Time to stop the clock for conversions

[Tommy Smith]

Flame away, but it just doesn't sit well with me at all that we probably lose an average of 10 minutes per game - that's 1/8th of an NRL game for all you mathematicians out there - to conversions.

It's not the same as a scrum, a goal line drop out or even a penalty goal (as if it hits the post its play on) ... And I know it's been in the game forever but the rules have always evolved over time.

Id imagine tv rights would be worth more as well as the game would last for longer.

Coaches would have a cry; but then again they cry over everything. I think we should have more Rugby League and less watching someone take 90 seconds to kick a ball between two posts.

So what do you think? Shittest thread ever or something worth considering?

 

[Charlie124]

Ive got no problem with the idea, i hate seeing the clock ticking down when play has stopped and the kicker is lining up his conversion attempt.

 

[Cerne Abbas Giant]

It stops time wasting

 

[cleary89]

Makes sense.

 

[Big Sam]

I'd prefer a shotclock - 30 or 40s between a try being awarded and the conversion needing to be taken. Go over and you miss the opportunity to add 2 points.

I fear that if we stop the clock for this we might go down the track of stopping it everytime the ball goes out of play. We'll end up like the NFL.

 

[kmav23]

stop the clock after a try....in last 10 minutes

 

[Springs]

No reason to. People always say stop the clock for conversions, dropouts, scrums, when the ball goes out etc. They don't realise that 80 mins of full-on football will lead to so much more fatigue and sloppiness and the quality of the game will drop, not to mention it will widen the gap even further between first grade NRL and every other league competition in the world. Plus games will go for a lot longer.

It's pretty much a rule change completely for the TV viewer. All rule changes should be made with concern to the sport as a worldwide whole, not just the NRL we see on TV.

 

[RWB]

Extra 10 minutes of broadcasting = more broadcasting money?

A typical broadcast goes for 2 hours, an extra 10-15 minutes of broadcast time is about a 10% increase, imagine that reflected in our TV deal. Happy days.

Players will adapt to the changing circumstances the fatigue shouldn't even be a consideration imo. With the amount of money that's spent on sports science and time spent on training & rehab the players will be fine.

I think it's definitely thinks it's something that should be considered.

 

[Meth]

I don't disagree with the OP.

We (the Warriors) used to have a goal kicker (Brent Webb) who took a horrendous amount of time to line up conversions. It was embarrassing and painful.

 

[Skinner]

I don't disagree with the OP.

We (the Warriors) used to have a goal kicker (Brent Webb) who took a horrendous amount of time to line up conversions. It was embarrassing and painful.

It was him that caused the 90 second rule to be added.

 

[kia ora storm]

I support it. Would stop those kickers who waste a good minute or two kicking a conversion dead in front of the posts....just place it and kick it.

 

[coolumsharkie]

I'd prefer a shotclock - 30 or 40s between a try being awarded and the conversion needing to be taken. Go over and you miss the opportunity to add 2 points.

I fear that if we stop the clock for this we might go down the track of stopping it everytime the ball goes out of play. We'll end up like the NFL.

This, I can't believe the amount of time some players waste to take kicks.. More importantly from a punters perspective, it's so boring.

 

[bobmar28]

I agree. Stop the clock.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Yeah. Stop the clock.

 

[dogslife]

Save time on the ball boy bringing out the tee, kick a hole in the ground and toe poke it like the good old days

 

[Meapro Ham]

Doesn't work. They tried this once before if memory serves me correctly, for a season or two, sometime in the 80s I reckon it was. They dropped it because games were just taking too long.

 

[Danish]

Stop the clock AND put in a shot clock as mentioned above. 45 seconds should be enough time to line up a kick and have a crack... hell even those with their little pre-kick rain dance rituals seem to find a way to kick straight when their team is down and they have no time to lose.

Makes me laugh that the NRL introduced a mid-season rule change to stop time wasting by an incredible 10 seconds at line dropouts..... yet will allow teams to waste as much time as they want when kicking a goal.

 

[barney gumble]

My only problem with this is that if you stop the clock for conversions in games involving Parramatta, well the game could still be going the next morning.

 

[hutch]

I agree. Stop the clock when a try is scored, restart it when a team kicks off. What is the point of letting it count down while both teams are standing around for 2 minutes?

 

[Jono078]

I was calling for this years ago but most peoples tune on here was moaning about making games already longer than they are.