Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:04 pm  

My pet hate is defending teams that kick the ball away after conceding a drop out for a bit of a breather. Danny Brough is by far and away the worst offender but all teams do it to some extent.

Another pet hate is tackled players moving off the mark. Those that milk penalties by taking a step to the side to put the defenders off side (not square) are worse than those who steal the odd step forward.

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:47 am  

St pete wrote:

Haven't the NRL put some rule in place to stop kicking it dead? Sure I read something on it.

While we all having a moan, my biggest dislike is time wasting on drop outs, kicking for goal, scrums and kicking to touch. The Rlf need to bring something in to stop this. It's slowing the game down way to much.

Luke Walsh thinks it's a time out when we get a penalty, he has team meeting before kicking to touch.

If the ball runs dead for a 20 tap in the NRL, then the attacking side are given a zero tackle in the next set of six.
They also have 20 second countdown clocks on scrums and drop outs.

The rucks are also a hell of a lot cleaner as a result of the two refs as well.

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:53 am  

Think the NRL is good with 30 seconds only for a drop out or a penalty, the same with forming the scrum, though they claim we put scrums down on average in 32 seconds, that I can't believe, but whatever rules we have it is up to the referees to implement them and currently I feel they all do their own thing!

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:10 am  

Harry Pinner wrote:

Again I think the NRL have set a time limit on these things. Also Wilko said straight out on TV that they deliberately form scrums slowly to take a breather.

Forming a scrum is a disgrace these days, when they do they don't even "pack down" correctly. I would definitely put time limits on drop outs and penalty kicks to touch.

Say: 20 seconds kicking to touch if they don't they play the ball at the penalty award position. 30 seconds for the goal line drop out if they don't the opposition play a tap ball from the 20 metre line.

The PTB is long overdue for cleaning up. Moving off the mark lose a tackle from the count, interference add a tackle from the count.

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:49 pm  

40/20 and the corner flag rules are two of the best changes the game has seen that I can recall.

[Bullseye]

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:45 am  

Nothus wrote:

If the ball runs dead for a 20 tap in the NRL, then the attacking side are given a zero tackle in the next set of six.
They also have 20 second countdown clocks on scrums and drop outs.

We should adopt these rules asap.

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:30 am  

Walsh will not have finished his time walk back to the kicking spot in 20 seconds.

It's rediculous.

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:47 pm  

I like the seven tackle rule in Australia, it penalises poor kicking. The cleaner play the ball is nothing to do with having two referees, it's the fact that the referee ensures that the ball is played with the foot. That's why you don't get so many scoots from dummy half over there and more creative #6, #7 and #9's.

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:18 pm  

I hate the 1 minute rule before clock is stopped on conversions. if there are 10 tries in a game, that is 10 minutes of game time just watching the kicker pull his socks up. As soon as the try is scored, the clock should stop.

Also, i hate the free play. It has resulted in some decent tries. but the vast majority of the time people will run side to side, then put a kick in which is mopped up. Just looks amateur

Re: the rules are a complete joke! : Fri Aug 19, 2016 3:20 pm  

play the ball is my main complaint, total shambles, if you watched 50 play the balls and 10 of them where penalties I bet nobody would get 5 right, I counted once when we played wigan our player was held down for 8 seconds and the ref let it go, the next set we held down for 4 sec and he blew up, it needs sorting