A Mitchell all stars vid..

[Guest]

for those interested;http://bigpondvideo.com/nrl/413319.. good on Anthony!

[stephenj]

nice young guy, seems well deserved, i think hell have another very good year? what a back up for jake?

[Guest]

A preseason with the team will be enormous for Anthony @ Roosters.

[Gary Worthless]

what is this "power play" rule that they are going to trial?

[Guest]

what is this "power play" rule that they are going to trial?

Power play is where the attacking team can ask the defending team to drop 2 players from its team, each team will be allowed 1 power play per half of football.The defending team will have to sweat it out for 5mins before it can return to the full complement of players on the field.

[Geohood]

Sounds a bit silly... Any side should be able to score easily with 13 against 11 surely?

[Rooster_6]

Not really a fan of the 'power play'.

Do like the idea of the 20/40's though.

[chook 56]

"No" to the power play.

[The Axe]

"No" to the power play.

Agree.
Very similar concept they once tried in tennis - "swingers point" where the receiver could opt for a long or short deuce. Meaning Advantage, then win the next point to win the game (traditional way)or alternatively have a next point determines the winner of the game. This was also unsuccessful.

[Gary Worthless]

Power play is where the attacking team can ask the defending team to drop 2 players from its team, each team will be allowed 1 power play per half of football.The defending team will have to sweat it out for 5mins before it can return to the full complement of players on the field.

Thanks. I don't think this is the way forward for league. If I could introduce a new rule for NRL then I would love to see some form of "drop-off" introduced for drawn games rather than golden point. They use drop-off in touch footy where you lose a player after every 3 minutes until only 3 players left on a field. It opens up the field and makes it very exciting. Better than the current golden point field goal contest. You have to win through a try.

[Guest]

Thanks. I don't think this is the way forward for league. If I could introduce a new rule for NRL then I would love to see some form of "drop-off" introduced for drawn games rather than golden point. They use drop-ocf in touch footy where you lose a player after every 3 minutes until only 3 players left on a field. It opens up the field and makes it very exciting. Better than the current golden point field goal contest. You have to win through a try.

Right you are, the concept comes from ice hockey. the officials are already aware that it would not be widely excepted in league.