If they decide that its an area to tighten up, like always, we would see "silly season" for a few weeks and then a settling down (to a sensible) level.
We've seen this with various rules over the years, most notably with the obstruction rule at the start of last season (which for a while, was just bonkers)

But that's the problem , you only ' tighten up ' a subjective rule , at the moment it's down to individual refs to decide on how much extra grabbing/touching/time they are willing to allow , change to no change of grip and after release no touch then it takes away any judgement , that would then also allow the ref to penalise the constant stepping forward of the mark we now see

As I said, IF the RFL decide that they want the ruck area cleaned up, it can happen without a rule change.
It's cleaner in the NRL, with the same rules in place, just that they (the NRL) have decided that that is how they want the game to be played.

I've said it many times - but there is no change of rules required to clean up the ruck/ptb - just a ruthless and consistent application of the current rules, which the RFL seem reluctant to do; the obvious result being that coaches and players keep pushing the boundaries, and we end up with the current, almost unwatchable mess we are subjected to now.

It would take 3 weeks of heavy penalty counts, maximum, before they got the message and instructed their players to do something different.

I'll be certain that no one gets these predictions correct

Well then

Half way point.....

Cas and Salford top 2. Leeds, Hull and Wakey fighting out 3rd and 4th currently but a strong run from Wigan or Saints could change this.

Dont think nobody expected the current table to look like this after 15 rounds.

Been a refreshing year really, no easy games and only Cas are looking unbeatable. Some massive shocks and some great rugby coming out of Wakey, Cas and Salford.

Should be an interesting end to the season

So have we finally got what everybody wanted , an NRL style competition where anybody can beat anybody else on any given day ?

Or is SL now just nearer Championship level ?

A cas,wakey & Salford top 3 would be great in any order. Anyone think the salary cap is finally working?

A bit of both I think. There are more stars evenly distributed now, rather than say 10 years ago where they were all clustered at certain big clubs.

I think there has been a sacrifice of quality at the top but in exchange we've made the league much more competitive. Obviously as a Wakey fan, I think this is a good thing - not many teams that haven't had a tonking or a big win yet.

Probably anyone other than fans of the big guns.

No, as per , well since 50 years or mmore IF any of those clubs win it will be a one off for a few years. There are many reasons other than the SC why certain teams dominate.

Hats off, so far that's pretty close - so far

Everyone got Wakey wrong except me and a few other Wakey fans. The only other fans who seemed to twig how well we bought were Cas fans much to my surprise.