Novdoggie
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Yesterday Jacob Preston was another casualty and broke his jaw from a barnstorming Shaq Mitchell who stands at 192cm & weighs 116kg. At full speed, the collision would be like being hit by a car. This year has seen a number of incidences where defending players running up to meet an oncoming forward collide with such force it is likely deemed as the most dangerous tackle in Rugby Leage. Players instantly are knocked out, broken jaws and heads split wide open. I can't remember a year when I have seen so many of these type of tackles go wrong.
There was a rule change this year if a team took a short kick off a penalty is no longer awarded if it doesn't travel 10 mtr's. Instead, the opposing team will restart play with a play-the-ball 10 metres from the line where the kick was taken. But teams don't take this option too often unless they are chasing urgent points towards the end of the game.
As the NRL are focusing more and more on player welfare, I think it is going to get to a stage where the "Kick Off" will be vanishrd from the game. If this was to happen, what restart do you think is an alternative to current the Kick Off?
If I can remember correctly, back in Super League days the team that scored were the ones to restart the game with a tap from half way. I am happy to stand corrected. But this is one option or the defending team taps to restart? There are no collisions like the current Kick Off. But mark my words, the NRL will implement some change in the coming years which could see the Kick Off dead forever.
There was a rule change this year if a team took a short kick off a penalty is no longer awarded if it doesn't travel 10 mtr's. Instead, the opposing team will restart play with a play-the-ball 10 metres from the line where the kick was taken. But teams don't take this option too often unless they are chasing urgent points towards the end of the game.
As the NRL are focusing more and more on player welfare, I think it is going to get to a stage where the "Kick Off" will be vanishrd from the game. If this was to happen, what restart do you think is an alternative to current the Kick Off?
If I can remember correctly, back in Super League days the team that scored were the ones to restart the game with a tap from half way. I am happy to stand corrected. But this is one option or the defending team taps to restart? There are no collisions like the current Kick Off. But mark my words, the NRL will implement some change in the coming years which could see the Kick Off dead forever.
