Tired bench rule to be changed

[lockyno1]

If anything it may increase this wrestling as the teams need more help getting back onside.

No it won't. Less interchanges- teams will not want to waste energy on wrestling on the ground. Good for the game.

 

[Azkatro]

Skill is no longer king in rugby league. Halving the number of allowed interchanges will slow the game down a bit but it will also bring skill back to the fore as the primary weapon of attack. I would prefer that.

 

[The Engineers Room]

If you want 5 rucks in a row of dummy half runs then reduce the number of interchanges.

 

[lockyno1]

Well said Azkatro. Honestly the game at the moment, whilst I love it, has become boring. Get to the kick, score off the kick.

Look I may get blasted for this but I have always believed that if you score from a kick, you should not get a kick at goal. There is less skill at scoring from kicks than from set backline moves imo!

 

[Kurt Angle]

the 10-4 is a go didea for now.

I thought when the ESL had 6-4, their interchange system worked very well. However going from 12-4 to 6-4 in one hit is too much.

10-4 in 2008
8-4 in 2010
6-4 in 2012 should be the way to go.

 

[Kurt Angle]

If you want 5 rucks in a row of dummy half runs then reduce the number of interchanges.

Dummy half runs come from the depth of the defence.

We used to have replacements only, and barely any dummy half runs.

 

[RainMan]

If you want 5 rucks in a row of dummy half runs then reduce the number of interchanges.

We almost have that now...

 

[Azkatro]

We got past the dummy half runs problem when we combatted the issue of surrender tackles. 2003 was the worst year for that.