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| I’ve a number of thoughts on this but will try to keep it short and to the point.
Firstly we can thank the former players many of whom polluted their bodies with drink and recreational drugs and didn’t look after their money for this bandwagon jumping exercise to get a quick quid. They are responsible for this action.
I even saw one of the most high profile players involved in the legal action calling the new rules “ridiculous” which blows my mind given he is one of the main guys suing the RFL.
Wasn’t interested till he got a divorce and ran out of cash, then suddenly was all for it.
As others have highlighted the game would cease to exist given the litigation and the potential insurance situation so thanks to this group of individuals it has been forced to change.
The reality is we are reducing tackle height by a couple of inches. It’s not such a big deal. Will there be increased penalties initially, obviously, however just like what happened in Union when much more aggressive measures were put in place the number of penalties will ease over a short time when players get used to them.
You cannot just let kids play under the normal rules anymore and say their parents know the score, its rugby etc, again times have changed and this would cause huge potential issues down the line.
I’ve no doubt some players in the amateur game will have a knee jerk reaction and walk away….i will also bet nearly all of them return once the season gets underway and things calm down.
It’s the refs I feel sorry for as it’s going to be a hell of an undertaking to get on top of initially in already challenging environments in some cases.
I’m not for it in any way shape or form, my main issue is we are protection the ball carrier however I believe we are shifting risk on the defenders rather than reducing or mitigating it, but that seems to be ok, even the example the RFL issued of a now legal tackle from a Salford v Leigh game shows the 2 tackling players clash heads as there is a reduced target where players can put themselves.
End of day though, like it or not (abd im firmly in the not campaign) we are future proofing the game to give it the best chance of being a sport in 10/20 years time.
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| Like has been said, it’s how they police it that will decide it. There’s nothing particularly exciting about a tackle round the shoulders anyway. Give me a shoulder into the ribs any day of the week.
Simple rule: no penalty if attacker contributed to it, or if accidental.
But I’m with jonh. Greedy ex players jumping on the compo bandwagon have caused this. I came across one in my professional capacity and booze was a factor. But it gives the game a year to get it right. I’d like to think that there are enough smart thinkers to know that to grow a spectator sport, you need spectators. Interestingly, the NRL has got more popular as it’s got safer.
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| I must be missing something isn't it a penalty now if player hits the shoulder and goes up to the head. I honestly don't see an issue with the armpit rule.
What I will say is that when you compare the Union rules on it I couldn't get my head around it especially some of those red cards however over the games in Union it didn't appear a massive problem. That said some of those decisions for red from a yellow did appear to be more accidental than reckless when a player was was lower to the ground. Interesting times. Get rid of the 6 again and move the defence up should lower the initial contact speed and promote more flare in attack
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| Maybe the club could recruit a team of little people
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| Quote: lampyboy "Maybe the club could recruit a team of little people'"
or limbo dancers. ![Smile icon_smile.gif](images/smilies//icon_smile.gif)
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| Quote: phe13 "or limbo dancers.
We're just sticking to recruiting Ginners at the mo.... ![Razz icon_razz.gif](images/smilies//icon_razz.gif)
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