Yeah, apart from that. I see no problems.

The impression I got is that the flags might physically remain in place, but if you hit the flag whilst diving for a try you're still considered to be in the field of play, a little like how it operates in football. Could be wrong, mind.

That's my understanding of it too Matt.

But for me, they need to stop fannying about with the little things like this.
There's nothing wrong with a defender being able to slam you in to the posts to stop you scoring IMO.

Would make for a better spectacle if defenders were able to pull them out of the ground and beat the opposition with them though! Think I've just invented a whole new sport...Ultimate Rugby!

I say, if it aint broke, dont fix it

It's an object outside of play, if you touch it then you're out of play. I never really saw a point in them though, they're a bitch to get in the ground too when it's hard. In fact I like this because we'll probably see more crazy diving tries in the corner. Having said that, do we really need to make it even easier for wingers to score tries?

Whatever next? Illuminous posts so we can see em better? Its frightening to think somebody is getting paid to make decisions like this!

There's nothing wrong with the corner flag rule. Why can't they just leave things alone.

Because the RFL dont work like that..

Sadly, it appears that the RFLs approach is "If it ain't broke, break it."

Anywhere else on the side line they can play it while in the air, so as long as their feet are off the ground, even if the ball is out of play, it can be kept alive. It seems bizarre that a try could be chalked off if the flag is touched during the action of touching down whilst in mid-air.