Might just be easier to allow the attacking side an 8 or 9 tackle set when play resumes

I think they do for the most part unless it’s a head injury. It’s actually rare to see the game stopped for an injury unless they’re in the way of play. The problem is the feigning of injuries during stoppages like drop outs, scrums etc.

It used to be rare but last season saw a lot of stoppages for injuries even in back play. I'm not sure why that changed.

In L1 last year the game was stopped for an injury no matter where it took place on the field. I saw it done for players 60 or 70m from play. It also happened at almost every drop out in the field of play.

The ref seemingly had no way of knowing whether it was a head injury so stopped play regardless.

Some games ended up lasting several days.

Surely that was more down to all the 3 minute conversion you kept kicking tho?

Unfortunately not.

Anyone remember when Colin Whitfield was sinbinned for taking too long over a conversion? It was for Fax in the 80s.

It's finally been confirmed that we will go back to using Steeden balls this season. Great news.

Excellent news and it should improve handling skills in SL
Although Greg Eden will still find a way to drop the fu#ker

The problem with this is the Thursday night game. All Thursdays should be derbies, no cross-pennine games. Best would be to cancel them altogether but its a Sky thing so wont happen. The golden point is a good idea.

Chris Hill is a joke that is allowed to happen, if refs had they would just play on but they let him be treated. I remember when only serious injuries used to stop play.

have to agree to disagree. do't like it at all. a draw is a fair resullt, golden point just a drop goal contest. if we insist on golden point it should be golden try only or like NFl cannot win by field goal in first score, then its just extra time.

It's not the refs fault if a player is down injured in the field of play at a drop out. He can't play on and he can't judge if a player is genuinely injured or not. There is nothing he can do and with the rule changes there is still nothing he can do.

But now, in that scenario, the ‘injured’ player has to be substituted or taken off and can only come back on at next break in play.

Hopefully coaches/players will drill it into them that given there are now only 8 changes allowed that to waste one on a player ‘feigning’ injury will be criminal and even if said ‘injured’ player goes off to come back on at next stoppage, no team is going to want to defend a ‘short’ field for a full set of tackles with only 12 men

Hopefully this will see the end of the fake/cramp injuries at drop outs

It's not til there's a stoppage it's until his team regains possession or a stoppage or until the team gets an interchange card.

What the rule changes don't clarify for me is that if a team can't drop out in 30 seconds for an injured player is that a penalty under the posts?

No, for an injured player the shot clock doesn’t apply. The ‘penalty’ in those situations is you either lose a sub for the ‘injured’ player or he goes off, you keep your sub, but he has to go off and cannot come back on until next stoppage