Rule change

[Inferno]

For the rest of the year referees are being told to simply restart the tackle count rather than blow a penalty for ruck infringements.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...e/news-story/2dac60757cf8d0d13942709234a6a88d

As one of the most ill-disciplined teams if not the worst I see this hurting us badly.

We've traditionally given them away in what seems a deliberate decision to slow the play down but that benefit will evaporate.

It will be interesting to see if and how we adapt to this.

 

[Frenzy.]

Can see it hurting Melbourne worse.

 

[bad boy bubby]

No chance for a penalty goal to even the game?
Bad move

 

[Eion]

No chance for a penalty goal to even the game?
Bad move

Agree, wtf are they thinking? What issue are they seeking to address with this?

 

[Craigshark]

stop changing the rules for the f**ken sake of it

 

[Quigs]

Fharrk another fharrking rule change yet again.

Are they deadset trying to turn people off the game. If they are it is working.

I'm nearly done.

This fiasco of the launching fharr-can apollo mercury sputnik thingy reminds me of the lead up to one of those aussie boxing biggest fight ever promos involving that boxer whose name I don't mention anymore ( rhymes with Block) and whoever is good at conning the punters as his next big opponent.

The no win no pay lawyers must be lining up as we type this

 

[chewsta]

FMD, i hope we win the coin toss and choose to receive the kick off. It will be the only time we have possession of the ball with Woodsy and Feefs starting for us.

 

[Quigs]

Nothing new about restarting the tackle count. Shit they had a ref that experimented with that way back in 78. It was a clandestine operation and kept heavily under wraps at the time. Only certain people were officially aware of the operation but many soon were to realise that something was happening.

There was futile resistance from many prominent coaches at the time but the operation had to be carried through to the final phase to assess if it could become a more regular occurrence.

The NRL are now on track to reintroduce this operation (thanks to our FOI request it can be revealed that it was originally called "Hollywood") to obtain the maximum results from the Launch Apollo 2020 Mission.

Buzz and Kent get onto it.

 

[snout]

No chance for a penalty goal to even the game?
Bad move

Yep. If youre in front by 2 and defending with not long to go just keep laying on them.
Refs will be loath to keep going another 6 repeatedly for teams like the storm who wont stop what they do - and the other side get no reward from penalty goals.

 

[carcharias]

Bellamy creamed his pants on this rule.
He probably suggested it.

 

[Stake Removed]

It worries me this rule change, as some of the coaches are involved in the rule changes, already Ricky, Pay & Arthur dont like it.

Whenever these rules changes it seems Broncs/Storm/Roosters/Rabbits get benefit

 

[carcharias]

Do they give you and set amount of 6 agains before a penalty is eventually blown?
If not it ridiculous.

 

[tom of poland]

Bellamy creamed his pants on this rule.
He probably suggested it.

agree with you 100%, they're the worst culprates, they stand to benefit the most from it.

 

[Cheese sandwich]

So if the player returning the kick on the 1st tackle gets held down for ages there's actually no advantage at all? Was this rule made up by someone after 3 litres of renegade rum.

 

[Inferno]

Yep. If youre in front by 2 and defending with not long to go just keep laying on them.
Refs will be loath to keep going another 6 repeatedly for teams like the storm who wont stop what they do - and the other side get no reward from penalty goals.

Two in a row just start binning them

 

[Stake Removed]

1 ref i give it 2 weeks and the blow ups will start, the refs have now been working in duel role for years, and now to adjust with less then 3 weeks notice, its a big ask all round to handle this

 

[Sharkman]

April fools?

What disaster of an idea.

what happens with repeated ruck infringements? Does that constitute a penalty?

What leads to a sinbinning if there’s no penalties in the first place?

What a fgn mess this will become. There will be outrage.

Imagine being the dumb mofo who came up with this idea hah

 

[blue bags]

every play the ball , will be a milk a thon, please give me a 6 again a thon. refs will go nuts lol

 

[Chimp]

every play the ball , will be a milk a thon, please give me a 6 again a thon. refs will go nuts lol

And regardless of what’s actually happening in the tackle, when Woods or Fifita are tackled, there will be a ‘milking’ call.....

 

[bad boy bubby]

I wonder if all those clubs that were crying about not keeping their points from their wins this year are making noise now????
Different rules now could have played a major impact on some games, including ours.
New rules for this year's competition, start the competition again.
Beyond comical with the clowns as the Ringmasters.