Brissie Kid
Bencher
Anyone know what the rule is with this stopping the clock in the final 5 minutes?
After Matai scored at 79:05 the ref called time off but when the video ref confirmed it as a try the clock started counting down again & Parra never got a kickoff.
But then there is this I just read.
What is he saying? That if this new stop the clock rule wasn't in place Maxwell wouldn't have called for a replay of a high tackle on DCE?
Anyway if the NRL were serious about stopping the clock for the final 5 minutes why is it just drop outs and after a conversion?
If they are serious they should stop it after a try and not restart until the kickoff. Parra had 50 seconds left after Matai scored but Jamie used all the remaining time up.
But I still don't know why the last 5 minutes should be allowed to be counted differently to the first 75. But that's the NRL, there isn't a lot of logic to what they do to the rules anymore.
But here's Toddy's views on how good he is at rule changes instead of coaches.
The logic is a bit hard to follow. If they had kept the 2013 time off rules but extended the game time from 80 minutes to 85 minutes it would achieve the same close results as Toddy's formula. Play 80 minutes with time off or 85 with no time off the games are still the same length and result.
The worrying bit though is there is more to come from Toddy's crew even though the fans are all screaming out for the NRL to leave the rules alone.
After Matai scored at 79:05 the ref called time off but when the video ref confirmed it as a try the clock started counting down again & Parra never got a kickoff.
But then there is this I just read.
The NRL's decision to stop the clock when the ball is out of play in the last five minutes of games has not only resulted in grandstand finishes to matches, but may also spell the end of golden point.
Wind the clock back to any time before this season and Manly would not have beaten Parramatta on Sunday,
with Sea Eagles centre Steve Matai crossing for the match-winning try against the Eels with 49 seconds left after referee Jared Maxwell had stopped the clock at the other end of the field for a goal-line dropout.
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/nrl-stops-the-clock-and-the-golden-point-20140324-hvm1j.html
What is he saying? That if this new stop the clock rule wasn't in place Maxwell wouldn't have called for a replay of a high tackle on DCE?
Anyway if the NRL were serious about stopping the clock for the final 5 minutes why is it just drop outs and after a conversion?
If they are serious they should stop it after a try and not restart until the kickoff. Parra had 50 seconds left after Matai scored but Jamie used all the remaining time up.
But I still don't know why the last 5 minutes should be allowed to be counted differently to the first 75. But that's the NRL, there isn't a lot of logic to what they do to the rules anymore.
But here's Toddy's views on how good he is at rule changes instead of coaches.
"When the games are on the line like that and are going down to the wire you want to give teams every chance and you also want to give fans the opportunity to enjoy the spectacle," NRL head of football Todd Greenberg said.
"It has done exactly what we had hoped it would do, which is give more opportunities for both teams in that last five minutes. The Storm-Panthers game was a great example of that. The lead changed three times in the last five minutes.
"The changes we have been able to make are genuinely around the entertainment of the game and giving fans a great spectacle to watch."
Despite some criticism of the constant changes and tweaking of the rules, Greenberg said the NRL would continue to consider innovations that make the game more appealing to fans.
"Over the years the coaches have had a significant say in the way the rules are structures and there is no way in history a coach would have come up with that sort of rule change," he said.
"That is why I think we have done the right thing by taking a little bit more control of the game because we are an entertainment product and we have got to make sure that we continue to innovate. That is one of the great strengths of where the game is currently at."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/nrl-stops-the-clock-and-the-golden-point-20140324-hvm1j.html
The logic is a bit hard to follow. If they had kept the 2013 time off rules but extended the game time from 80 minutes to 85 minutes it would achieve the same close results as Toddy's formula. Play 80 minutes with time off or 85 with no time off the games are still the same length and result.
The worrying bit though is there is more to come from Toddy's crew even though the fans are all screaming out for the NRL to leave the rules alone.
we have got to make sure that we continue to innovate. That is one of the great strengths of where the game is currently at."