New rules introduced August 1st

[Scott1]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-unio ... 58394.html

[Scott1]

https://www.the42.ie/5022-law-trial-rug ... 2-Mar2020/

[Scott1]

I hope the 20 minute red goes ahead,especially if we are going to keep getting unwarranted dismissals for rugby incidents

[Pellsey]

I hope the 20 minute red goes ahead,especially if we are going to keep getting unwarranted dismissals for rugby incidents

Completely agree. That is the only one which actually makes sense IMHO. The others mean even more kicking Nothing wrong with scrums, especially from a Tigers' point of view :)

[longlivethecrumbie]

Goal line drop out and 50/22 make it more and more like Rugby League

[Dokie]

Goal line drop out and 50/22 make it more and more like Rugby League

I like the 50/22. It opens up more space for the attacking team because the defence has to drop an extra player back. Marcus Smith will be drooling at the thought!

[Dokie]

I also understand the drop out. Less time lost from the game through endless reset 5m scrums is a more attractive prospect.

[Pellsey]

Goal line drop out and 50/22 make it more and more like Rugby League

I like the 50/22. It opens up more space for the attacking team because the defence has to drop an extra player back. Marcus Smith will be drooling at the thought!

The only advantage I could see from this for the TIgers is more and more rolling mauls from 22 (I love rolling mauls), and also especially Ford and Hegerty would relish such opportunities.

Otherwise for me, it just means more kicking

[Pellsey]

I also understand the drop out. Less time lost from the game through endless reset 5m scrums is a more attractive prospect.

Disagree. This just gives a huge advantage to the defending team, an yet more kicks . As well as a strong rolling maul, a good dominant scrum is also a joy to watch. The resets are often due to poor refereeing. Wouldnt it just make more sense to educate refs better?!

This is bad news for the Tigers.

[Pellsey]

These rules will also be an advantage to the ozzies who, lets face it, cant scrummmage, and have a backs-based game. Who came up with these rules again?!!

[TigerFeetSteve]

The 50-22 or as I may call it DKR (Daft Kicking Rule) is just going to mean you automatically kick it on turnover ball when nobody's back, despite it being normally good ball to attack with

[jgriffin]

Back to kick tennis.
Does anyone remember the shouts that accompanied the Meyer era of kick tennis, like "keep hold of the XXXX thing" or "this isn't XXXXX tennis"?
We actually missed a couple of games, and it was the only time I left a game early, following an especially bad example.

[OakhamTiger32]

I disagree about kick tennis.. I think Ford will be relishing this new rule change and with our rolling maul I can only see this helping our style of play. Hopefully it will mean less aimless box kicking and more kicking for the corner and to touch

[Offside]

Going from a red and then several weeks further ban to only 20mins seems a big jump. Red in game with no further ban unless malicious would be the first step. An orange 20 mins and sub off for the more rugby incidents would be fine in the long run.

Better policing of the off side line or moving it back to 1m from the hindmost part of anybody in the ruck would be another option to make space for attacking.

[SthrnTiger]

I disagree about kick tennis.. I think Ford will be relishing this new rule change and with our rolling maul I can only see this helping our style of play. Hopefully it will mean less aimless box kicking and more kicking for the corner and to touch

Why does the rule change mean that the rolling maul becomes more important?