If the NRL wishes to minimise controversy with game officials then isn't it about time they made it easier for them to control a match.
The first thing to do is go back to basics. Minimise & simplify the rules of the game. Nobody knows what a knock on is these days, just make Any Dropped Ball just that, a dropped ball, whistle blows. no arguments.
No more of this Surrender tackle, Dominant Tackle, bullsh*t, a tackle is a tackle. When a player's FORWARD Movement ceases, so does the tackle.
There is no more tackle gangs taking players backwards or sideways if the tackled players legs have ceased their Forward direction, that's it call "HELD"
In the play the ball, there are so many breaches of the rules that we start afresh here. the ball player must stand to play the ball, he must roll it under a raised leg, does not have to propel the ball with his foot. He must also play the ball where he was tackled Not 3 steps to the side or forward as is happening at times now.
The markers Must be square. Front marker Must Not interfere with the player playing the ball "AT ALL" Even if he just puts a hand on the player then a penalty is awarded
Second marker Must be located no more than 1 meter behind front marker.
As now, the defending side should be 10 meters from the play the ball area. without the referee shouting HOLD, HOLD, GO. if players don't know how it works by now they shouldn't be there.
If the players Do Not line up alongside the referee then either he or the linesman make it known they are offside and the whistle blows, penalty. Irregardless of the offending players position on the field.
ANY PLAYER, that commits an offence that requires "That's going on report" should also get 10 minutes in the SIN BIN let him think about what got him chucked off the field.
In Fact the Sin Bin should be used a lot more than it is. Persistent penalty givers get 10 in the SB, not just proffesional fouls in the last minutes of a game.
I expect there will be entries lodged stating that the penalty counts will kill the flow. They might At the start, but it wont take long for coaches & players to learn that if they break these rules they get punished.
Things will change.
Add whatever you think should be done to help the game's officials cope, I tend to think the game we love should be just that "a game" not a frustrating rampage that causes all the grief we are seeing at the moment
The first thing to do is go back to basics. Minimise & simplify the rules of the game. Nobody knows what a knock on is these days, just make Any Dropped Ball just that, a dropped ball, whistle blows. no arguments.
No more of this Surrender tackle, Dominant Tackle, bullsh*t, a tackle is a tackle. When a player's FORWARD Movement ceases, so does the tackle.
There is no more tackle gangs taking players backwards or sideways if the tackled players legs have ceased their Forward direction, that's it call "HELD"
In the play the ball, there are so many breaches of the rules that we start afresh here. the ball player must stand to play the ball, he must roll it under a raised leg, does not have to propel the ball with his foot. He must also play the ball where he was tackled Not 3 steps to the side or forward as is happening at times now.
The markers Must be square. Front marker Must Not interfere with the player playing the ball "AT ALL" Even if he just puts a hand on the player then a penalty is awarded
Second marker Must be located no more than 1 meter behind front marker.
As now, the defending side should be 10 meters from the play the ball area. without the referee shouting HOLD, HOLD, GO. if players don't know how it works by now they shouldn't be there.
If the players Do Not line up alongside the referee then either he or the linesman make it known they are offside and the whistle blows, penalty. Irregardless of the offending players position on the field.
ANY PLAYER, that commits an offence that requires "That's going on report" should also get 10 minutes in the SIN BIN let him think about what got him chucked off the field.
In Fact the Sin Bin should be used a lot more than it is. Persistent penalty givers get 10 in the SB, not just proffesional fouls in the last minutes of a game.
I expect there will be entries lodged stating that the penalty counts will kill the flow. They might At the start, but it wont take long for coaches & players to learn that if they break these rules they get punished.
Things will change.
Add whatever you think should be done to help the game's officials cope, I tend to think the game we love should be just that "a game" not a frustrating rampage that causes all the grief we are seeing at the moment
