I'd like this law to be properly applied. It's a maul not a tackle. Ergo the defender cannot pull it to floor as soon as the ref shouts maul. So many refs just let the defending team wait until momentum shifts then just flop off their feet taking the tangle of bodies with them. A penalty given on the collapse and we'd see the end of the lazy choke tackle clogging up play and a return to proper open field mauling.
ARE THERE ANY LAWS IN THE GAME THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE?
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1.I would put an immediate stop to defending players staying bound in a maul when they are on the "wrong" side, thus preventing the quick release of the ball. Once they are in front of the ball in a maul situation they should detach themselves from the maul and either retreat into the field of play or rejoin the maul at the back.
2. Straight throw-ins at line-outs are policed by the ref so why aren't crooked scrum feeds penalised?!!!!!!
3. And hookers standing in the field of play when the throw in!
4. Back chat penalised more regularly by marching the offending team back 10 metres.
2. Straight throw-ins at line-outs are policed by the ref so why aren't crooked scrum feeds penalised?!!!!!!
3. And hookers standing in the field of play when the throw in!
4. Back chat penalised more regularly by marching the offending team back 10 metres.
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Having feet on the ground if you are catching the ball. Gets rid of the silly 'duty of care' when a player is in the air.
A rule that says if the ball is playable at the scrum, it should be played and no penalty should ensue. Unless a scrum collapse prevents a try.
A rule that says if the ball is playable at the scrum, it should be played and no penalty should ensue. Unless a scrum collapse prevents a try.
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I would change the laws on kit.
All players should wear Forrest Gump type leg braces thus enabling them to stay upright.
Rucks, scrums, jumping five feet in the air etc all sorted!
All players should wear Forrest Gump type leg braces thus enabling them to stay upright.
Rucks, scrums, jumping five feet in the air etc all sorted!
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Cornerstone... ... didn't lift (legally) when I played. If you lofty swine want the ball you jump for it. Don't rely on us honest sons of the soil lifting you.
The higher you are the harder you fall. It's just the duty of care argument. Watch Acford, Dooley and Norster in action. How it should be done.
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I would like to see the choke tackle gone as well! Another law I would like to see gone is knock on in the tackle I don't see why you should be penalised for making a good tackle
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"No call for a mark"? An old traditional part of the game, but revert to the original mark; simultaneously making a mark in the ground while making a clean catch, raising the arm, and calling for it.
Make the recipients of a penalty-try kick the conversion, as before.
"No call for a mark"? An old traditional part of the game, but revert to the original mark; simultaneously making a mark in the ground while making a clean catch, raising the arm, and calling for it.
Make the recipients of a penalty-try kick the conversion, as before.
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Im with Old Hob on this one
Bring back proper rucking - as soon as the tackle is made everyone must release the ball immediately and can only play with the feet thereafter until it emerges at the back of the ruck and received by the scrum half (or acting scrum half). Yes, I agree no stamping or kicking although if someone is dumb enough to put their hands on the ball I think they should expect to have their knuckles scraped .. nothing wrong with that! Still got the scars to prove how dumb I was!!
one other thing that has to change is this jumping yards into the air for the ball and expecting everyone else to stay without a 6 yard radius for fear of touching you ... absolute nonsense. I think it is the player in the air that should be penalised firstly for putting himself in danger and secondly for endangering others with flying feet and studs and knees ... outlaw that immediately .. and make the game safer and far more interesting ... currently its a cheats charter. It was far better when someone used to hoist a Garry Owen in the swirling winds of a Murrayfield or a Landsdowne road and someone with real nuts stood stock still and caught it, feet planted firmly on the ground, and took a right good clattering from the chasing hordes ............ ahh those where the days!
Bring back proper rucking - as soon as the tackle is made everyone must release the ball immediately and can only play with the feet thereafter until it emerges at the back of the ruck and received by the scrum half (or acting scrum half). Yes, I agree no stamping or kicking although if someone is dumb enough to put their hands on the ball I think they should expect to have their knuckles scraped .. nothing wrong with that! Still got the scars to prove how dumb I was!!
one other thing that has to change is this jumping yards into the air for the ball and expecting everyone else to stay without a 6 yard radius for fear of touching you ... absolute nonsense. I think it is the player in the air that should be penalised firstly for putting himself in danger and secondly for endangering others with flying feet and studs and knees ... outlaw that immediately .. and make the game safer and far more interesting ... currently its a cheats charter. It was far better when someone used to hoist a Garry Owen in the swirling winds of a Murrayfield or a Landsdowne road and someone with real nuts stood stock still and caught it, feet planted firmly on the ground, and took a right good clattering from the chasing hordes ............ ahh those where the days!
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I'll go along with that, and while they're about it, penalise defending players who obstruct would-be tacklers by standing in front of the catcher and so preventing an attempted tackle.mightymouse wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:39 am
one other thing that has to change is this jumping yards into the air for the ball and expecting everyone else to stay without a 6 yard radius for fear of touching you ... absolute nonsense. I think it is the player in the air that should be penalised firstly for putting himself in danger and secondly for endangering others with flying feet and studs and knees ... outlaw that immediately .. and make the game safer and far more interesting ... currently its a cheats charter. It was far better when someone used to hoist a Garry Owen in the swirling winds of a Murrayfield or a Landsdowne road and someone with real nuts stood stock still and caught it, feet planted firmly on the ground, and took a right good clattering from the chasing hordes ............ ahh those where the days!
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Ah yes - I was that fullback - poised to catch and in the brace position!Robespierre wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:50 amI'll go along with that, and while they're about it, penalise defending players who obstruct would-be tacklers by standing in front of the catcher and so preventing an attempted tackle.mightymouse wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:39 am
one other thing that has to change is this jumping yards into the air for the ball and expecting everyone else to stay without a 6 yard radius for fear of touching you ... absolute nonsense. I think it is the player in the air that should be penalised firstly for putting himself in danger and secondly for endangering others with flying feet and studs and knees ... outlaw that immediately .. and make the game safer and far more interesting ... currently its a cheats charter. It was far better when someone used to hoist a Garry Owen in the swirling winds of a Murrayfield or a Landsdowne road and someone with real nuts stood stock still and caught it, feet planted firmly on the ground, and took a right good clattering from the chasing hordes ............ ahh those where the days!
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Only three really
1- Equip every ref with one of those electric shock dog training collars, each time the defending team is offside at a ruck the ref gets a jolt if he does not award the attacking team a penalty ( each team nominates a coach to press the jolt buton, but if replay shows they were wrong the get a double jolt back as they also have collars on!)
2-Anyone voluntarily leaping in the air in open play, for any reason gets red card and an immediate 2 game ban.
3 Ban substitutions apart from for injury, any player substituted for injury cannot play again for 10 days, this is to remove the oversized 60 minute monsters from the game.
1- Equip every ref with one of those electric shock dog training collars, each time the defending team is offside at a ruck the ref gets a jolt if he does not award the attacking team a penalty ( each team nominates a coach to press the jolt buton, but if replay shows they were wrong the get a double jolt back as they also have collars on!)
2-Anyone voluntarily leaping in the air in open play, for any reason gets red card and an immediate 2 game ban.
3 Ban substitutions apart from for injury, any player substituted for injury cannot play again for 10 days, this is to remove the oversized 60 minute monsters from the game.
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I like this post.Robespierre wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:42 pm 1.I would put an immediate stop to defending players staying bound in a maul when they are on the "wrong" side, thus preventing the quick release of the ball. Once they are in front of the ball in a maul situation they should detach themselves from the maul and either retreat into the field of play or rejoin the maul at the back.
2. Straight throw-ins at line-outs are policed by the ref so why aren't crooked scrum feeds penalised?!!!!!!
3. And hookers standing in the field of play when the throw in!
4. Back chat penalised more regularly by marching the offending team back 10 metres.
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Crooked put-ins to the scrum are being seemingly overlooked by refs because of a minor law change at the end of 2017 saying that as long as the scrumhalf was on the inside shoulder of the prop he could put it in however he wanted.
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They trialed stopping the clock almost every time the ref intervened in America and created gridiron. Even slower with many even bigger anaerobic "athletes".
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That seems a particulary vacuous law change to me; you might as well say he can put it in however he wants as long as a pigeon flies onto the pitch at the same time.
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