Abdo said he would be innovative when given the position. The games changing a bit too much imo.

That is what happens?

 

[rustycage]

Captain's challenge has helped with the strip or knock on debate.

However, I still constantly see players walking off the mark or th attacker pushing the marker away. This needs to be thoroughly monitored. 4 or so years ago, they started penalising and now it's gone back to how it was before.

Everyone likes a fast game and I appreciate what they're trying to do here but it's becoming a bit too attack favoured. Also, need to think about how some of these rules will affect the game at grassroots level. This rule pretty much means that scrums will be almost null and void. If kids aren't packing into scrums now, we have no right to complain 5 years down the track when scrums get even worse.

Scrums should improve with the ref calling to pack and separate. But thats the only rule change I like I think. It's crap that they make rule changes of such significance so close the approaching season. Here are we, heading towards our biggest pack in a long time and we may well pay the price for it.

 

[rustycage]

I don’t understand the obsession with wantihn to make the game touch footy speed. Sure there’s a little less wrestling now but far out they want literally 0 breaks in play.... injury counts will continue to rise

Absolutely - thumbs up to that.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Games gone SOFT you pass you score YOU GET IT OUT the backline, its about GRIT, CURAGE NOT pretty boys back when i was a prop back in the day we survived on grit and sometimes only had 1 chiko role a day and even ones in the dirt tasted good some times a prefab scallop round and chewy We never had and lived on the smell of an oily rag these days the kids are soft and more worried about hair do's than smashing it up them middle like a piston eating coco pops for breakfast how can you be fit eating cocopops the games going backwards and nobody cares NOBODY CARES its as simple as you pass you score dont over complicate things with stupid rules bring back the hard days where men were men i couldnt give 2 and had mustaches, like kerry Hemsley they dont make en like kerry any more party down the back business up the front how a man should be a bit of length IS NOT BAD, Its how men were thousands of years agho there was no hairdressers back then they had to use shells but WE ARE MOVING AWAY from what the ARL is all about and thats tuffness guys like woods the bearded lady couldnt tear there way out of a wet pie bag theres no real men and all the clubs are dying NOBODY CARES look at the mighty magpies i never recovered when the terrible day happernd i was at home and herd the nmews we were gone i cried for 2 weeks and funny you mention that parramatter cheats. any wests suoporters here they were the days we were the champions the mighty mighty magpies tommy was a real man anyway message to all clubs and the ARL stop molly codling these kids thats why there injured first game feed em a pie and coke and bash em anybody remember those days haha its funny you said that i was just there last week you pass you score and let the big pistons do the dirty work and punch it up the middle

 

[cochise]

Games gone SOFT you pass you score YOU GET IT OUT the backline, its about GRIT, CURAGE NOT pretty boys back when i was a prop back in the day we survived on grit and sometimes only had 1 chiko role a day and even ones in the dirt tasted good some times a prefab scallop round and chewy We never had and lived on the smell of an oily rag these days the kids are soft and more worried about hair do's than smashing it up them middle like a piston eating coco pops for breakfast how can you be fit eating cocopops the games going backwards and nobody cares NOBODY CARES its as simple as you pass you score dont over complicate things with stupid rules bring back the hard days where men were men i couldnt give 2 and had mustaches, like kerry Hemsley they dont make en like kerry any more party down the back business up the front how a man should be a bit of length IS NOT BAD, Its how men were thousands of years agho there was no hairdressers back then they had to use shells but WE ARE MOVING AWAY from what the ARL is all about and thats tuffness guys like woods the bearded lady couldnt tear there way out of a wet pie bag theres no real men and all the clubs are dying NOBODY CARES look at the mighty magpies i never recovered when the terrible day happernd i was at home and herd the nmews we were gone i cried for 2 weeks and funny you mention that parramatter cheats. any wests suoporters here they were the days we were the champions the mighty mighty magpies tommy was a real man anyway message to all clubs and the ARL stop molly codling these kids thats why there injured first game feed em a pie and coke and bash em anybody remember those days haha its funny you said that i was just there last week you pass you score and let the big pistons do the dirty work and punch it up the middle

Mate are you ok?

 

[hobbo1]

Games gone SOFT you pass you score YOU GET IT OUT the backline, its about GRIT, CURAGE NOT pretty boys back when i was a prop back in the day we survived on grit and sometimes only had 1 chiko role a day and even ones in the dirt tasted good some times a prefab scallop round and chewy We never had and lived on the smell of an oily rag these days the kids are soft and more worried about hair do's than smashing it up them middle like a piston eating coco pops for breakfast how can you be fit eating cocopops the games going backwards and nobody cares NOBODY CARES its as simple as you pass you score dont over complicate things with stupid rules bring back the hard days where men were men i couldnt give 2 and had mustaches, like kerry Hemsley they dont make en like kerry any more party down the back business up the front how a man should be a bit of length IS NOT BAD, Its how men were thousands of years agho there was no hairdressers back then they had to use shells but WE ARE MOVING AWAY from what the ARL is all about and thats tuffness guys like woods the bearded lady couldnt tear there way out of a wet pie bag theres no real men and all the clubs are dying NOBODY CARES look at the mighty magpies i never recovered when the terrible day happernd i was at home and herd the nmews we were gone i cried for 2 weeks and funny you mention that parramatter cheats. any wests suoporters here they were the days we were the champions the mighty mighty magpies tommy was a real man anyway message to all clubs and the ARL stop molly codling these kids thats why there injured first game feed em a pie and coke and bash em anybody remember those days haha its funny you said that i was just there last week you pass you score and let the big pistons do the dirty work and punch it up the middle

Mate are you ok?

On the turps I’d say ..
Good read though..and all true !

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

1 chiko role a day

Bring back The Chiko Roll!

 

[sleeve]

Big mobile forwards are cruicial .All this talk about needing smaller packs to cope with the rule changes is just guesswork and dribble.Just reporters trying to create a headline in quiet times.Tamalolo,Papali,and a few others are proof that size is and always will be important.

 

[diedpretty]

1 chiko role a day

Bring back The Chiko Roll!

It never went.

 

[Tigerlily]

Players struggle to keep pace as NRL rule changes take effect in trials
Players will have to get up to speed — literally — as rule changes look like having a major impact on rugby league this season.

March 1, 2021 11:54am by James MattheySource: news.com.au
Brett Costello News Corp Australia

Last year the NRL unveiled a suite of alterations ARLC chairman Peter V’landys said were introduced with a view towards “less stoppages, more unpredictability and increased excitement for our fans”.

Last season’s “six-again” rule for ruck infringements sped the game up considerably and several of the new regulations have only added to the intensity. Being offside within 10m will also result in six more tackles, rather than a full-blown penalty, while scrums have been ditched in favour of play-the-balls when the Steeden or a player goes over the sideline.

Penrith and Parramatta players had their first taste of the frenetic pace they can expect this year as the Panthers beat the Eels 16-6 in a trial match on the weekend.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports the ball was in play for more than 32 minutes in the first half alone — whereas last year, the ball was in play for an average of just over 56 minutes per game.

One Eels player told the Herald “F*** these new rules. I couldn’t breathe”, such was the speed and intensity of the game under the new rules.

Eels coach Brad Arthur revealed fullback Clint Gutherson was clocked at covering 120m per minute in the opening 20 minutes — well above a high-intensity average of around 90m per minute — and said the speed of the contest was partly the reason for his side’s “clunky” attack.

“It was clunky but they were just tired getting into position,” Arthur said. “It (the match) was just about making sure there were no injuries and getting some match fitness — get used to the speed of the game because it was fast.

“The speed of the first half, they reckoned it was around 95 metres per minute which is pretty high.

“Gutho (Gutherson) was 120 metres per minute in the first 20 minutes so it was very fast.

“I think both teams were real tired at stages and the quality of the shape was off at times but I think that was because of the speed of the game. It’s just going to take a bit of getting used to.

“We had a plan to get the players off a lot earlier than we did but I thought they needed the match fitness.”

Last year V’landys said feedback from stakeholders in the game convinced NRL bosses they needed to adapt.

“The message from the fans and our broadcasters has been clear — the game became too predictable and the balance between attack and defence had gone too far in favour of defence,” V’landys said.

“Our changes last year were successful in addressing some of those challenges and the changes announced (for season 2021) will take the element of unpredictability and entertainment a step further.”

🙄 What a bunch of whiners.

 

[supercoach]

With every new rule it seems to be giving the guy in the middle more chance to influence the result. Okay Iguess from 1908 the ref has always been able to influence results, but it seems every year we are giving them more powers.

 

[Needaname]

Only thing I didn’t like is the play the ball replacing the scrum when out in touch.
They still give the option to the attacking team a choice as to where they want to play the ball from.
Personally I think that’s ridiculous and would be better served with a quick tap taken from the side the ball crossed the sideline.

 

[JC99]

I don't know why PVL thinks more fatigue means more exciting games... take it too far and you've got either one exhausted team getting flogged by 60 or two exhausted teams not playing their best footy. It's a fine line and I think the new rules have taken it too far