It used to be the rule in both codes & yes I would bring it back, my reason is the game has got so fast & the options to compete for the ball are few & far between. There has (in my opinion) to be a better balance between risk & reward. If you have the skill to tap & regather without fumbling the ball good. It is also why I don’t like the policing of the ruck the slightest hint of impropriety from the defence it’s six again but maybe once a season the attack will be penalised for not playing the ball correctly.
I spend time watching a lot of the old games from the 1970s onwards on line & I don’t find that the speed we see to day has made the game anymore exciting the only thing that has improved is fitness & conditioning, & maybe the expectations of the younger supporters.

I guess the problem is now - does a quick tap then become a much more effective attacking opportunity than a set restart - if the former can taken advantage of a broken defensive line, whilst the latter can't (usually) ? In which case should the set restart go, and quick taps be universally allowed instead ?

I know it would complicate things but things like holding down or anything to slow the play the ball should be a set restart anything like a flop or ballsteal penalty with a quick tap option.

I thought it was strange to see such a quick tap was walmsley not asking Thaler cam I tap it and he nodded ?

I don't know whether that used to be a rule, but it certainly hasn't been for at least the last two decades. I don't see what it would add to the game if it were bought back either, other than the odd embarrassing knock on as mentioned earlier.

It would introduce the element of risk against reward. Maybe we should revisit rules that were the norm years ago as they were made for a reason in the first place.

yeah ok, like the try wigan got away with at BV when the play the ball was 10 metres from where it should of taken place and still given