A proffessional foul can be defined as a deliberate breach of the rules in order to prevent a scoring opportunity. When a player commits a professional foul, the bunker has the option of either awarding a penalty try or putting the offender in the sin bin. When a penalty try is rewarded, there is no sin bin. However, if it cannot be guaranteed the player will score, the offender is gone for 10 minutes. In my opinion, they need to create more balance between the two options because a 10 minute sin bin can often be a better option for the team that remain with 13 men.
So how about this as a change to the rules for sin bins regarding proffesional fouls:
- A pentalty try will be awarded if a player will definitely score the try without the infringement from the offender (so no change to this rule)
- If their is doubt whether the player will score, the offender will be sin binned for 10 minutes. However, if the team with 13 men score within the 10 minutes, the sin-binned player returns immediately after the try. E.g if Person A is sin binned for a proffesional foul in the 55th minute and his opposition score in the 58th minute, Person A can than return at the 58th minute rather than 65th minute.
What is everyones thoughts?
I believe it creates more balance the two options and make professional fouls less influential on game results. I also believe the consequences are now more suited to why professional fouls penalties are given in the first place. Because think about this with the current rules: the consequence of someone giving a proffesional foul when there is NO definitive chance a try would be scored can have more impact on a game than a proffesional foul when there is a certain chance a try would be scored.
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IMO , firstly a player who commits a professional foul should be penalised by being sent 10 minutes into the sin bin even when their illegal effort doesn't prevent the try being scored . Their is insufficient deterrent with the present rule which arguably encourages foul play intending to prevent a try being scored , reason being that the possible benefit ( i.e. to orevent a try being scored ) outweighs the risk of the defending team being inconvenienced with a man short for 10 minutes ( and add lesser inconvenience should the foul be committed less than 10 minutes before full time) . ..............,...,.....,.......... So no EA I do not agree a sin binned player should return before the expired 10 minutes regardless. Good blog though mate .
Or in any event hand the professional foul offender a yellow caution card ruling that one more penalty given away he will be sent off for rest of the game .
Brisbane are the team this year who seem to get a lot of calls go their way. When's our turn?
Can you imagine if an eels player did a shoulder charge like Reece Walsh's? He'd probably get sent off!
Yeah but in fairness to the Broncos ME, they did have to travel out of Brisbane for the 2nd time this year to play. Which is pretty inconvenient.
Hahaha yeah I feel for them
There was also an obvious hand on ball from a Broncos player on a bomb at the 70 minute mark. On field ref ruled knock-on against Broncos, so they challenged it. The bunker had one look at this contest and didn't see any Bronco hand on the ball:
I saw that live with one replay. The audio from the bunker at that point was "there is no knock on by Brisbane at this point". How does the bunker actually miss that?
It's no wonder people are coming out and saying that officials of the game are corrupt.
Carrigan cleared by the judiciary. Nothing to see here apparently.
It's amazing how much better the Donkeys suddenly are. Surely it has nothing to do with refereeing bias.
To be fair, there really wasn't anything in the tackle from Carrigon on big Nelson. He was swung around like a rag doll and did not deliberately drop his weight down on the back of his leg.
EA, good blog. I like your idea that a player comes back onto the field if the other team scores while you are in the bin.
P.S. You need to adjust your blog title. It references six agains rather than sin bins.