Another 20 minutes onto one of the most tiring games on the planet? The Golden Point is by no means perfect, but it's the best we've got IMO.

REPLAYS!!

Replay is the best way imo.

its a cruel cruel way to decide a game

extra time or replay should be the way to go

Having been lucky enough to actually play in Extra time game(lost by a try) and also watch Cas and Halifax game i would say it is a great way to finish a game.

best game ive ever seen live had extra time, so ill go with extra time, replay for finals

I agree and it adds a lots of drama, it may be painfull to the loosing team but some1's goto to loose if its GP or replay or whatever, the only downside to it IMO is that the game may be won on a toss of the coin, who gets the ball first are going to have a mass advantage, look at cas v halifax, halifax kicked off and before they know it, its over.
But overall I think GP is a gd way

Best game i've been to went to extra time but you have to remember the beeb have a schedule to work to.

I repeat what I said after the Cas v Fax Cup game: 10 min each way, then golden point if still undecided (as replays seem to be well out of the reckoning these days)

Interesting the Cas fans in this thread love it. They'd have been screaming blue murder if they'd lost that match to a golden point without even touching the ball in extra time. That's no way to decide a contest and was well harsh on Halifax.

If they insist on finishing on the day then I'd play 10 minutes extra time with a Golden Try system. Drop and penalty goals can still be made but they wouldn't count until the end of that 10 minute period. A try would win the game there and then (unless the opponent has somehow managed to kick 4 drop goals or two penalties goals) That to me is far fairer than golden point because it's a test of both attack and defence rather than monotous drive towards the sticks and attempting drop goals.

I mean if a Cup Final was ever decided by a golden point basically because one side had won the toss of a coin got the ball first and chipped it over then to me that would totally spoil what had been a close fought game. It just isn't a fair rule.

For me though I don't see what was wrong with replays.

2 Cas fans for, 1 against. Hardly representative is it though?

FWIW, I agree with TB.

I was there today...and i loved it!

But at the same time, i think League games should end as draws with a point for both teams.

My thoughts are that Golden Point is stupid and have always thought this, it leads to a drop goal race and a penalty can win you the game.

So what about a Golden Try rule? This makes the teams work with skill and forces defences to be at their best. Give them 15 minutes instead of just 10. The coin toss to see who starts the game is a fair way of doing it or go Rock Paper Scissors!!!!