Cockadoodledoo
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Yet, the 2013 Grand Final there was no diving. Well done Easts and Manly for having good ethics!
It is the culture of Easts and Manly, play the the game hard but fair (Maybe Matai excluded :lol

Yet, the 2013 Grand Final there was no diving. Well done Easts and Manly for having good ethics!
It is the culture of Easts and Manly, play the the game hard but fair (Maybe Matai excluded :lol. Souths and the Bulldogs culture is built on lying and cheating and in particular Souths simply relying on handouts be it from Governments for all the grounds they want to redevelop from taxpayers and the NRL's money or referee's to blow them penalties when they are in trouble. Perhaps they are a great team but we will never know if they are or not.
Anyway, the solution is simple: if the on field referee misses the incident then let the match review committee pick it up. The video referee should not be allowed to intervene. Perhaps with lifting tackles as the only exception as it's not really open to diving.
I'm leaning towards the mandatory "injury" free interchange where someone stays down for say 30 seconds (regardless of what caused it), that way legitimate injuries can be dealt with off-field (including the concussion tests and whatnot) to let the game carryon, and 'milking' would be discouraged otherwise you're off the field until your coach has to sub you back on.
I think better to make all players who stay down leave the field for a mandatory SCAT test.
If you take a knock to the head to the point that you claim to be unable to regain your feet then I think it's fair and reasonable that you be examined for concussion in the name of safety.
He amount of people laying down will drop to almost zero instantaneously
Video ref with multiple angles on display of the game. If he sees anything suspect live presses a button and gets the last 5 seconds replayed at full speed. If it looks bad get in the refs ear and call a penalty if not sure play on. If its just off one quick look then there is no benifit to staying down as it will be looked at anyways, and one replay at full speed means we won't see as many called when its just a slight brush across the face.
I'd back Danish's suggestion as well. Force them from the field for a SCAT test and a mandatory 5 minute spell and they won't dive.
It's a joke when Morris gets tackled just before he hits the deck and acts like he's been hit by a sniper and Sam Burgess breaks his face in the first hit-up of the game and has to pretend he isn't hurt.
the problem with going with on field refs, and leaving the rest to the commitee is a lot will get missed.
thats why i like a coaches challenge, they can have multiple angles on the tackle live (with glasses, TVs etc.) and challenge. takes pressure off refs too
Exactly.
The way Josh Morris lied down in the GF, he would surely have to undergo a concussion test IF his injury was legitimate.
You don't collapse to the ground like that unless you're seriously hurt, or diving. And given that referees can't accuse players of diving they should be instructed to undergo a concussion test.