Quote: karetaker "So is there a rule regarding ruck speed I even saw mentioned in Powells post match interview he spoke of the ruck being 8 seconds.'"
It's always struck me as simply being at the referee's discretion, which is probably why, as fans, we moan a lot about inconsistencies in how it's applied.
If you recall our game with Salford a few weeks ago, I remember the ref suddenly getting on their case for slowing the play the ball at the beginning of the second half, after basically ignoring it for the first 40 minutes.
Overall, I think it's a problem that won't ever have a defining solution - Similar to the 10 yard defensive line, which is sporadically enforced by referees, it appears to simply be down to what mood the ref is in on any given day.