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Just play extra time for 10 minutes - if a team kicks a field goal, they will still have to defend to hold onto the lead and ultimately teams may go for more points.
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Just play extra time for 10 minutes - if a team kicks a field goal, they will still have to defend to hold onto the lead and ultimately teams may go for more points.
Not under a first to four system. Give away a penalty in front of the sticks once to prevent a try, two points. Give away a second penalty in front of the sticks, two more points - game over. First to four addresses both the problem of a single refs decision deciding the game (and discouraging refs from giving penalties) and the potential problem with Golden Try of penalties not being any disincentive because you could only lose with a try. A try is effectively golden but all forms of scoring still count and can add up to a win or loss. Give away enough penalties and you'll lose - just like in the previous 80 mins.
Leigh.
Thought Carney wasn't playing? ;-)
Draw in the regular season after eighty. In the finals it's ten minutes each way and whoever has the most points at the end wins. No golden point or try. .
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Hope the OP is true. Hate Golden Point. I was at the Broncos v Dragons final last year and even though I hate the Dragons I even felt sorry for them.
I'd hate to see any team lose the Grand Final in the first minute of Golden Point. Even the cheating Storm.
I was at the Broncos v Dragons final last year and even though I hate the Dragons I even felt sorry for them..
I dont like the Golden try , I dont see why you would limit your scoring choices in one part of the game but you could score anyway in the other 80min.
Good idea siv - that's pretty much the way it used to be.
But if the code's suits reckon extra time should be given to decide an outcome, how about this for an idea.
Just dont blow fulltime!
In a close game, the last 5 mins sees the team which is behind throw the ball around like crazy to try and jag a try - or if the scores are level then both teams will. As soon as fulltime is blown and golden point comes in, the next set of 6 suddenly isnt about scoring - its about field position. And by having a kickoff, teams get a chance to regroup and implement a new game plan. The panic and instinct of the previous 5 minutes is gone.
The stupid thing about field goals is that the forwards suddenly go one out again. What happened to the concept of small, fast players capitalising on the tiredness of forwards to create breaks? It gets forgotten. Seeing a talent like Carney facing a tired pack NOT running the ball is idiotic.
What if this happens? At the 80 minute mark of a drawn game the hooter is NOT blown until a break in play - be it a turnover, scrum or penalty. When that happens, a short blast of the siren alerts the referee, who then tells the captains that it's now first to score. Then the game resumes with the turnover, scrum, goal line drop or penalty as normal? No time wasting, no kickoff, no player meetings, no coin toss or changing sides. Just play on. Then, after 10 minutes with no result, shake hands and go home.
And dont call it "golden point" - I reckon that name is as much to blame for the field goal a thons by emphasising the need for only a point to win.
I reckon players wont have as much time to change their thinking from "must score a try" to "Must kick a field goal". And the first set of extra time won't be all about field position either.
Why not? Its legitimate!That game should never, ever have been decided by a field goal. Excellent argument when suppporting scrapping the concept-that was an epic game & a f*cked way to go out
I think the old Amco Cup used to use a penalty countback - not a bad idea eaither, but could you imagine the whinging from the losing coach!!!!!!!!!The other option I was thinking about if drawn at end of 10 min in teh semi's - higher "ranked team" is awarded the game
eg in a 1 v 4 semi final and its drawn - then the team coming 1st by right - is awarded the game for the effort they put in during the whole season. The team ranked #4 could not beat them
It would put more value on finishing higher up on the premiership table
Only a fruitcake like you could even think about putting a stupid All stars rule into the NRL season proper.Easy remove 2 players from each side
That game should never, ever have been decided by a field goal. Excellent argument when suppporting scrapping the concept-that was an epic game & a f*cked way to go out
The golden point period adds excitement to boring games. That said, people get fixated on the "point" bit - and simply go for the point.
Bring back the draw. Boring games wil be boring games, but at least it's justifiable on the grounds of player welfare AND the integrity of the 80 minute time period which rules our game.
Dogs in 98 played back to back extra time games in the finals to get to the Grand Final. The Dogs did get beat in the final, but really the better team that year won.
So if I kick three or four penalty goals and then you score a try, I lose by -2 points? That's just silly. With first to four if I kick two penalty goals or one penalty goal and two field goals, I get the game ending win the same as if I'd scored the four points via a single try.Some people here are not getting that you can still win with a field goal/penalty goal in golden try extra-time.
Score a try - you win, game ends immediately
Kick a field goal - field goal counts but you continue playing for the 10 minute extra time period.
Kick a penalty goal - same as field goal.