CaptainC

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Great Analysis. One factor that will determine the winners will be the refereeing. While the set restart speeds up the game the hidden agenda of the NRL was to remove scrutiny of the Refs (no time for video replays). No team can win without possession and momentum is even more important under this rule. For example, in Souths flogging of the Roosters the Penalties were 4-1 against and the set restart was 6-1 against the Roosters. Therefore the Roosters made twice as many tackles (400 to 200). If the refs do this in the finals then the results will be forever tainted. I’d like to see the stats on the set restarts but of course the NRL does not keep them (Deliberately?). I suspect that Penrith would have been favoured in set restarts explaining their fairy tale ride. The NRL does not want a threepeat!

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