I'm not against sports innovating, but I'd rather they put their innovation efforts into things like technology to help refs make the right calls (things like hawkeye for example) rather than constantly effing around with the rules.
Another rule change: Kicks in gen play.
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Snake
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Years ago, Jamie Soward was deliberately putting his clearing kicks dead to nullify the likes of Slater from returning the ball against a staggered line. So are you saying 7 tackles for kicks that go dead from outside the 20m (aka clearning kicks) or 7 tackles for the attacking kicks that go wrong?
I tend to think clearing kicks should result in 7 tackles but the little grubbers that roll dead probably don't need a 7 tackle restart. Just my opinion.
We are aligned. Attacking kicks shouldn’t be punished.
Snake
Snake's Alive!
It makes sense. If you are good enough to be in an attacking position (you've earned that field position), you should not be punished so harshly for a kick that is very difficult to execute. It's punishment enough that the kick goes dead and the opposition get the ball. 7 tackle sets are supposed to punish deliberately negative and spoiling tactics, not the 50/50 close calls.
Snake
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not to mention it's not every really a breather anymore because they abolished the scrum so I have no idea what they think they are fixing.
$hit idea.
So because the fans gave a 'ringing endorsement' of the new 6 again rule, the NRL suddenly thinks that's what fans want? Making the game quicker doesn't always make it more entertaining.
If we could leave the rules alone for 1 season, that'd be great.
www.nrl.com
So because the fans gave a 'ringing endorsement' of the new 6 again rule, the NRL suddenly thinks that's what fans want? Making the game quicker doesn't always make it more entertaining.
If we could leave the rules alone for 1 season, that'd be great.
Speedy six-again tempo gets most important approval of all - the fans
The modern game is played at such a ferocious pace that only the elite athletes will survive and thrive, and the footy served up in the first 24 rounds has been brilliant, breath-taking and brutal all at once.
www.nrl.com
Interesting article. Fans believe the speed of the game is 'about right', therefore the 6 again rule is justified. So the ends justify the means.$hit idea.
So because the fans gave a 'ringing endorsement' of the new 6 again rule, the NRL suddenly thinks that's what fans want? Making the game quicker doesn't always make it more entertaining.
If we could leave the rules alone for 1 season, that'd be great.
Speedy six-again tempo gets most important approval of all - the fans
The modern game is played at such a ferocious pace that only the elite athletes will survive and thrive, and the footy served up in the first 24 rounds has been brilliant, breath-taking and brutal all at once.
I wonder if the poll response would be negative if the question was, "Do you like the 6 again rule?".
sheridanstand78
First Grader
Dumb idea, the game is fast enough! The touch finder gives teams a much needed breather.
Ron E. Gibbs
First Grader
Enough already. What perceived shortcoming is this even addressing? Do they never want stoppages in play? The game is already fast enough - some might argue much too fast - and now Junior wants to pipe up again to justify his employment. He can **** off.
Waz13
Let’s all have a chew!
The double talk flip flop muddle headed comments pearce gives in this article would be funny if he didn't actually hold a role in the game.
www.nrl.com
we've had so many rule changes we want to consolidate....after changing one more rule.
Teams only kick into touch an ave of 1.25 times a game so it wont change the game much...but we totally wanna change this rule to stop this huuuuge advantage teams aren't actually getting due to not kicking into touch, which they can do un-punished with a 40-20 or a 20-40 but not dead which is essentially just drawing the lines around the footy field so not much is changing unless you still do those 40-20 kicks so no change there but other changes which wont change much because we've had too much change over the last year or so even though I'm in charge of the rule changes...unless that's changed.
Pearce: Tweak to kicks for touch only rule change being considered
ARLC innovation committee chairman Wayne Pearce believes recent rule changes have improved the game but it is now time for a period of consolidation.
www.nrl.com
we've had so many rule changes we want to consolidate....after changing one more rule.
Teams only kick into touch an ave of 1.25 times a game so it wont change the game much...but we totally wanna change this rule to stop this huuuuge advantage teams aren't actually getting due to not kicking into touch, which they can do un-punished with a 40-20 or a 20-40 but not dead which is essentially just drawing the lines around the footy field so not much is changing unless you still do those 40-20 kicks so no change there but other changes which wont change much because we've had too much change over the last year or so even though I'm in charge of the rule changes...unless that's changed.
Will result in midfield bombs not kicking to the edges , A team will get punished for an attacking kick for there wingers
Kicking to edges is a tactic of the game , Taking more options out of the game just , What do they want just a continuing of play running back and forth , The game getting closer and closer to touch footy
Kicking to edges is a tactic of the game , Taking more options out of the game just , What do they want just a continuing of play running back and forth , The game getting closer and closer to touch footy
Brissie Kid
Bencher
The rule change set to transform the NRL kicking game forever
The touch-finding kick has been a staple of the game for more than a century, but a mooted rule change could totally overhaul how players put boot to ball.www.smh.com.au
Kicks which find touch during play will result in the opposition receiving a seven-tackle set under a proposed new rule change that could be trialled as soon as next week.
The NRL’s innovation committee will convene early next week to discuss the impact of recent rule changes and consider whether any other tweaks could further improve the spectacle.
The Herald can reveal the main agenda item will be whether all kicks in general play that find touch - with the exception of the 40-20 and the seldom-used 20-40 - will result in a seven-tackle set to the opposition. The initiative, which could be road-tested for the first time in the round 25 clash between Canterbury and Wests Tigers, has the potential to totally revolutionise the kicking game.
The idea is the brainchild of innovation committee chairman Wayne Pearce, who believes it could result in more ball-in-play time by discouraging the traditional touch-finder kicks that are often used to slow down the game.
“At the moment, when a ball gets kicked into touch, there’s a turnover and the team can have it in the middle of the field or wherever they want to have it,” Pearce told the Herald.
NRL to trial fresh rule change that would revolutionise kicking tactics
‘Leave our game alone’: Star hits out as NRL considers radical kicking rule changewww.foxsports.com.au
The NRL will consider punishing teams who kick into touch by rewarding the opposing team with a seven-tackle set.
ARL commissioner Wayne Pearce, who heads up the game’s innovation committee, said the rule change would be discussed at a meeting next week, with the dead rubber between the Tigers and Bulldogs mooted as one game to trial it in.
(I didn't realise the kick into touch was such a blight on our game - meanwhile players backing into tackles and clutching their necks are going unpunished).
-remember your friend, globaleagle, is just the messenger here!
Brissie Kid
Bencher
And after this dumb rule is introduced in Rd 1 the defending winger who would have picked up the kicked ball and got on with it, instead just stands there watching the ball dribble in to touch so his team can get a 7 tackle set. That will speed up the game (not).
And after this dumb rule is introduced in Rd 2 the referees will start awarding 7 tackle sets after a last tackle grubber kick 10m out just beats the chasing winger across the touch line.
And after this dumb rule is introduced in Rd 2 the referees will start awarding 7 tackle sets after a last tackle grubber kick 10m out just beats the chasing winger across the touch line.
Do you think wayne pearce wants to keep changing rules until the tigpies are competitive
they were the first club to give up on defence about 10 years back and he is trying to level the playing field it seems by making defence irrelevant
next weeks rule will surely be "sack your coach" advance to finals
they were the first club to give up on defence about 10 years back and he is trying to level the playing field it seems by making defence irrelevant
next weeks rule will surely be "sack your coach" advance to finals
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