NRL's 40/20 rule is run by ballboys

[Mark from Brisbane]

The advantage should only be that after a successful 40/20 they get a tap, the defensive side should at least be able to set their line.

Yes it's NOT touch footy @RiverEagle

 

[sheridanstand78]

The 40/20 kick is a good one in that the team retains possession, but its madness with the interpretation of how the tap restart is done.

I think there should be a chance for a defensive line to be set which makes it fairer.

It is unfair that a ball boy is responsible for putting the ball on the side line for a player to pick up, instead of passing the ball to the winger, thats such a vague rule.

 

[EagleFromMay1967]

Think the ball boy in question should front the Judiciarary. 3 weeks min with 2 weeks if he takes the EGP.

But if the power play were to be introduced, WHICH Manly players would be off for the 5 mins ?? Eh?

Reckon most teams would choose Matai & Choc, the very two players that have been intentionally knobbled by the Charming Wabbits in the last two years !!! 😡

 

[Dan]

The quick tap was not the intention of the new rule it was more for them to be able to be rid of the scrum. Mince again the media, in particular the commontary team fudged that up and now the nrl just went along with it

A quick tap from a 40/20 is just a dumb rule. A normal tap is fine but the quick tap offers no improvement to the game it just allows for possibly closer scores

 

[Brissie Kid]

A quick tap from a 40/20 is just a dumb rule. A normal tap is fine but the quick tap offers no improvement to the game it just allows for possibly closer scores

Looking at the 40/20 rule in the story i posted earlier it doesn't say anything about taking a quick tap.

Seems the quick tap idea was added on by someone else after.

It's a stupid idea though. Why don't Toddy and crew at the NRL let the halfback at scrums feed the ball as soon as his team's pack is ready? That makes just as much sense. So what if the other pack is nowhere to be seen?

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

The quick tap was not the intention of the new rule it was more for them to be able to be rid of the scrum. Mince again the media, in particular the commontary team fudged that up and now the nrl just went along with it

A quick tap from a 40/20 is just a dumb rule. A normal tap is fine but the quick tap offers no improvement to the game it just allows for possibly closer scores

Which is what Nein and Fox want @Dan

If they could get all games to be decided in the last two minutes Gyngel & co would love it.

 

[StuBoot]

The problem with trying to speed the game up is that players aren't even tapping the ball correctly anymore. I don't reckon Sandow even touched the ball with his foot so what happened before that is a moot point anyway. I thought that the ball had to leave the hands and then touch the foot - hence the name a "tap kick". They just tend to pick it up, make it look like they touched their foot/leg/hip and start running.

They don't police the play the ball anyway so it's almost anything goes. I find it funny that if you try to play the ball correctly with your foot and it bobbles a bit it's called a knock on but if you play tunnel ball it's okay.

This obsession with speeding the game up is unveiling more and more flaws that the refs and administration can't deal with or foresee.

 

[nodd]

Maybe it is time for ball men?

Ballchicks (or ballwomen if you are PC) would be better Central!

 

[mickqld]

Amazing how last week it wasn't a news worthy issue and now because it's cost an NRL moron masses favorite it's splashed everywhere. I just live to see us stick it up the rear of the establishment clowns. How gauling it must be for all the moron masses to see us at the top year on year. Every victory for Manly is another stab to the heart of the media led haters.

 

[HoldenV8]

Here is a silly idea.

In tennis, ball boys and ball girls actually go through training with event organisers to make sure they know what they are supposed to do. Why can't the NRL do this to make sure that what happened last week and last night DOESN'T happen? And for that matter, each club and their coaches/players should know the rule as well.

 

[HappilyManly]

The Linesman should direct the Ballboys.
He stands there doing sweet FA, so has plenty of time to tell the kiddies where to place the ball :idea:

 

[Brissie Kid]

[video=youtube]http://youtu.be/fQdrVhTL0HY[/video]
Royals ball boy a few months back.

 

[globaleagle]

Should we be surprised? It was this same dopey organisation who thought the "power play" rule was worth a trial. That was the one where one team gets to choose two players in the other team who have to leave the field so its then its 13 v 11 for 5 minutes.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/the-all-stars-rugby-league-game-on-february-4-will-trial-a-power-play-rule/story-e6frf3ou-1226212041184

It has its origins in ice hockey and now the power play is coming to the NRL.

The All Stars game on February 4 will trial a number of rule changes including one where a team on the attack can ask the defence to drop two players from its team.

Each team will be allowed one power play per half of football and the defending team will have to sweat it out for five minutes before it can return to a full complement on the field.

Fans will get to enjoy the moment too with a shot clock appearing on the scoreboard counting down the time before the two players can rejoin their teammates.

NRL football operations director Nathan McGuirk came up with the idea and has already bounced it off NRL All Stars coach Wayne Bennett and Indigenous coach Laurie Daley.

Errr "Ice" Hockey (or just hockey as Nth America calls it) just phoned and said don't blame them for this trial.

In fact the power play is exactly like the sin bin. When a player gets 2, 5, or 10 mins in the 'penalty box' then that team is a man down for that length of time.

There is certainly so period of the game when 1 team gets to ask the other team to bench a player.

This trial McGeek speaks of, would more closely relate to a power play in cricket than the power play in the NHL or other 'ice' hockey leagues.

Just so you guys now that there aren't crazy rules in other sports....just the nrl.

 

[globaleagle]

It's ok everyone....

Toddy's done his 'investigation' and even though he and the nrl really....really want to support the ball ball boys, it's basically come down to he said/he said so it's easier to side with the big fat parra guy so no real action has to be taken.

 

[HappilyManly]

Its the Big Fat NRL Guy, thats why he has no case to answer 😡

 

[mosto]

Agree that a quick tap for a 40/20 is giving too much advantage to the attacking team, however, if we're going to persist with it, why not have a ball permanently placed a metre or so outside the field of play at each 20m junction. No need to rely on ball boys for that particular restart.

While we're on it, why don't we have a corner post (for want of a better term) at each 20m junction to assist touchies with determining where the ball crossed the line. How a bloke running full tilt 15-20m away at a side on angle is supposed to judge if the ball crossed the line one inch before the 20 or one inch past the 20 is beyond me.

 

[Bradza]

They should keep the ball coated in wet paint so that you can see the mark it leaves on the grass when it bounces either side of the line. The ref can then pull out one of those retractable tape measures and take a straight line between the two paint marks to determine exactly where it crossed the side line. Problem solved!

 

[Jethro]

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Related article:

40/20 quick tap set to be scrapped

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August 19, 2014 - 6:36PM

The controversial 40/20 quick tap rule is set to be axed ahead of the final three rounds of the regular season, with the NRL confirming it will be scrutinised at a competition committee meeting on Thursday.

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[Eagles Terrorist]

Forget the fuss with the ball boy, he's not to blame.

What about the adult winger not knowing the rules? He could have handed it back to the ball boy to place on the ground and they'd still have scored.

And besides all that, Sandow didn't tap it correctly anyway, he tapped it on his knee.

Penalise Parramatta on both counts and I bet the rules will be followed next time.

Leave it as a quick tap, just do it right or pay the price

 

[HappilyManly]

http://www.nrl.com/20-restart/tabid/10874/newsid/81184/default.aspx

Rules has just been tweaked to a tap restart after the Ref blows the whistle.

Will be interesting to see how subjective the Refs are in the time they allow for the defensive Team to get into position 😎