Rugby League off season rule change talk

[I Bleed Maroon]

f**king do something about Bellyacheball or watch the game burn.

 

[Nerd]

Go back to one ref.

The refs either can't or wont penalise for wrestling in the tackle so bring the fatigue factor back in. Get rid of the interchange and go to 4 reserves and once you're off that's it for the game except for concussions interchange.

 

[Uncle Kraka]

I want to see tacklers penalised for doing that pointing thing left or right after they get to marker. No need for it in the modern game. Stamp it out.

 

[Pete Cash]

Here is a novel idea get them to police the actual rules first before worrying about new weird ones. Something has to be done about the play the ball its ugly as hell right now.

 

[billygilmore]

I want to see tacklers penalised for doing that pointing thing left or right after they get to marker. No need for it in the modern game. Stamp it out.

Agreed should be a 7 tackle set any time the ball doesn't go the way they point

 

[Vee]

I want to see tacklers penalised for doing that pointing thing left or right after they get to marker. No need for it in the modern game. Stamp it out.

As soon as they look at the ref, they should be penalised.

 

[T-Boon]

f**king do something about Bellyacheball or watch the game burn.

Look at average crowd figures since Bellyacheball took charge around 2006. Crowd averages have dropped pretty much yearly. Craig Bellamy has been an abomination for the game of rugby league.

 

[dogz08]

2012 was a good year with the entertainers aka the bulldogs bringing back the fans

 

[beave]

I regards to teams giving away penalties on their own tryline.

Make the restart from a penalty kick that is successful or goes dead, a goal line drop out. That means the attacking team has the chance to get points and decent field position after the kick. I think that one change could stamp out a lot of bullshit in our game. Having to truck the ball out of your own 5m after a penalty kick is shit. You make an early error and the opposition are all over you like Carl Webb at a Sizzler.

 

[LeagueXIII]

Play the ball with their foot
Fix scrums up they are a complete joke look like under 10's
Allow striking in the ruck

 

[ed-grimley]

Scrap every rule and start again using some common sense.

 

[LineBall]

Charge down shouldn't restart the tackle count.

 

[T-Boon]

Charge down shouldn't restart the tackle count.

Agreed. Neither should a one-on-one strip - which should also never be a knock on.

 

[Dragonwest]

1) Players must use their foot in the play the ball - Penalise offense from the first trial. No acceptance on 'attempts'

2) Reduce wrestling - referee call held, count to two in their head if the defenders have not released or rolled out of the ruck penalty.

3) Any penalty conceded by the defense within 20m of their try line results in a power play. Player must drop back behind the in-goal line for that set of six. Any delay by the player results in the captain being sent back too.

 

[billygilmore]

One thing I'm sick of seeing is players just plant ball before they get up to play it, or if they do get up to play it they walk way of the mark so the markers are no longer square

 

[T-Boon]

Something has to be done about the play the ball its ugly as hell right now.

The whole ruck actually. Wrestling, dodgy play the balls, regular forward passing from dummy half.

 

[simmo05]

1) Players must use their foot in the play the ball - Penalise offense from the first trial. No acceptance on 'attempts'

2) Reduce wrestling - referee call held, count to two in their head if the defenders have not released or rolled out of the ruck penalty.

3) Any penalty conceded by the defense within 20m of their try line results in a power play. Player must drop back behind the in-goal line for that set of six. Any delay by the player results in the captain being sent back too.

Id like to see a sin bin if there is 2 consecutive infringments in the 20m zone.

 

[POPEYE]

Go back to one ref.

The refs either can't or wont penalise for wrestling in the tackle so bring the fatigue factor back in. Get rid of the interchange and go to 4 reserves and once you're off that's it for the game except for concussions interchange.

The concussion rule has f**ked any chance of limited interchange making a difference, 15 minutes off to pass a test will supplant anything conscionable . . . will however force players to learn to read and write

 

[Nerd]

The concussion rule has f**ked any chance of limited interchange making a difference, 15 minutes off to pass a test will supplant anything conscionable . . . will however force players to learn to read and write

That was my thoughts as well. Ditch the interchange for concussions then. If you fail the HIA test you're off and the team is one player down.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Since it is the off season I thought I would suggest a brilliant rule change.
Essentially: more flexibility with how a team defends its territory.
I think the backs should be subject to a 15 metre rule but the 5 forwards (i.e: not including the hooker) should be allowed to defend anywhere behind the advantage line. So effectively, along the advantage line.
This would make it difficult to make easy metres with one out play (as it should be), fairer for the defence in terms of defending their own territory and on the flip side create opportunities for adventurous attack to slice through with line breaks. It would also mean that forwards could man mark other forward so we would see less of this stuff where big fast forwards run out wide at small backs.