time to get rid of 10 m. rule.

[dallymessenger]

having seen 5 m. football for a long time i think its better.

10 m. rule encourages too much boring play.

too much running from dummy half then a kick.

with a 5 m. rule teams have to be more creative in breaking the defence.

games which have 10 - 6 scorelines are much better than games where total points scored exceed 40.

and stripping in tackles should be allowed, irrespective of the number of tackles. you lose the ball in a tackle, bad luck, the onus should be on the ball carrier.

 

[dogz08]

The 5 meter rule is not that good, unless there is a revamp of other rules. Now that means the extra few meters that an offensive team tries to gain as they play the ball already reduces the no-mans land from 10 to about 7, imagine if that happened at 5 meters you'd effectively have a Union game, where the game got slowed down so much by the defence being completely ontop of the attack even before any dummy half could manage to do something.

 

[bjm8]

Good idea. Whilst we're at it lets change Penalty goals and field goals to 3 points each, and have a lineout instead of those pointless scrums we have.

 

[bobmar28]

Good idea. Whilst we're at it lets change Penalty goals and field goals to 3 points each, and have a lineout instead of those pointless scrums we have.

And we could call it union.

 

[butchmcdick]

The games pre ten metre rule were as boring as batsh*t. Defence dominated attack. It was terrible.

 

[IAmDancingHomer]

The games pre ten metre rule were as boring as batsh*t. Defence dominated attack. It was terrible.

Ditto

 

[RL1908]

The games pre ten metre rule were as boring as batsh*t. Defence dominated attack. It was terrible.

It's truly remarkable how RL managed to get from 1895 to 1993 without a 10m rule - why didn't someone think of it sooner? One wonders how RL survived.

 

[gregstar]

i'm totally in favour of reverting to a 5 metre rule.

under the ten metre rule (which is more like a 15 metre rule), teams are artificially gifted territory without needing much more than dummmy half running.

either that or penalise the attacking team if the dummy-half is tackled with the ball.

 

[butchmcdick]

It's truly remarkable how RL managed to get from 1895 to 1993 without a 10m rule - why didn't someone think of it sooner? One wonders how RL survived.

Well sh*t buddy, why not go back to unlimited tackles while we are at it ? It is truely remarkable league survived with out limited tackles. Why didn't they think of it sooner ? One wonders how league survived.

 

[eastsrule]

having seen 5 m. football for a long time i think its better.

10 m. rule encourages too much boring play.

too much running from dummy half then a kick.

with a 5 m. rule teams have to be more creative in breaking the defence.

games which have 10 - 6 scorelines are much better than games where total points scored exceed 40.

and stripping in tackles should be allowed, irrespective of the number of tackles. you lose the ball in a tackle, bad luck, the onus should be on the ball carrier.

:lol::lol:

 

[gregstar]

well i don't know how the world survived before rugby league.


what a boring, mindless, meaningless extistence it must have been.


since the advent of league, the world has expanded is knowledge of everything exponentially faster than its previous billion years.

furthermore the three bloodiest & costliest wars in world history have been fought during its existence. proof of its appeal & passion. of the 3, the superleague war was the most tragic.

 

[Nerd]

Stripping the ball in tackles should be allowed if you cant hang onto it you dont deserve to have it. Disagree on the 10m rule change. Would stifle attack. Its a case of looking at the past from rose coloured glasses. If in doubt watch a replay of an old game with the major difference being how fast the tacklers released a player once tackled compared with today.

 

[kia ora storm]

A 5m rule would effectively slow the momentum of the game down to a crawl unless ref's are prepared to crack down on defenders taking too long to get off the attacking player...

It would also suit the likes of Inglis, Hodges and Thurston who can find gaps and also force the fullback to push up in defence to stop the gaps.

 

[Brownie.Kougari]

Nah, just let the markers stand side by side. It'll get rid of the dummyhalf running

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Can't beleive people want a free for all on stripping

The "if you can't hold onto it you don't deserve it" doesn't really apply if 2-3 blokes are holding your arms and another bloke comes in to take the ball, how the bloody hell are you meant to hold it under that scenario ?

 

[dallymessenger]

Good idea. Whilst we're at it lets change Penalty goals and field goals to 3 points each, and have a lineout instead of those pointless scrums we have.

you forget to mention making it 15 players on the field too.

 

[dallymessenger]

i'm totally in favour of reverting to a 5 metre rule.

under the ten metre rule (which is more like a 15 metre rule), teams are artificially gifted territory without needing much more than dummmy half running.

either that or penalise the attacking team if the dummy-half is tackled with the ball.

spot on.

RL should reward true creative play rather than endless runs from dummy half then a kick.

 

[dallymessenger]

well i don't know how the world survived before rugby league.


what a boring, mindless, meaningless extistence it must have been.


since the advent of league, the world has expanded is knowledge of everything exponentially faster than its previous billion years.

furthermore the three bloodiest & costliest wars in world history have been fought during its existence. proof of its appeal & passion. of the 3, the superleague war was the most tragic.

:lol:

 

[dallymessenger]

Well sh*t buddy, why not go back to unlimited tackles while we are at it ? It is truely remarkable league survived with out limited tackles. Why didn't they think of it sooner ? One wonders how league survived.

because saints would go back to winning every year.

that rule was only brought in to stop saints dominance.

 

[dallymessenger]

Nah, just let the markers stand side by side. It'll get rid of the dummyhalf running

not a bad idea.