Tbh they are elite at it. It's right on the borderline where you could argue. But it's the seconds after which seems to be extra slow. That and the 10m is short where they are already great at with line speed. And the conditions. It's a horrible spectacle.
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It is. My prediction is enough teams will adopt it out of necessity and the game will become so slow they will introduce another hairbrained rule to combat it.
Didn't the NRL bring in a rule that 3rd man in had to be first man to peel? What's happened to that?
I'd imagine Purdue was binned due to the professional foul.
That was a tough passage for the Cowboys. I don't believe the head high on Sorensen was bad enough to be over-turned and that off-side call was complete game management.
Wasn't much anyone could do about the tackle in the air call, but that right there highlighted how dumb the rule was.
Yeah Jake, just watch him catch the ball and score.
The tackle in the air rule is stupid.
Blues have utilised it this year with Lomax and I'm surprised it's taken this long.
The rule wasnt even needed, because they already had it that if you put them into a dangerous position then it's a penalty... now they're just saying that you should let them score
Nah, that was dumb by Sorensen to blindly jump in the air like that. It’s also dangerous. Fair call penalising him.
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But head contact or a shoulder charge to stop a try seems to be sweet as.
The rules and how they are enforced seems to be darts thrown at a spinning wheel at times.
I'm not talking about that... I was talking about getting penalised for tackling Laurie in the ingoal in the first half i.e. defenders not being allowed to tackle players in the air.
