WIZ: League's brain-dead ploys are stifling the attack

I agree with the WIZ! point 1. Take the tap where the penalty was awarded if the penalty is awarded in the attacking 20 metre zone. If it is within the attacking 10meter zone than move back to the 10 metre line before taking the tap- ----gee thats simple! point 2. If a team kicks the ball dead from outside the attacking 50m than the opposition gets the ball back on the halfway line.- that'll stop em! point 3. 6 reserves and once a player is replaced they cannot return to the feild. also- Tries scored from kicks should be 3 points with no conversion allowed- hence rewarding ball movement through the hands. Get rid of the srums! Get rid of Golden point! Bring back the Shoulder Charge! And yes SBW is just something else- keep up the good work WIZ!!

Why do the refs have to teach players how to pack into the scrum. Its embarrassing! Also in recent games I have seen the fullback, half and "hooker" all pack in as lock. Another thing, why does the predictable scrum winner a go the blind most of the time. Whats wrong with running the ball from the backline where the speedsters are - scrums are a gift of possession. Make use of it!

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It cracks me how all through juniors its currect lose head and fed in the middle, both kookers get a crack its awsome if u know gazzas law, then u hit grade , second row feeds no binding < WHY????

t The new ruck rules have reopened my old offensive strategist ( ROY MASTERS NARRATTED) ulter ego's, I love the drawing board and the new rules have opened massive oppurtunities in attack that arent being takin advantage of yet, YET.

give it to em whiz !

Whiz, just sit back and enjoy the game. Let us not change the game because a kick goes long or a player drops the ball. Let us leave the game as it is, they have fixed, well Dainel Anderson has fixed all the grey areas, most are black and white. So what if a bit of grey creaps in, nothing is perfect, you can tinker for life, it will never be perfect. I like the game now, i have no issues with kicking dead, dont kick it dead. The Souths halfback has not kicked a ball dead all year, and they are on top. Let us reward teams for not kicking dead, not change the rules to suit them or teach them not to kick dead. It is called pressure, dont kick it dead, pressure the opposition team to run it out from their own goal. I dont even know why any team would think kicking dead is the best option. Do a survey on the stats of kicking it dead. But dont try to change rules because a couple of balls have gome dead. Geez. Every time you change a rule, teams and coaches will come up with ideas to create oppotunities to get around the new rules. We will be chasing our tails forever if we try to make the game prefect. The game is fantastic now. Let us sit back and watch this magnificent Beast for a few good years. Can we at least feel the wind in our hair before the old girl needs a overhaul. cheers.

See you and Whiz are tinkering again. Look, how many times do i have to say, every action has a reaction So we get rid of the big men, and bring in the supreme athlete, the Greg Inglis in the front row who can go 80 minutes without a break, . So then we get 80 minutes of super fast boring play, next you know whiz is calling for slower play the balls so the big men can come back into the game. Mate, let's stop tinkering with the game. I said it is perfect, leave it the way it is, i seen 40 minutes of perfect footy the other night, Storm Tigers, then the team who did not fitigue ran away with the game. What are we trying to do once all teams catch up to the storm, change the whole fabric of the game because the storm are winning now. ? The Storm will lose Slater Cronk and Smith in a few years, they will be burnt out. When the Storm are stuffed with only 2 thousand crowds, what do we do then, give them concentives, a extra tackle each set of six. This code has got to stop worrying about interchange and player talent. The Broncos lost Lockyer, the Broncos fans have got to get used to life without Lockyer, not change the rules to suit our team. Can't i just sit here and enjoy the game the way it is, i said it was perfect last year, it has got better again this year, so why are we even talking about this, leave the game alone, it is a perfect Tv game, maybe we should be talking about Sydney crowds, that is the problem, not the interchange. They all want to stay at home and watch the game on TV, cant blame them, it is a wonderful product, best in the world.

Most of the issues you mention are a result of the 10 metre rule. Go back to 5 metres and you can have quick play the balls without the dummy half running as much because the defence is already set. I would also change the interchange rule to a replacement rule. Have 4 or 5 replacements on the bench. Once a player comes off ( except for blood bin ) they can't return to the game unless the game goes to extra time.

Branko Right on - get them to stay 10 metres back, that is never enforced. The second rower in the backline is OK so long as they have 6 in the scrum - cant legislate against negative play unless you get them back 10 metres...

Get all the forwards packing into the scrum please. I hate seeing second rowers standing in the backline in defence, or hitting it one-up once the ball comes out. The '90s saw some wonderful, sweeping backline movements from scrums - maybe following these rules might see a revival.

You copy the little guru ribbon off of someone else and use photoshop to make it part of your avatar..

Definitely agree and i do think six is too extreme but it helps make the point. As a young one i don't remember too much of the intricacies of 90's league, But for me i think if rule changes commonly saw most benches holding two mobile/impact forwards, and two impact utilities, The game would have a good mix. As for repeated dummy halve running, "Finals Footy" as G Gould calls it, for me it is the best style of game as it brings about two things. - A desperation that just cant be attained through typical prop-for-prop swap every 18 minutes - Could help reduce interference/wrestling due to go forward and one-on-one plays As for this to all work, we would need the coaches mentality to be "work, work, work" not "swap swap swap"

Cant disagree with any of these three common sense ideas Wizz. My advice however would be to not be so safe with all your comments cause you tend to be boring.

contestable play the balls. safe to say adamS you have no idea son. How you have guru written under your picture is the greatest mystery since JFK...

The impact on tactics rather than player endurance is the key point elGusto. I think we'll go like we did in the mid 90s with dummy half running for five tackles because the big, tiring forwards are slow getting up and into position. Likewise speeding up the play the ball too much - remember the early 00s where there were attacking players diving at the feet of defenders so they could bounce up and get a quick play the ball. Rule changes need to be done incrementally to gauge the effects rather than going from 10 interchange straight to four or wrestling in the ruck to no contest.

The real question is, how do the tactics change if say interchange dropped to six per game. Does the bench get stacked with 2nd rowers, or more utility players? I for one think that not only would it benefit players like sandow, segearyo (sp?) and sam williams, but forwards like Joel thompson/Greg bird/Hoffman would excel even more in the middle of the park. And on the other hand, does this lead to more teams kicking the ball dead (one improvement making a negative worse?) Anything to get the speed up, and change the dynamics, will lead to more creativity and points.

And then they give away a penalty, we take three points and it starts all over again? No thanks

Contestable play-the-balls were an eyesore and ugly. This is why they made PTBs a simple affair.

The answer is simple, get rid of the 5 tackles, then make the ball contestable in the tackle itself. The offense and defense of the tackle itself will draw p.ayers and make plenty of room for clever backs to run... And then...