The problem is that a count of 3 is an arbitrary time limit which may or may not be long enough to clear the ruck. It would in some circumstances allow tacklers to hold down the tackled player for longer than necessary and in other circumstances penalise tacklers despite them clearing the ruck as quickly as possible.

Turn the volume down on the ref please, he`s doing my head in.

Agreed, turn the ref down and the crowd up. Easy peasy.

Fed up to the back teeth mate

Maybe we should bombard sky with E-mails

miking the ref was the stupidist idea ever. Turn the mike on the crowd, we want to hear the atmosphere!

No I do want to listen to moron speak from the South Stand at the Whino's or the rubbish from the side terrace at Knowsley Road!

What a difference watching the 2 NRL games this morning, you didn't have all the MOVE, HOLD HOLD, GO shouting, just them going through the tackle count.

The refs shouting helps the defence too much, just be quiet and if the players don't get off the attacker or are offside then penalise them.

You must have been watching a different game to me.

What really get's on my nerves is the constant gerremonsard and foooorrrrwward and other such moronic calls from the crowd. It's booooring. Can't they think of anything original.

this thread shows the ignorance of many RL fans with modern day RL.

theres a reason for these calls.

i dont know what nrl you were watching, i hear it every game

Yep there is!!

The players are too clueless to measure 5 or 10 metres and don't know the rules around the play the ball area so have to be spoon fed every time!!!

well id rather refs give players warning before having games ruined by penalties

too many minor penalties wrecks the flow of the game

refs are making the game more appealing here