Scoring tries with the forearm and fingernails!!!!

Liam Watts for Hull KR on Saturday. Lost control of the ball then touched it briefly with his arm. Never a try in a million years and he thought that himself.

Harlequins scored a similar one on Friday night.

IMO you should have full control of the ball

I still mourn the banning of striking for the ball at the PTB. Stuart Cocker scored half of his tries that way.

I agree with this one.

I can understand it being a bit unfair when a team lobs a 25m pass from behind the dead ball line to a guy who has been hanging around on the 20m line upfield before the defence can get back, but its wholy unfair on the many occasions when a speedy winger or full back scoots the ball up from behind the touchline and runs all the way to the 20m line and is then told to go back after taking a quick tap - surely if he can run that distance, the defence can retreat by a similar margin, given that they'll largely have been based 10m or more back from the try line.

It's the equivalent of a goal kick in football - when would a keeper ever be booked for taking a quick goal kick..?

Agree those who form the scrum to get the clock stopped should have to stay in the scrum

They do in the NRL and that rule has been called rotten

Scrum breaking up too early - every one does it so why bother with the scrum - make them stay bound until there is a/ a tackle or b/ the ball has been passed and the receiver has it.

The whole surrender/dominant call at the tackle.

Anything that is open to interpretation rather than a matter of fact just puts more pressure on match officials and leads to inconsistency.

Make the tackle, get off and get the game restarted. If you've been truly "dominant" in the tackle you'll have such good body position that you'll be able to legally control the play the ball anyway.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

You have watched James Graham haven't you? He spends more time diving on the floor than premiership footballers!! It's no wonder all the dissenters came from St Helens when the quick PTB disappeared, this guy was stealing a living ala Melbourne Storm '99.

Two flippin referees, simple.

They should allow them the option to kick off or receive

Scrum should only break when the ref shouts that it's out the back.

I have to admit the "fumble" interpretation (i.e. the player lost it but it clearly went backwards) of the knock on drives me mad, it's just stupid, might as well just call all fumbles as a knock on rather than the current situation where it's pot luck whether the referee allows play on from a fumble backwards or pulls it up.

Back to six after a charged down kick.
The emphasis should be on the side in possession to get their kick away. If they fail to do so, that's either bad play by them or good play by the opposition. If you regather the rebound you certainly have not 'earned' another set so the tackle count should continue (which could lead to some exciting off-the-cuffery).
Another advantage to changing this rule it would mean the ref would no longer need to make the sometimes difficult distinction between a chargedown and being accidentally struck with the ball.
It might also discourage the almost inevitable grubber when you're near the opposition line on last tackle if an opponent could stick a foot out to block it without potentially giving another set away.