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• Roy tannous December 30, 2025 at 5:16pm

  These rules are good except the kickoff
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  sloth December 30, 2025 at 5:36pm

  1. Kick off rule seems unecessary, but not a biggie since it's only an option for the conceding team. Guess we'll see if any teams figure out a way to take advantage of receiving.

  2. Bench changes are good. Makes it less punishing to have specialist players if your team gets an injury or HIA.

  3. Great change. Teams should never have been punished for nearly scoring. They need to remove the 7 tackle restart from kicks as well to bring back more attacking kicks. Keep it for kicks from outside a certain distance, say 30m, or those that go dead on the full, so teams can't boot it dead.

  4. Not a fan. Wasn't the 40m penalty rule brought in because teams would just give a way a six again to reset their line on kick returns?
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  Bob Smith December 30, 2025 at 5:39pm

  Meh, ok I s'pose. 
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  LB December 30, 2025 at 6:00pm

  Yeah Kickoff one is not overly egregious, but is it necessary? Just creates an added thing where majority of the time the opposition will want the ball as each side always wants.

  Rest i have no issues with. Rather just have a 19th man and leave 14-17 as is but it at least makes sense. The kick-off doesn't.
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  The Badger December 30, 2025 at 6:01pm

  

  Soon these boffins at NRL HQ will be setting lines of scrimmage and having conversions from in front for 1 pt ...just so TV in US pay a more for games screening at 3am.
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    Randy Handlinger > The Badger December 30, 2025 at 6:53pm

    

    They just cannot fucking help themselves

     
• ParraEels December 30, 2025 at 6:16pm

  I don't understand the kick off rule. Can someone explain it