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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The world turns outside of the law as it does in real life, but so long as the players (or population) know what the officials allow, or don't allow, there can be no real complaint. And if what they do frees up the game (or their lives) it can be a good thing for them...

- The rules mentioned that so long as players played in half of the games it was fine and they did. Your personal thoughts about the rules may have been different and that's fine. - The measure of value used between the MVP candidates (considering those two only) was that a majority of the ten...

Agree - the offending player was naive in thinking that he could rely on a literal interpretation of the law book when the practice was that the scrummie could have his hands in the ruck to fetch the ball out like a miner - and had been for yonks. I just mentioned the event to illustrate how...

^^^^^^ Yeah they would have if it was allowed, but it wasn't then. Not quite to the point but about ten years ago, a defender was penalised at Sydney University when he came around a ruck to grab the scrummie, but he was pinged for being offside. He said: "But he had his hands on the ball"...

Quick Hands Those are interesting ideas. Since the power hit was made ineffectual by cracking down on early charges (which was in the laws all the time), and also by disguising the timing of the throw into the scrum, I have found it easier to detect the culprits responsible for collapsing...

No, it doesn't remove the impact of bad decisions, but if we want to retain the NRC ELVs and promote them to professional rugby we need to get the yellow cards dished out properly otherwise the ELVs won't work. People in Sydney will remember the players' attitude in the Shute Shield in 2007...

It has worked well for a few years in France now and it rewards defence. You can see the leaders shift gears almost when the losing team gets a try late in the game when the other team, already sure winners, has been three tries ahead but now need another try. Super Rugby should adopt this...

When I was a young bloke, many moons ago, there were no mauls. What we call a maul these days was illegal. When you were held standing up, you were deemed to be tackled and had to release the ball in some way if you could. Edit: If I remember correctly defenders had to allow you to, otherwise...

Agree with that. I think "The Hoff" lost form in 2015 otherwise, but his tough carding stance (if done accurately) is what is needed from all referees, especially with the points change. It will be all the more necessary if the Aussie and Welsh domestic initiatives get a leg up to pro rugby...

As we have seen in the NRC and the ARC the key is for referees to use the yellow card sanctions correctly: if they do it will be a good thing for rugby and the scoring system, amongst other things, should be adopted. Changes were always going to work in domestic rugby in Australia as they did...

A few of us have been puzzled why he hasn't got too many mentions, haven't we DB; but to be fair it needed the NRC to get a better measure of his ability. That's only one outstanding game though; so I hope he racks up a few more and makes it. If he does it will be good to see another lad who...

^^^^ Not so old but it depends on one's time scale, I suppose. .

Thanks for that RR - I thought that defence was a tad tougher this year but that was wrong, if attack is about the same as last year. But I wonder what the NRC would be like had the standard laws been used. I've got no clue, but I'd like to see some games played under standard law, just to...

Are people liking the 2015 NRC rugby better than that of last year? I think it is marginally better. I got criticised last year for panning some of the "surfie" rugby I saw in 2014. It wasn't because the amount of tries being scored; it was the way that they were scored - against defences...

^^^^^^^^ We are on the same wavelength here DB and so is Eyes and Ears above. One predicted before the NRC started last year that the yellow cards needed to be used well or else the changed points system would not work. And if it was used well - the more cards, the more controversy, as Eyes...

I posted this in the 2015 thread but it may be of interest to readers who come across it next year: There is a blog on the 2015 GPS special awards here: http://goo.gl/phl4N5 The main 2015 GPS review by Rich_E was posted this morning here: http://goo.gl/cke0QU Give the links a click. .

There is a new blog on the GPS special awards here: http://goo.gl/phl4N5 The main 2015 GPS review by Rich_E was posted this morning here: http://goo.gl/cke0QU I will post this in the 2016 GPS convo also. Give the links a click. .

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The non-compulsory boarding arose because things in the bush deteriorated and the intake of country lads became smaller. They had to interest city families who didn't want the boys to board (or the boys didn't want to board) to make ends meet. The other main reason why...

SK is playing in the Youth 7s this week - probably not allowed to play I'm guessing. .

Charlie Rorke - does anybody know, for sure, if he is still 15?? And he's in Yr. 10 right? Also as I asked earlier (but mentioned New instead of Shore): Does anybody know the score of 16As: Shore v Joeys ?? .