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NRL Telstra Premiership Rules - 2022 Update » League Unlimited

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Following consultation with all 16 clubs, the RLPA and stakeholders within the game, The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has approved one rule change for the 2022 NRL Telstra Premiership season. The Commission has also approved game day policy amendments.

The rule change is as follows:

Penalties will be awarded instead of set restarts (six again) for ruck or 10m infringements inside the 40m zone of the team in possession. This will provide an additional deterrence to defending teams who are willing to concede set restarts to gain a tactical advantage. It will also provide more opportunities for teams receiving the penalty to attack from a better field position.

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Game Day Policy Amendments​

Team List Announcements - To complement the addition of the 18th player rule introduced last season, team announcements on Tuesday will proportionately increase from 21 to 22 players.

Free Interchange - A free interchange will only be granted in instances of foul play where the offending player is sin binned or sent-off. A free interchange will no longer apply when players are placed on report.

Injury Stoppages - With the exception of head injuries, only a referee, touch judge or The Bunker will be permitted to stop play for an injury. Trainers will retain the ability to stop play where a head injury has occurred. Medical trainers will continue to have unlimited access to the field at any time to treat an injured player.

 

[ayatollah_murdoch]

What helps any sport popular is to have simple rules. So that new people watching understand what is happening.
This is why union is unpopular... Nobody understands the ruck/maul rules.

I think that statement only holds true in Australia re RU.

 

[blaza88z]

The rule about not stopping unless it's a head injury is to stop the Penrith fiasco from happening again, I have no doubt if they didn't try to exploit that rule then this "new rule" wouldn't have been implemented

Similarly to the 10m ruck infringements inside the opposition's half, teams would just concede six agains until the cows came home (especially if half-time was looming), literally no advantage to the attacking team. At least now they can take the 2, if it's a tight game

The free interchange is another rule being altered to reduce the chances of teams exploiting the rule and gaining an advantage, I am talking about teams essentially getting a forward interchange that they would have had in mind but instead they are getting it for free because an 80 minute player copped a stray elbow or something like that. The 80 minute player would come off, forward on the bench comes on, moments later old mate is all good and comes right back on as the tiring forward comes off

So basically, all 3 rules have been altered in response to teams finding a way to get an advantage when they really aren't entitled to one

 

[T-Boon]

The rule about not stopping unless it's a head injury is to stop the Penrith fiasco from happening again, I have no doubt if they didn't try to exploit that rule then this "new rule" wouldn't have been implemented

The game and maybe the players association really needs to crack down on coaches and cheating. I have suggested that we just get rid of coaches as the game really doesn't need them and would be better off without them. That solution is too radical but another solution is to give the coaches actually productive jobs to do inside the game. (eg coaches challenge, make them do a lot more media, make them go to university, complicate some areas of the game like conversions and kick offs).
The coaches work hard and I am sure they are up until 2am in the morning slaving over it but because the game has been dumbed down in the last 2 decades all they do with their time is the "dark arts".

 

[TheRam]

that is what makes it a disaster that there is so little coaching depth. There are no good places to become a coach except within the 16 NRL clubs. So there's just the 16 head coaches and their disciples and most of the 16 head coaches are disciples or from the coaching tree of 2 or 3 coaches. The situation with coaching in the NRL is fixable with some kind of academy or something but I don't see them doing it.

What if a team infringes (gets penalized) more then 3 times in a game for anything then the coach personally gets automatically fined $10K by the ARLC and every ensuing 3+ penalty game his team commits the fine increases by $10K. So if his team gets penalized 3+ in a a second game in the same season the penalty doubles to $20K, then $30K for the 3rd game and so on. Also if the team concedes 5+ in the same game the fine is 20K, 8+ 30K and 10+ $50K and again $10K is added on for the 5+, 8+ and 10+ infringements also. I'm sure that the coach would soon start reading the riot act to his players for penalties they give away.

To stop coaches running squeaky clean teams for the season proper but then running a muck during the play offs, the fine is automatically $50K for 3+ penalties. If the team concedes 5+ the fine is $100K, 8+ $150K and 10+ $200K. Grand Finals 3+ $200K, 5+ $300K, 8+ $400K and 10+ $500K.

Oh and whatever fines the coach has paid if any, then double that total amount is taken off what they can spend on the salary cap for the next season. So if the coach paid out $100K total during the season then their salary cap is reduced for the next season by $200K. I'm sure if the ARLC had the balls to implement these types of tough rules and penalties then game time shenanigans would quickly become a thing of the past.

 

[Chimp]

What if a team infringes (gets penalized) more then 3 times in a game for anything then the coach personally gets automatically fined $10K by the ARLC and every ensuing 3+ penalty game his team commits the fine increases by $10K. So if his team gets penalized 3+ in a a second game in the same season the penalty doubles to $20K, then $30K for the 3rd game and so on. Also if the team concedes 5+ in the same game the fine is 20K, 8+ 30K and 10+ $50K and again $10K is added on for the 5+, 8+ and 10+ infringements also. I'm sure that the coach would soon start reading the riot act to his players for penalties they give away.

To stop coaches running squeaky clean teams for the season proper but then running a muck during the play offs, the fine is automatically $50K for 3+ penalties. If the team concedes 5+ the fine is $100K, 8+ $150K and 10+ $200K. Grand Finals 3+ $200K, 5+ $300K, 8+ $400K and 10+ $500K.

Oh and whatever fines the coach has paid if any, then double that total amount is taken off what they can spend on the salary cap for the next season. So if the coach paid out $100K total during the season then their salary cap is reduced for the next season by $200K. I'm sure if the ARLC had the balls to implement these types of tough rules and penalties then game time shenanigans would quickly become a thing of the past.

Rather than this, I’d go with something that happened in the old days - might not have been an official rule, but I definitely recall it… if a team was having multiple deliberate penalties, the captain would get binned.
As an add on, for teams who are again found to be exploiting the rules/going against the spirit of the rules, rather than a fine that clubs are happy to pay, it should be a fine and that same amount deducted from the following years salary cap. I think that should be the same for all player fines too - they still feel the pain of the fine, it the team are punished by an equivalent reduction in their following years salary cap.

 

[TheRam]

Rather than this, I’d go with something that happened in the old days - might not have been an official rule, but I definitely recall it… if a team was having multiple deliberate penalties, the captain would get binned.
As an add on, for teams who are again found to be exploiting the rules/going against the spirit of the rules, rather than a fine that clubs are happy to pay, it should be a fine and that same amount deducted from the following years salary cap. I think that should be the same for all player fines too - they still feel the pain of the fine, it the team are punished by an equivalent reduction in their following years salary cap.

We tried the sin bin option but too many soft co*ks whinged and then the media chimed in with the "it's ruining the game" outcry so the NRL capitulated before we could cement down authority over the will of the coaches.

So over the top fines and salary cap deductions is the only sure fire way to stop it. We need to be super tough on the main perpetrators (coaches) or nothing will ever change. it's that simple, but who has the balls for it?

 

[beave]

The rule about not stopping unless it's a head injury is to stop the Penrith fiasco from happening again, I have no doubt if they didn't try to exploit that rule then this "new rule" wouldn't have been implemented

Similarly to the 10m ruck infringements inside the opposition's half, teams would just concede six agains until the cows came home (especially if half-time was looming), literally no advantage to the attacking team. At least now they can take the 2, if it's a tight game

The free interchange is another rule being altered to reduce the chances of teams exploiting the rule and gaining an advantage, I am talking about teams essentially getting a forward interchange that they would have had in mind but instead they are getting it for free because an 80 minute player copped a stray elbow or something like that. The 80 minute player would come off, forward on the bench comes on, moments later old mate is all good and comes right back on as the tiring forward comes off

So basically, all 3 rules have been altered in response to teams finding a way to get an advantage when they really aren't entitled to one

I think you're incorrectly interpreting the new penalty rule mate, it's a full penalty when you're inside your own 40m...........

 

[Perth Red]

We tried the sin bin option but too many soft co*ks whinged and then the media chimed in with the "it's ruining the game" outcry so the NRL capitulated before we could cement down authority over the will of the coaches.

So over the top fines and salary cap deductions is the only sure fire way to stop it. We need to be super tough on the main perpetrators (coaches) or nothing will ever change. it's that simple, but who has the balls for it?

It did ruin the game, it made it an absolute lottery, especially as at the same time Vlandys decided to have a farcical clamp down on head contact. The refs couldn't sin bin consistently or it would have been 5 aside so it became a game of guess what the ref will do.

You're idea sounds a good way to send the clubs bankrupt lol.

 

[T-Boon]

It did ruin the game, it made it an absolute lottery, especially as at the same time Vlandys decided to have a farcical clamp down on head contact. The refs couldn't sin bin consistently or it would have been 5 aside so it became a game of guess what the ref will do.

Vlandis was just trying to fix a problem he inherited from administrators before him who were too gutless to try to fix the problem with the coaches dark art tactics where standard tackles got higher and higher on the body.
He needs to target gang tackles by rewarding 1 man tackles somehow and punishing 3 man tackles somehow.

 

[TheRam]

It did ruin the game, it made it an absolute lottery, especially as at the same time Vlandys decided to have a farcical clamp down on head contact. The refs couldn't sin bin consistently or it would have been 5 aside so it became a game of guess what the ref will do.

You're idea sounds a good way to send the clubs bankrupt lol.

Don't do the crime don't do the time. Besides you should be all for it. It maybe the only way you may get a team in your lifetime.

But seriously, no one will get bankrupt since they won't be spending more but less and they have the grant so the all will survive no matter what.

 

[The_Frog]

The rule about not stopping unless it's a head injury is to stop the Penrith fiasco from happening again, I have no doubt if they didn't try to exploit that rule then this "new rule" wouldn't have been implemented

It took the Dragons 11 years to get the rules changed. We did it in one.