Rule Changes.

[Headless Chook]

I don't like the idea of a 5 man bench. The game is plenty fast already and it just means that players will be fresher when they come on the field. I don't think that too many coaches would use it the way you have envisioned by having outside backs on the bench. They would just run with 4 big boppers and the utility player.

[Guest]

I don't like the idea of a 5 man bench. The game is plenty fast already and it just means that players will be fresher when they come on the field. I don't think that too many coaches would use it the way you have envisioned by having outside backs on the bench. They would just run with 4 big boppers and the utility player.

If the bench was to be increased to 5 players, the number of interchanges allowed would need to be reduced

[Headless Chook]

If the bench was to be increased to 5 players, the number of interchanges allowed would need to be reduced

I'd like them to keep the bench at 4 players and reduce the interchanges.

[gragra]

A fiveman bench degrades the worthiness of the eighty minute player, the guy that is really fit , like a fitzgibbon or ricketson. Also a five man bench means clubs need even more depth with salary cap considerations. Keep it at 4 interchanges, reduce it to 8 interchanges and see more tries as the non 80 minute players get tired!

[Guest]

Ref's call has to go. No matter which team gets a try from it, it annoys the hell out of me. If the ref knew, he wouldn't send it to the video ref ffs.

[Juggler]

Attacking players stopping defenders from pushing the ball carrier back from the tryline. You cannot tell me that they do so without hindering the defence.

[Guest]

outlaw back-ended contracts

[Guest]

If the bench was to be increased to 5 players, the number of interchanges allowed would need to be reduced

Which means some players would hardly see any game time!

[Pass the Ball]

No more interchange..

3 substitutes...fullstop...

[Johnny Tobin]

I want time off for the last ten or twenty minutes as soon as the ball goes dead.

[melon....]

No video Ref.

If the two idiots on the field have to call it in real time, so be it. They will make errors, but when the video ref makes errors, having the benefit of slow mo, then whats the point? i can wear a mistake at real time.

[BUDDY]

No video Ref.

If the two idiots on the field have to call it in real time, so be it. They will make errors, but when the video ref makes errors, having the benefit of slow mo, then whats the point? i can wear a mistake at real time.

Do you think Archer would have awarded Anasta's try?

That's all they need. Another reason to say "oops we made a mistake".

[Guest]

No video Ref.

If the two idiots on the field have to call it in real time, so be it. They will make errors, but when the video ref makes errors, having the benefit of slow mo, then whats the point? i can wear a mistake at real time.

there's no going back now with video refs

and could you really wear that mistake that costs the Roosters the game when a look at the video would have meant a Roosters win?

[Andrew Walker]

How can we have rule changes ? .The useless ****s we have now as referees cannot police the current ones we have in place.

[elo]

- final 10 minutes of the match time stops whenever the ball is not in play (includes kicking goals)
- overhaul of the 2 referee system (a head referee controls the match the entire 80, assistant referee monitors the ruck, forward passes, knock ons)
- return of draws for regular premiership matches, return to 15 minutes each way for finals and Origin
- video referee only used for determining whether the ball was correctly planted over the line. (offsides, obstructions etc must be ruled by the head referee on the field at the time - captain can challenge it if he feels the referee is wrong)
- Captain's challenge system