Non-eels footy stuff

[84 Baby]

I think you're right about the lower grade trial.
No doubt some problems will arise but I think it should provide more positives than negatives as it has the potential to undo an unlimited amount of bad decisions. OTOH, you can only use it as a rort once.

But yeah, would suggest watching on Foxtel.

Yeah I just get pissed when they change rules after they’ve already been rorted to one teams advantage.

 

[Twizzle]

The pace of the game doesn't dictate the result of a cricket match in the way that it does a league match.

momentum can have the same effect on both games

 

[strider]

momentum can have the same effect on both games

FFS Twizz ... its just not cricket

 

[Gary Gutful]

momentum can have the same effect on both games

I think stoppages have more of an impact in league. Just my opinion.

 

[Twizzle]

Well, you could probably get used to having ants in your jam sandwiches. Doesn't mean it's a good idea.

I get your point but ffs you could have picked an batter analogy

ants ? I'd never get used to that shit, unless maybe if they were the chocolate coated ones

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I think stoppages have more of an impact in league. Just my opinion.

You can only cause one stoppage with this rule. Compare that to how a team's momentum is affected by the refs wrongly awarding the opposition the ball.

 

[Gary Gutful]

You can only cause one stoppage with this rule. Compare that to how a team's momentum is affected by the refs wrongly awarding the opposition the ball.

Don't you get repeated chances if you are successful?

Either way, I'd prefer much less focus on perfection when it comes to officiating. Its never going to happen. Just let the game flow.

 

[strider]

so captains have 10 sec to decide .... will it lead to them pondering for 10 sec endlessly to get their team a rest?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Don't you get repeated chances if you are successful?

Either way, I'd prefer much less focus on perfection when it comes to officiating. Its never going to happen. Just let the game flow.

Yes you keep your challenge, as you should. It was the refs screw up and an injustice has been corrected. But you can only rort it once. Teams will figure out that it's far better to use their challenge when they believe it will be successful.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

so captains have 10 sec to decide .... will it lead to them pondering for 10 sec endlessly to get their team a rest?

Does play halt while they decide? I didn't think so.

 

[Noise]

Does play halt while they decide? I didn't think so.

I thought they could only challenge if there is a stoppage ie. a whistle is blown

 

[Gary Gutful]

I predict it will be controversial.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I thought they could only challenge if there is a stoppage ie. a whistle is blown

Then it shouldn't be much of a hindrance to momentum. If fans want less stoppages they'd be better off looking at other areas rather than this rule just because it happens to be the last one introduced.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I predict it will be controversial.

In isolation, almost certainly. And yet there's a good chance it will lead to less controversy in total.

 

[Gary Gutful]

In isolation, almost certainly. And yet there's a good chance it will lead to less controversy in total.

I hope so mate. I'll continue to sit on the fence for now and so that I can pretend I knew what would happen the whole time.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I hope so mate. I'll continue to sit on the fence for now and so that I can pretend I knew what would happen the whole time.

Well that would be the wise course.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I can't wait for a captain to challenge a decision and they go upstairs and still get it wrong. They get a few wrong when they go upstairs for a try now so can't see how it will be different. The side will lose their challenge and later in the game it will bite them on the arse when the refs get it wrong again

Sounds exciting though. Can you imagine the drama and bullshit after something like that? It's like how the most exciting thing about the Nines was Penrith losing from a dud call.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Then it shouldn't be much of a hindrance to momentum. If fans want less stoppages they'd be better off looking at other areas rather than this rule just because it happens to be the last one introduced.

Unfortunately shit old rules are sacred while any new rule is deemed shit before it's ever trialled in a game.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Thats true. If we could piss off about 12 other rules or refereeing interpretations that slow the game down then I wouldn't have as much of an issue with it.

 

[Bandwagon]

I thought they could only challenge if there is a stoppage ie. a whistle is blown

Yeah that's my understanding.

So that means it can only be used to argue referee decisions leading to the stoppage, or non decisions on the same tackle leading up to the stoppage.

Any other tackle where a non decision that should have been a decision can't be challenged , for example in our trial on the weekend where replays showed a Penrith player very clearly knocked on next to the sideline on the first or second tackle, which was missed, and a try was scored later that set. There's no stoppage, so there could be no challenge.

I don't mind the idea, but it's pretty obvious it doesn't address half of the problem it's trying to solve, which is the refs not blowing the whistle when they should have.