Call for NRL to trial players wearing gloves

[Danish]

By that logic why allow boots with studs. It's just introducing artificial skill and helping players balance when they should be using their own sense of balance.

I suppose you are for baseball gloves being used in cricket too then

 

[ShaneO85]

i remember Jullian o'neill wearing them when he was at the western reds. not sure if they provided any great advantage. Perhaps it was one of the things SL trialled that didn't carry over after the merge.
I'm not too fussed either way on the matter as i don't think they'd have a huge impact. I imagine it would be a bit of a horses for courses thing, some players might like them for dewy friday night games when the ball turns into a cake of soap.
I see no harm in trialling them as long as the materials and design is regulated/approved so that everyone has equal tools at their disposal.

 

[Perth Red]

Not uncommon to see soft Aussies wearing them when the English game was played in winter. Remember a hull player wearing a wetsuit type undergarment after he got hypothermia one game!

 

[Parra]

Not uncommon to see soft Aussies wearing them when the English game was played in winter. Remember a hull player wearing a wetsuit type undergarment after he got hypothermia one game!

Stockings/tights legal in senior footy?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I remember Freddy Fittler and other players wearing gloves and track suit pants under their shorts when playing on the French leg of kangaroo tours in the nineties.

As for gloves, I say lets go one step further and give them nets to catch the ball in.

 

[The Engineers Room]

No gloves. We need players to have the skill to catch the ball. Looking to the NFL is silly. They are so specialist in position that no one but a quarterback can (I mean has the ability to - they are allowed to pass in the rules) pass a ball. QBs mostly can't take a hit and there ability to convert it into points when they get into open space is pitiful.

 

[parraparraparra]

Gloves are gay cheapens ability. Leave it to the lesser football codes.

 

[big hit!]

No gloves. We need players to have the skill to catch the ball. Looking to the NFL is silly. They are so specialist in position that no one but a quarterback can (I mean has the ability to - they are allowed to pass in the rules) pass a ball. QBs mostly can't take a hit and there ability to convert it into points when they get into open space is pitiful.

Longtime reader, first time poster.

and to get it out of the way, I support South Sydney.

A major aspect of a football game is for the O-line to protect the QB. Shit O-line, shit offense. Full stop. Even good QBs will struggle.

But QB's get hit, and can get hit often. Most of the time, they have no ability to protect themselves or even see a hit coming until it happens. Contrast this to what happens on a rugby league field where every player braces for a hit, it isn't really comparable.

Back on topic - gloves in rugby league? No from me. Receivers and DBs have spiralling balls fired at them, and then have no requirement to offload once they have control. Much of the time, receivers aren't looking for the hit that's coming their way. It's all about making the completion and once the ball is dropped in the attempt to make the completion, the play is dead. The super stickies just make this that much easier, particularly in the extreme conditions some teams play their games - early regular season humidity and moisture in sept, to the extreme cold of december late season and jan playoffs.

 

[Armageddon.]

How about having some coordination and catching the ball in your bare hands....you know, like we've done for over 100 years. If you can't catch a footy without gloves then you shouldn't be in the NRL.

 

[eozsmiles]

Gloves are gay cheapens ability. Leave it to the lesser football codes.

Same with the cans of grippo stuff they use. Nobody should be spraying sticky stuff on their hands and jumper before a game.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Ron Massey's brains are in his big toe.

GTFOH ....with your stupid gridiron shit.

They're used in Union aren't they? Don't think they're losing any skin in tackles.

Oh well in that case I suppose since we've outlawed the shoulder charge like yawnion has we should start wearing gloves like yawnion do ??? :roll:

Seriously why do some of you even follow RL...it clearly isn't to your liking.

 

[Usain Bolt]

By that logic why allow boots with studs. It's just introducing artificial skill and helping players balance when they should be using their own sense of balance.

Bring back Bare Feet!

 

[Perth Red]

Graham will want to bring back the vaso to counteract the sticky gloves!

 

[Miller was a legend]

I'd wager you know a lot about sticky gloves!

 

[Feej]

Pommeroy would still drop the ball...

 

[Pierced Soul]

Also, a better quality material for the ball would be great.

How about the change the ball material which seems to be terrible to control in wet weather?

THIS is the main issue. in SL the ball material (Gilbert?) was supposedly different to the material steeden used which was why the balls were hard to hold. the gloves didnt come in the first round of SL, they came in after a few rounds when players complained the ball was a cake of soap. I recall mat rogers also wearing them for a while.

But the fact remains that gloves look f**king stupid. I would hope that any player that did wear them would be laughed out of the game, especially after still dropping the ball.

i remember a SL player saying he wouldnt wear gloves cos if you dropped it you'd cop heaps of shit from your team mates. I cant see how sticky/tacky gloves would help with passing the ball and if hey did bring them in we'd just be teaching younger players even worse ball security than they al;ready have as they'd rely on the glove.

fix the material steeden uses for the ball and we'll see a better spectacle without gloves. teach players that they need to respect possession and you'll see better techniques used.

 

[Firey_Dragon]

How often to NFL or AFL player who wear gloves need to make tackles? I would guess not very often...

Those guys only need to catch. RL footballers need to catch, pass, tackle, etc. ie: I would imagine that the dew from the nighttime grass would affect the gloves, gloves could catch someone in the eyes during a tackle, etc

And you'd be wrong.

How is a glove to the eye any different to a finger to the eye? If anything, it'd reduce risk of scratches due to the nails on someones finger being covered.

Personally I don't see the problem with the idea, rugby league is quite a backwards sport in that it has this mentality that it must be 'raw'. Brilliant athletes will still be better than mediocre athletes if they're all wearing gloves. What was the argument for boots back in the day? An nrl ball can be incredibly slippery of a night, it's not skill if you've simply got more rosin on your hands than the next bloke.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Why do people keep mentioning boots? Boots have always been worn in rugby league, and for very obvious reasons. Comparing that to gloves is ridiculous. They clearly are not needed so it's not a good comparison.

 

[Firey_Dragon]

Why do people keep mentioning boots? Boots have always been worn in rugby league, and for very obvious reasons. Comparing that to gloves is ridiculous. They clearly are not needed so it's not a good comparison.

What exactly are the obvious reasons? Easier to grip the turf and kick the ball. Boot's aren't 'needed', you can play they game without them.. Yes they've always been worn, because they have benefits. Gloves 100 years ago wouldn't have had benefits, now they do. The game has evolved massively since then, the type of ball which is less grippy (non-leather, but lighter), predominantly played under lights etc.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Firstly, you asked "what was the argument for boots back in the day". It wasn't an argument for them, it was a necessity. Playing football with a heavy leather ball on a hard pitch in zero degrees would be a pretty good argumeht for wearing boots without even considering the issue or grip. Gloves are NOT a necessity in any way, otherwise the game would be unplayable without them.