Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Maybe they've put an emphasis on kicking so someone in Australia has to learn how to kick?
Yes, the irony of the kicking emphasis is interesting.
Maybe they've put an emphasis on kicking so someone in Australia has to learn how to kick?
Same with the new held up rule , rewards good defence , but attacking team effectively get the ball back , they just lose field position as few will try a short restart on their own try line .
Rugby does not innovate it risks being left (further) behind.
I don't mind it.
Holding up the attacking team over the try line seems like it should be rewarded rather than the result being to face a defensive 5m scrum which is about the best attacking platform available.
This is the biggest change really as it switches which team benefits from something happening (and isn't entirely new like the 22-50 and 50-22 changes).
What gets me about the rule changes is that none of them are original, they’re all just ported straight from League.
what gets me about the law changes is that they had this big committee working on them for months didn't they? And they basically are just using the ones from the NRC, Matt To'omua's "no marks from chips" and the 20-minute Red Card.
What gets me about the law changes is that we need our best players playing under the recognised international laws if we want to do well against other international teams.
We're not experimenting with anything fundamental here.
I was totally in favour of, and highly hopeful for the results of, the Stellenbosch Project. The only changes that will be adopted by the whole game are the ones that originate in Europe. So I suspect we are kind of wasting our time and energy a bit.
With NRL taking Melbourne Storm out of Vic to compete, it's got to be likely SRAu follow suit.
Rebels might need to find an away-from-home base like the Force have done ( if that is still possible?)
Starting to get a bit hard now.
Either way the odds on any 2020 games in Melbourne or Perth are starting to look long.