No mention of Golden Goal, Silver Goal, etc. etc.
Regardless as if people say I only follow a sport due to the minimal number of rule changes.
No but the game is very similar to how it has always been. The main evolution is tactically which is how it should be.
Rugby League has changed completely in the last 20 years and even 10 years. It hasn't really changed for the better either, tactically all the teams are similar to each other now.
Fair enough i forgot about golden goal etc but they were brought in and taken out again very quickly. It was one of the rules they brought in which wasn't needed and taken out very quickly. But it was just one not twenty like Rugby League has had during the same period.
I have forgotten numerous rule changes to Rugby League there have been far too many to list. I say again how many of the rules brought in, in the past 23-25 years have made the game a better spectacle ? How many of the rules have just been completely unnecessary and overreactions ?
In terms of how to combat wrestling i have no problem with wrestling ie getting numbers in the tackle and putting players on their back teams have been doing that for years.
It is more the ruck, after the tackle is completed which is the problem. Players are slow to get off the tackle player or holding down or arm around the ball sin bin repeat offenders for this.
Also the referee's going upstairs for nearly every single try ruins the flow of the game. Rugby League used to be a simple game now it is far more complicated with different interpretations of every minor detail.
I have just found my enjoyment of the game is lower and lower the standard of referring, creativity in attack and numerous other things have made the game more boring.
Teams should evolve tactically with the exception of the Bulldogs last season all teams have basically been playing the same brand of football for 5 years. Where as you used to have a greater variety of teams with different strengths tactically now they all do the same thing.
There are good teams in the competition the Roosters,Melbourne,Souths and Manly are all pretty good. The rest though are pretty mediocre and it has been this way for a good while.
We really need to think about what the game should be. Somethings today are far better then 20 years ago. Fullbacks the athleticism of wingers and the standard of goalkicking have improved the game. but again apart from the 40/20 of the numerous rules brought in what has improved the game ?
Are we better off now with 2 referees ?
Are we better off with nearly all tries being sent to the Video Ref who takes ages to award a decision and only get's it right about 80% of the time ?
Are we better off that Referee's are gutless and are afraid of making big decisions ?
Are we better off with prop's standing at five eighth in scrums ?
Are we better off with more interchanges allowed ?
Is player safety better off with more interchanges allowed ?
Are we better off without shoulder charges or being able to lift your opponent and put him on his back ?
Are we better off now that their is basically no contest for the ball and teams only worry about completing their sets and if the pass the ball out the back to the fullback move doesn't work we might score off a kick mentality that has flooded the game in recent years ?
I know most people probably wont agree with me and that is fine but i have been thinking about this a lot recently. I used to watch every single game i could now i only watch my own team play and the top 4 sides play each other. I realised the problem was the constant rule changes and interpretations which change season on season i can't really keep up with it anymore.
I just wish we could go back and make the game simpler where everyone knew what an obstruction was, where common sense was nearly always applied to everything from high tackles to obstruction to the milking of penalties and so forth.
