Re: NRL trialling rule changes - any good? : Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:17 pm  

Wellsy13 wrote:

Haven't seen the game, but don't need to to argue about the powerplay gimmick. It's just not rugby league.

Wouldn't mind seeing the wiping of the tackle count in action to make a judgement on it because I think it may have some potential, and by the sound of it it has sped the game up. You bring up a good point though in people not knowing that an offence has occurred or what offence has occurred. Perhaps they'd need a certain signal or something to highlight during gameplay.

another concern is that usually, after maybe a few similar offences a referee would bring the captain in and give a warning to try and cut it out. but in this sort of situation, the team wont get that warning and won't particularly know what it is they need to cut out.

Like you say, a certain hand signal by the ref might help highlight what is going on. It also sounded like they had the refs mic connected up to the stadium speakers so people in the stadium could hear what was being said, although it was difficult to hear on tv.

From what I saw this morning, it worked out ok simply because they have one referee concentrating on the ruck so everything gets seen, in superleague with only one referee a lot of things go unnoticed which is why I think we could struggle to implement it over here.

Re: NRL trialling rule changes - any good? : Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:23 pm  

Robbo wrote:

another concern is that usually, after maybe a few similar offences a referee would bring the captain in and give a warning to try and cut it out. but in this sort of situation, the team wont get that warning and won't particularly know what it is they need to cut out.

Like you say, a certain hand signal by the ref might help highlight what is going on. It also sounded like they had the refs mic connected up to the stadium speakers so people in the stadium could hear what was being said, although it was difficult to hear on tv.

From what I saw this morning, it worked out ok simply because they have one referee concentrating on the ruck so everything gets seen, in superleague with only one referee a lot of things go unnoticed which is why I think we could struggle to implement it over here.

If there are persistent offences, then the ref can give a full penalty and stop the game to talk to players.

Not sure about the ref being microphoned up! MOOOOOOOVE!!!!!

Re: NRL trialling rule changes - any good? : Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:12 pm  

I think Rule 2 has a lot of potential, and could possibly speed the game up, making it a bit better.

Re: NRL trialling rule changes - any good? : Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:46 am  

If the offence happens on 0 or 1 tackle then you dont really get any benefit. I understand its purpose and it sounds good, but when you think about it there are too many flawes. The other 2 are just stupid.

Re: NRL trialling rule changes - any good? : Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:48 am  

The wiping of the tackle count needs a bit of tweaking, in order to allow a team to quickly choose if they want to take the full penalty instead. I couldn't see if the ref(s) were signalling the penalties on TV, if they weren't they need to.

Other than that it does speed up the game and punishes wrestling techniques.

Re: NRL trialling rule changes - any good? : Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:16 pm  

jarvis12345 wrote:

If the offence happens on 0 or 1 tackle then you dont really get any benefit.

That's what I was aiming at when I posted this.

Wildmoose wrote:

No 2 has some potential imo. From a technical infringement I’d give the non offending side the choice of a) taking a tap & resetting the tackle count, or b) kicking for touch & continuing the tackle count. Early in the tackle count sides may opt to take the metres from a kick, late in the count they’d probably opt for another set.

Re: NRL trialling rule changes - any good? : Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:20 pm  

Power play was bull-shit but I think the penalty awarded with a play on back to zero could have something if they tinker with it.

Re: NRL trialling rule changes - any good? : Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:29 pm  

With the 40/20 and last nights 50/30 or whatever it was, why not just have that kick from anywhere in your own half as long as you are behind the line and it goes in to touch 40 or whatever metres it is away?

Say you're near the half way line and you kick it out in the oppositions 10, it's the same as a 40/20 anyway isn't it, so the kick is just as skillful as a 40/20.