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According to rleague.com
The NRL have announced, that teams who waste time in kicking for goal will be fined. The NRL have brought in a shot clock where a teams kicker will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to kick for goal.
The shot clock starts from the moment a try is scored, or when the referee blows his whistle for a penalty. Fines start from $2000 with clubs issued with a breach notice if the NRL believe kickers have wasted time.
The shot clock was first talked about after the Warriors beat the Roosters last year. The Roosters didnt take the loss well and chose instead to focus on the length of time it took Brent Webb to kick for goal. Oddly enough, stats later revealed the Roosters took longer to kick at goal than Brent Webb when they hit the front with only a few minutes to go.
The hardest part for the NRL will be to actually prove that teams are deliberately wasting time.
Other rule changes announced focused on extra time and being help up in goal. They changes announced are as follows.
1. Coin Toss (pre game & to commence extra time)
The team winning the toss now has the option of choosing which end of the field to defend, or alternatively may elect to kick-off to commence play. If the team winning the toss elects to kick-off, the choice of ends reverts to the team losing the toss.
Currently a team whose player is held up in goal while in possession before the fifth tackle will receive a scrum feed 10m from the goal line and an effective restarting of the tackle count. The rule will be altered along the following lines:
2. Held-up In-Goal
When an attacking player is held-up in his opponents in-goal area and is unable to ground the ball, play will be restarted by the player in possession playing the ball 10 metres out from the goal line directly opposite the point where he was held-up. The tackle count will then continue in the normal manner (ie. if a player is held-up on tackle 3, play will resume with a play-the-ball 10 metres from the goal line and the following tackle will be tackle 4). Please note that if a player in possession is held-up on the sixth tackle, there is no change to the existing rule (i.e. a 'hand-over' 10m out).
These rule changes will apply throughout the upcoming regional trials, however no breaches will be issued in relation to goal kicking until the commencement of the Telstra Premiership on Friday March 12.
The NRL have announced, that teams who waste time in kicking for goal will be fined. The NRL have brought in a shot clock where a teams kicker will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to kick for goal.
The shot clock starts from the moment a try is scored, or when the referee blows his whistle for a penalty. Fines start from $2000 with clubs issued with a breach notice if the NRL believe kickers have wasted time.
The shot clock was first talked about after the Warriors beat the Roosters last year. The Roosters didnt take the loss well and chose instead to focus on the length of time it took Brent Webb to kick for goal. Oddly enough, stats later revealed the Roosters took longer to kick at goal than Brent Webb when they hit the front with only a few minutes to go.
The hardest part for the NRL will be to actually prove that teams are deliberately wasting time.
Other rule changes announced focused on extra time and being help up in goal. They changes announced are as follows.
1. Coin Toss (pre game & to commence extra time)
The team winning the toss now has the option of choosing which end of the field to defend, or alternatively may elect to kick-off to commence play. If the team winning the toss elects to kick-off, the choice of ends reverts to the team losing the toss.
Currently a team whose player is held up in goal while in possession before the fifth tackle will receive a scrum feed 10m from the goal line and an effective restarting of the tackle count. The rule will be altered along the following lines:
2. Held-up In-Goal
When an attacking player is held-up in his opponents in-goal area and is unable to ground the ball, play will be restarted by the player in possession playing the ball 10 metres out from the goal line directly opposite the point where he was held-up. The tackle count will then continue in the normal manner (ie. if a player is held-up on tackle 3, play will resume with a play-the-ball 10 metres from the goal line and the following tackle will be tackle 4). Please note that if a player in possession is held-up on the sixth tackle, there is no change to the existing rule (i.e. a 'hand-over' 10m out).
These rule changes will apply throughout the upcoming regional trials, however no breaches will be issued in relation to goal kicking until the commencement of the Telstra Premiership on Friday March 12.
About time they took some action over these timewasters with their goal kicks. Though I'm not sure why they felt the need to change the rules regarding coin tosses, unless there's a gale force breeze there's little advantage in it anyway.
