2020 NRL Season

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Maroon_Faithful, Oct 7, 2019.

  1. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    The only rule changes i wanted to see were removal of the 7 tackle set, and reintroduction of the 5 min sin bin.

    The scrum location thing is a stupid idea.
     
  2. Paddy P Orr

    The only rule change I hate is the mid air tackle one. How are you supposed to defend the line? Do you have to look like contesting for the ball as a defensive measure?
     
  3. Magic AJ Parker

    I can see wingers adapting to catch the ball and put it down before their feet touch the ground. Giving the defender no opportunity to even try and stop the try.

    Ala Brett Morris (minus the shove)

     
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  4. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Which, ironically, is actually a really good way to injure yourself...
     
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  5. Toolman TR Man

    I think they'll stop batting back and start catching and passing/releasing. A kicker doesn't need to get it right on the line anymore, he can risk going a little deeper and someone like Tupou can jump and catch the ball within the goalline. He then has the time from when he catches it to when he hits the ground to look for someone to throw it to, and if he doesn't he can let go of it within the last second so that it rebounds off a defender and there's a mad scramble. So either the defender has to risk a penalty or a loose ball in the goalline.
     
  6. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    When is the first sin bin for someone tackling an attacking player in the air. 3rd game of round 1?
     
  7. Paddy P Orr

    First game it wouldn't surprise me.
     
  8. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Would be absolutely mad not to bomb to the corner/chip to the far post every set with 30 of the try line. A running and jumping winger who's not allowed to be tackled in the air against a stationary defender. Money for jam.


    The chip to a flying second rower between fullback and winger would be a goer too.
     
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  9. Magic AJ Parker

    lol @ Fifita getting no punishment given the NRL's recent track record under Greenburg.
     
  10. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Did nothing wrong. Move along.
     
  11. Toolman TR Man

    assault a man, no punishment. get accused of assaulting a girl even though it's obviously not true, get suspended for weeks on end. pretend to hump a dog, 9 matches.
     
  12. Magic AJ Parker

    I wish your first sentence meant something these days.

    But it just doesn't... what do they call it "bringing the game into disrepute".
     
  13. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    You'd almost just have to pick Tupou ahead of Addo-Carr for NSW given his aerial ability.

    What a horrendous rule change.
     
  14. Lukic L Popovic

    what was the reason for the change? This has arguably made it less safe for the attackers...
     
  15. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I think players doing shit to themselves is considered less of a legal hazard for them than players getting injured in tackles.
     
  16. Toolman TR Man

    we're probably exaggerating slightly, the kickers are still mostly too shit to pull it off. tupou's aerial ability should already be giving him a huge advantage but it's never used that much. not since lockyer/folau has anyone else really pulled it off as a massive advantage. but it's definitely going to create controversy. and the blocking controversy that already exists will get even worse as a consequence.
     
  17. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Was actually Prince/Folau that series, but I see what you are saying.
     
  18. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Nah you watch how many chip kicks from centre field happen now. The cross-field bomb is harder to pull off but the centre field chip is a piece of piss. Teams with high flyers would be crazy not to end most of their sets that way.
     
  19. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Having this as a rule makes the 7 tackle set a must. It's like they have brought this in to avoid saying 7 tackles is a shit idea. Make 7 tackles for missed field goals only and be done with it.
     
  20. Lukic L Popovic

    Manly will do that heaps with Trbojevic.
     

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