Rule Change - Try Scoring Team to Kick Off!

[Bates]

David Suntherland might well be THE David (Goofy) Sutherland who played professional baseball for the Brisbane Bandits. If anyone on here would know of a MBL rule change, it would be him.

Is that you Goofy?

Here’s some fine Googling that I did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_...land_(baseball)

lol

You're a natural Brother Steggles

[ism22]

It must fugging s*ck to be a ref with all of the more technical changes as well. They get decent coin but honestly I dunno if I could be fugged reffing local footy with so many stupid rules to consider.

IMO rules are there to set the boundaries so that the game's more fun and doesn't turn into a farce (e.g. changing the original basketball rules so that there were boundaries stopped people getting ahead and then dribbling the ball down the road).

People will always rightfully play to the rules if there's a loophole. However if nothing's broke, then why fix it?!?

[Headless Chook]

I'm another who hates the constant tinkering with the rules. Here's a tip to stop the momentum, f@%rking make your tackles!

[mightyrooster]

What a joke. Just get rid of the six again! Stupidest rule ever.

[Bates]

One of the best games of footy I've watched was back in 2013 when we beat Manly 4 - 0 in the qualifying final.

The Bondi Wall was at it's best!

#bringbackthegrind

[Steggles]

One of the best games of footy I've watched was back in 2013 when we beat Manly 4 - 0 in the qualifying final.

The Bondi Wall was at it's best!

#bringbackthegrind

What a year that was. Didn’t we beat Manly 5 times in that year including a trial?

[Bansai Pipeline]

If you introduce a really dumb rule like six-again which destroys the energy levels of the defensive team, then the only way to save face is to compliment it with other gimmick rule changes like this one, and the other recent one where dropkicking out on the full is no longer penalised.

Yeah this is probably true.

The 6 again rule really has changed the game.

Can't see it going anywhere while PVL is at the helm though.

[Bates]

What a year that was. Didn’t we beat Manly 5 times in that year including a trial?

David Williams is still having nightmares.

We should make him an honorary member just show our appreciation.

[Renman]

An better fix would be to scrap the 6-again rule and biased refereeing. I hate that we need to keep changing the rules to lessen the impact of other rule changes. Go back to the rules from the early 80’s I say, including contested scrums.

Exactly!

["gaz"]

The NRL has proposed a six man bench for 2026

Only 4 players may be used with a total of 8 interchanges allowed during the game

1. At full strength what would the Roosters side look like?

2. Will the number 14 (Utility player)become less important or irrelevant ?

3. What advantages could teams use?
I imagine during Origin or the last round of the season you could potentially rest a player by listing him in the 6 interchanges and only using him in an emergency.

5. Would the new bench look like this?

• 14 Back-up Dummy half
• 15 Prop
• 16 Prop
• 17 Lock/Second Row
• 18 Half/Five-eighth
• 19 Back

[Bates]

The new rule is flawed imo.

Opting to receive the ball after conceding a try doesn't mean that you've arrested the oppositions momentum. It's still there if it's been a one sided affair! The opposition knows it and you can feel it. This will most likely effect your next set and potentially result in a turnover of possession, poor yardage, poor 5th tackle option etc.

The other issue is giving the weaker sides a leg up which will only compound and magnify their deficiencies when they're still getting dominated.

At best the new rule will change the results form 30 plus landslides to 20 plus one sided affairs. The difference being the result of slightly less possession for the dominant team.

All teams work hard to find their rhythm, desired tempo and eventually enough momentum to control the game. It's a 101 of RL! Introducing a rule that attempts to counter this is a step in the wrong direction imo.

[A Country Member]

I can’t see this happening.

The NRL floats ideas like these to test the wind, if enough people care plus/minus, they act accordingly.

[Vasco]

Is there a competition that changes their rules more than the NRL.

Scrap the set restarts. That will solve a few problems.

[mightyrooster]

The constant changing of the rules is getting beyond a joke.

[dice]

News reports that all 17 teams have rejected the proposed rule change.