With the late trend of sides taking the two I've noticed that there are many teams including parra giving away deliberate penalties to allow their team to catch breath or hope the opposition will take the two. (Rugby Union style)
This annoys me because after a good line break there is inevitably going to be a penalty given for laying on the tackled player too long.
This takes away a sides advantage from the line break and a penalty is not sufficient because it allows the defencive team to set their line.
The NRL has to introduce 5 minutes in the bin. This way the penalty is given and the team has an advantage because there is at least two attacking sets where they will have an extra player.
Is there another fair way to discourage these professional fouls?
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I thought he was screaming enthusiastically for their combined effort in getting back to stop the try.
Realistically, that is an example that would attract 5 minutes in the bin. The tigers did a lot of good work to get us on the back foot and we deliberately slowed them down to set our line.
If it happened in the game I would have spewed at the ref but I think it would have been fair from an unbiased perspective.
It is a professional foul.
Bennett is probably right about deliberate tactics. The issue is whether the cure would be worse than the disease?
I'm not sure if I like what I've seen of Greenburg.
He seems to have a view that the game is entertainment only and has no concern for the sport itself.