ploinerrhino wrote:
it should be only if deliberate foul play , not in the Watkins incident
The problem is that what is often classified now as deliberate foul play is a world away from the foul play we all knew and recognised 20 years ago.
The much stiffer attitude the judiciary have taken in the 21st century has massively reduced the nonsensical violence that some players specialised in back during 'the good old days', but it could be argued that they're now going too far.
Contact with anything above the shoulder is an automatic penalty, whether it was intended or not. A collision with a kicker after the ball has left his boot can easily result in a yellow card, even though it's often the tackler's momentum that causes the collision.
Overreactions like that are ruining the spectacle of RL as an aggressive contact sport.
If the awarding of 8-point tries becomes a regular thing in 2023, it will be yet another step in that direction. Though as I've already said, I suspect it will be another fad, which they'll have forgotten about by April.
