www.rugby-league.com/article/390 ... oduced-in- All straight forward. The only thing that's missing is a shot clock to stop teams wasting time at scrums, drop outs etc.

www.rugby-league.com/article/390 ... oduced-in- All straight forward. The only thing that's missing is a shot clock to stop teams wasting time at scrums, drop outs etc.

Agreed . Thought this was a fantastic idea in the NRL.

That's my big hate of the game last year. The time wasting on Dropouts, pens, scrums etc was shocking.

I'm pleased they've gone for the seven tackle rule for a twenty metre restart, but I don't understand the Goal Line Dropout one?

Does this mean we still have that silly thing where someone can scoop a moving ball out of play & get a tap?

It just dulls and slows the game down, for a spectator it's the worst part of RL currently.

I'm pretty sure the drop out one means that silly thing would now result in a drop out rather than a tap. Good news!

I thought there was a lack of enthusiasm here for the seven-tackle rule when it was discussed a few months ago? Me, I think it's a good thing, on balance.

How about a penalty to the defending team when the ball player dives, or cheats to try and win a penalty?
Instead of the ref shouting, "he's playing for it" or "he's diving" penalise them!
This aspect of the game has really spoilt my enjoyment of the game , so much that i don't think i watched half the games that were live on SKY, sort it out please.

Nope, the ball now has to touch the line or the field deemed out of play to be dead..a player cannot now make a ball dead by standing outside the field of play.

I don't agree with the goal line drop out rule, I don't know why the rule should be different at the dead ball line than the touch lines.
I'm not a big fan of the 0 tackle from the ball rolling dead but the one thing about the drop out change is that it mitigates the impact of this a bit

I think I get your drift, I was just bamboozled where it says.

Where the ball is stationary in the in-goal area comes into contact with a player in touch, in goal or over the dead ball line, the ball is deemed to have been made dead by that player. The ball must have bounced on the ground either on or over the dead ball line/touch in goal line for a 20m restart to be awarded.

They talk about a "stationary ball" not a moving one?

That's good. Whoever brought that rule in (fairly recent) needs shooting.

My take on this bit is; if the ball lands in play and rolls to a stop in the field of play, a defending player cannot put themselves out of play then reach back in to touch the ball. The player is not considered an object so cannot impede the ball or force it out of play. The ball must now leave the field of play by it's own force, if it is influenced by a defending player in any way then it will considered to have been made dead by the defender which will result in a dropout

Have they kept hold of the 'free play rule'. That's something else that just wastes time. Who decides the rules of the game. Nigel Wood can't be involved in that as well can he. Or is he just in charge of trying to kill the game.

Yes he can - he chairs the Laws Committee that decides these rule changes; which at least guarantees that the lunch is good.