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  My Bob February 21, 2015 at 7:16pm

  "It's only a trail but I've had enough already". That's a classic line. I hear you, Like you I remember the scrum penalties, lots of hair pulling and blood pressure spikes. Yep the ruck penalty is the scrum penalty of the new millennium
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  Stevo February 21, 2015 at 7:17pm

  HAHAHA Some frustrating times ahead sixtiesboy
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  Robert Lloyd February 21, 2015 at 7:17pm

   Agree 100%. Never give referees the option. They will use it to destroy most teams. It is a foollery of Bennett and the East coach who dominate that group. The real problem is the fetish to have a fast game. I say again a fast game does not mean a better game. It will be on again next year with some absurity to speed up the game.
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  Phil Mann February 21, 2015 at 7:24pm

  Hearing you sixties.  And the other thing they do is "ping the rookie" ahead of anyone else.
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  parra supporter February 21, 2015 at 7:46pm

  Personally I ike the rule, far less wrestle today and once both sides adjusted it was really fast tempoo, but its only early days.
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  sixtiesboy February 21, 2015 at 7:48pm

  Can't agree. The inconsistency was there for all to see.
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    parra supporter > sixtiesboy February 21, 2015 at 7:51pm

    Fair enough, my take was there were far too many penalties to the home side in the first half and agree was very incosistent, but the refs gave them a little space ttowards the end. I guess only time will tell
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    Ace Eel > sixtiesboy February 21, 2015 at 7:56pm

    Agree 60's...this rule will be inconsistent for the early rounds...then like all these nrl brain child rule changes.. it will be to hard to enforce... & will go by the wayside...then we will be back to same old crappy frustrating ruck..... 
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  sixtiesboy February 21, 2015 at 8:17pm

  It's that issue on strict then lenient, then home side preference. Look the wrestle is frustrating too, but you don't want touch footy speed,
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    Hamish > sixtiesboy February 22, 2015 at 7:49am

    Yeah. So many times at the game I was left shaking my head. Even when we got the penalty. It was soft and stupid. don't they realise that blowing a penalty every set of six slows the game down even more.