Brumby Jack
Steve Williams (59)
^ No fans though for the first few rounds
Not to be overly negative, I'm stoked we get rugby back but how did AFL and NRL organise their incredibly more complex 18 teams from all over Aus to start a month before ours?
Wouldn’t the crowds be under the same guidelines as whatever they are for the other codes at the time? Seems to be getting slightly more relaxed each week^ No fans though for the first few rounds
Not to be overly negative, I'm stoked we get rugby back but how did AFL and NRL organise their incredibly more complex 18 teams from all over Aus to start a month before ours?
Interesting options.
50/22 seems dumb.
I'd like to see all cards just be yellow. Less pressure on the onfield ref and the game isn't stopped for a significant period. TMO reviews the card in the 10 mins and makes a decision to stay a yellow or change to a red. If it is red the player can be replaced after 20mins unless the it is for deliberate foul play such as punching.
Red card is good.
I'm torn on 3. I think this could be way too hard to defend and way too big of an advantage to the attacking side but it does encourage more attacking kicks which is good.
What on earth is the logic for #2? That'll just delay the game even more to get the whole team behind the tryline rather than just the 22.
I don't understand why there's this punishment for getting held up? You're getting the same penalty as a knock on - your attacking chance is completely gone. Stupid.
The 50-22/22-50s are total gimmicks that we barely even saw happen in the NRC. Which is strange because they seem too easy. Teams already have players back to receive kicks.
There was also a certain amount of risk to go first. The NRL could easily have started and then had to stop again if a 2nd Wave had hit about now.
Just abolish scrum resets. Save everyone 30 minutes a game of watching props get a leg massage.If there's one scrum you DON'T want to get rid of it should be the 5m attacking one. That's the one where a team should rightly be allowed to exercise their scrum dominance and a team with a weak one get found out.
If you want to tidy up scrums and reduce their prevalence how about restricting how much a defending halfback can interfere with the opposite halfback and/or #8 getting rid of the ball from a scrum.