After seeing first hand the new advantage rule ( If a team gains possession from a forward pass or knock on then they will only be deemed to have taken their advantage if they keep possession until the next tackle is complete. If possession is lost before the tackle is complete then the referee will go back to the point of the original infringement and award a scrum against the team that infringed first. The referee will rule that the team in possession has not had an advantage if they are tackled close to their own goal line. Foul play by the team attempting to take the advantage will be penalised at the point where the foul play occurs) i wondered what others thought, My own personal veiw is that it will slow the game down hell of a lot if the players have to keep coming back 50 or 60 yards if a player picks up a knock on and boots the ball down field but the ball goes into touch for instance. It happend three times today and although the Tigers got the ball back i struggled to see the point

Delboy66(aye of the tigers fanzine)

It's another rule where the RL have opened a can of worm's and a very big one at that, is the ref and his palls going to watch the game, or where a forward pass happened, it's going back to the good old days when the video ref went back to see what ever happens in a set before awarding the try

how did you get on today mate,they were poor last week

I agree, they should try policing the offside rule at the play the ball and give teams a chance to play open rugby. Also what has happened to the flop, this is never penalised now.

Got a win, i think some were disappointed but Fev V Cas is always going to be tough

Good rule IMO and worth sticking with. Cas exploited it a few times but Fev didn't look like they didn't want to try it.

They certainly tried it to death last week, it was like watching yawnion

Let me get this straight in my own mind. So team A knock on and team B pick up the ball. Team B kicj the ball down field in a "kick & chase" move. Ball goes dead / in touch, etc so the referee goes back to team A's original knock on?

Basicaly Yes mate however the player picking up the ball doesnt have to kick the ball ,he can run it but if he loses possession at any point either by kicking or just losing it then the Ref takes the play back to the original team A's knock on, It sounds good but when you see it in practice especially if the player has run or hoofed the ball downtown and it goes dead in goal it seems to be a bit of a waste of gametime to make the players go all the way back imho.

Delboy66(aye of the tigers fanzine)

One of the daftest rule changes in my opinion, not a fan.

Pathetic..what if player a knocks on..player b picks ball up, sees open field..boots it for a kick and chas, goes to pick ball up but himself knocks on..surely he has taken his advantage by trying to get a try.

this rule seems daft. It should just be a 10 metre advantage rule. Let the team who picks up the knocked on ball have 10 metres to throw stupid passes but once you go past 10 metres, advantage over.

I wouldn't even give them ten metres, but would say that once the ball is past the infringement then the advantage is over. As it stands it is farcical.