News NRL announces rule changes to make game more entertaining

[Heckler]

The clubs that were on the rules panel get a head start knowing how to adjust their style of play to the rules they created. Blatant unfair system.

 

[Spoonman84]

If you find yourself 40m out on the last, the kick option is a midfield bomb. With 2 points now on offer from that range it's a no brainer to put training into that kick. It's low percentage because 1 point hasn't been value effective and the training hasn't been focused on that kick - not because it's impossible, northern hemisphere union has taught us what a drop kicking half can do at that range.

It has to travel a further 10m to go dead, not an automatic 7 tackles on a miss

Union balls are made fatter and are a lot easier to drop kick so that adds to the degree of difficulty as well. Even a miss that doesn’t go dead can be dangerous as you can’t get a straight defensive line to chase like a ordinary kick. Anyway time will tell I guess.

 

[doggieaaron]

Stop changing rules ffs

 

[Dogs79]

I’m not sure too many teams will take random shots for 2 points from 40 out. Even if you nail the distance, but you miss then opposition come back to the 20 for a 7 tackle set. It’s a low percentage play and probably only used in desperation.

 

[B-Train]

I still can't fathom the 2 point field goal option. Who thinks of this shit?

The other changes are all designed to speed play up more when it was too fast and too momentum based after last years changes. Making it even faster will truly make it touch footy and lead to even more blowouts than last season.

They're fucking with the rules so much, the sport is becoming more and more unrecognisable from what it's been for the last 30 plus years.

 

[Bulldogz82]

The drop goal thing isn't going to make the game more exciting. Teams will just be launching dumb drop goals if they're 40+ out

Agree, instead of that useless bomb from the halfway it's gonna turn into kick and hope drop goals, dum new rule and while I'm at it, that set restart shit is even worse, the amount of set restart on tackle zero or one is ridiculous

 

[Motorhead]

Probably Bunji. What's next, tries off kicks are worth 3 points?

I reckon tries off kicks should only be worth 3 points, that would be a great idea IMO. Kicks that hit the ground first before a try is scored should still be worth 4 points ie: a grubber (they require quite a bit of skill). But fucken kick-and-hope bombs that some 7 foot gorilla catches on the touchline and falls over the line to score is just utter shit IMO, there is nothing great about them. RL is a game where tries scored through the hands should be encouraged and rewarded whereas basketball-type alleyoop kicks need to be discouraged.
Would love to see that in all honesty.

 

[Roll the Bones]

So the farcical 6-again rubbish stays? In theory, I don't mind the rule, I just didn't see any consistency in any game with how it was used. I guess that also means we'll be hearing even more of that f'en 6-again buzzer. And the 2 point field goal thing just seems like a pointless '20-20 cricket' like gimmick.

 

[wendog33]

Mark my words...next RL tactic for 2 points from Sticky and Bellamy

 

[Straight18]

Queensland wont win origin if they have to touch the ball with there foot. Refs dont do anything about it but so why implement it.

 

[D- voice]

NRL announces rule changes to make game more entertaining

The NRL has announced rule changes for the 2021 Telstra Premiership season.

www.nrl.com

Mostly a bit of fiddling around the edges. The 40+ metre field goal being worth 2 points could be interesting. Do we have any sharpshooters?

Someone needs to tell the experts the care-takers of the game...
Clean out the game of the crook & dud referees
Then and only then the game will again become THE GREATEST GAME OF ALL !!!

 

[Motorhead]

Queensland wont win origin if they have to touch the ball with there foot. Refs dont do anything about it but so why implement it.

It's always the repeat offenders. I can't recall Asofa-Solomona ever playing the ball with his foot or even attempting to, he just walks over the top of it and gets away with it. But then the refs will ping some other bloke for a one-off infringement. It shits me to tears.
JWH is just as bad.

 

[B-Train]

It's always the repeat offenders. I can't recall Asofa-Solomona ever playing the ball with his foot or even attempting to, he just walks over the top of it and gets away with it. But then the refs will ping some other bloke for a one-off infringement. It shits me to tears.
JWH is just as bad.

Sharon Woods is maybe the worst at it too. Like everything they'll crack down on it excessively in the first few rounds and then they'll allow everyone to play tunnel ball again for the rest of the season as they don't want correct play the balls slowing down their Rugby Sevens vision for the code.

 

[Headmix]

These new rules might suit us as we don’t have too many big fellas. Katoa and Ogden may struggle though...unless Baz is already looking at fading Katoa out.

 

[SPEARTAKVIDREFS]

If they want to make the game more exciting, they should concentrate on reffing games consistently week in week out whatever the rules are.
If 9 want the telecast to be more exciting they should dump some of the commentators.

 

[Bob dog]

Play the ball correctly or hand it over?
The refs will love it.

 

[Motorhead]

Play the ball correctly or hand it over?
The refs will love it.

Yep it'll be dodgy as fuck. Just the way NRL HQ likes it.

 

[Alan79]

I still can't fathom the 2 point field goal option. Who thinks of this shit?

The other changes are all designed to speed play up more when it was too fast and too momentum based after last years changes. Making it even faster will truly make it touch footy and lead to even more blowouts than last season.

They're fucking with the rules so much, the sport is becoming more and more unrecognisable from what it's been for the last 30 plus years.

About all that's left to change now is the name of the game. The games ratings had dropped off in 2019. Not sure about this year.

But rather than change rules to make the game exciting. They should be making it recognisable to the long serving fans for a start. Secondly they need to fix refereeing.

 

[Bob dog]

Yep it'll be dodgy as fuck. Just the way NRL HQ likes it.

What the fuck are they doing, scrap it.

 

[KambahOne]

What the hell do the NRL want, 42-38 score lines? There's no reward for good defensive teams in this code.