Speed up or fall behind: It's time for a 'check, check' on Australian rugby
I have seen every Test the Wallabies have played since 1972, but due to a combination of work, family and living in the bush…
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Hi busted
The changes I suggest don’t retract from the core elements of rugby. There will still be power scrums, athletic lineouts and long arm penalties, just fewer of them.
The change to restrict an offending team from advancing from ten metres is a simple addition to the requirement to withdraw ten metres now after a penalty or free kick. The suggested change to allow a team to call an attacking line out when awarded a penalty simply saves time from having to kick the ball out for no gain when close to opposition line.
I suggest that trialling some of these in the local game or super rugby would bring back fans and lead to change internationally. Adopting a goal line drop out ion rugby was a bigger change than any I have suggested and seems to imply that League got it right. Lets not be defeatist and provide excuses for not moving forward
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Speed up or fall behind: It's time for a 'check, check' on Australian rugby