New rules in 2014 generated an additional 378 minutes of 'ball in play' footy - that’s almost five extra #NRL games!
- The NRL has been spreading this info graph on social media such as Facebook. It seems as though the point is to promote new rules as been good for the game. Makes me wonder if this is to help shape peoples attitudes when they want to introduce new rules in the future.
Specifically with these stats - They don't explain which rules and how exactly they had an impact on the game. The only thing I noticed this year was how bad the refs were. So many bad calls, video ref referrals and 'home ground advantage' calls. Then there's all the rubbish with evening up the penalty count... and so on.
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Lets's see if my maths is correct
378 extra minutes of extra ball in play.
That's over 26 rounds
Now that's an extra 14.5 minutes of ball in play PER ROUND
Lets sat there is an average of 8 games per round
that's aprox 1.8 extra minutes per game
what's that - 2 extra sets of 6 per game.
or 1 set of 6 per half
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Is a repeated set the result of a Penalty ? How else can a 20m re-start obtain an extra set OTHER than a 40/20 - of which our own Sandow was the NRL Leader
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41% percent of 20m restarts resulted in an attacking kick - is that code for a High Kick - it is easy for Teams in the modern game to make half way from a 20m restart....then ANY kick over half way is deemed a potential attacking kick
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14% of Tries were the result of a 20m restart - now that's a surprise - BUT what were they as a percentage compared to previous years.
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these stats mean NOTHING to me
hahaha - my thoughts exactly. Is it still an attacking kick if it's on the 6th?
tele - you may be a little off with your stats.
You have only allowed the extra minutes to be played in the season proper with no consideration for the finals and GF.
That is an extra 720 minutes to be taken into account.
Then - did you take into account the games that went into extra time?
This will diminish the "extra" minutes per game to be (possibly) less than 1 set per half.
I am not trying to take away your excitement of having ALL this extra footy being played - but I must in all clear conscience reveal your slight of hand that would undoubtedly lead some fans into a world of ecstasy only to be disappointed when they discover they were NOT getting all these extra minutes you have indicated.
haha... I don't think an extra set per half really "added to the excitement"
So kicking the ball out of our own half would be defensive I guess
Col
I laughed and laughed and am still laughing
great response mate
My face hurts