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  Sticks and Stones July 8, 2015 at 11:50am

  Agree the held calls arnt being following. I read somewhere a call the have the ref make a sharp blow into the whistle to act as a held call. Players cant complain they didn't hear it and the ref can count down or know how long to allow them to wait knowing they have heard the call. I think this may work if the whistle can be distinctively different from a normal blow.
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  Ham Sammich July 8, 2015 at 12:23pm

  To reduce wrestle I'd decrease the defensive line to 7 metres. I don't think there's anything wrong with the wrestle and there's other ways to reduce it so wouldn't be touching this rule. The defence still needs to be somewhat reset.

  Increase interchanges to 10, possibly 12.

  Reduce time the ball is out of play. Timers on scrums (30 seconds), goal-line drop outs (20 seconds), and conversion kicks (1 minute).

  Increase bench size to 8. 4 must have played a reserve grade game beforehand and can only be used if there's injury or concussion which will be deemed by an NRL appointed doctor.

  Reduce the amount of refs on the field back to 1.

  Limit the involvement of the video ref, only allow them to look at put-downs and if the player stepped out.

  Stop the referees from making a decision before they send the call up to the video ref, its stupid and is preventing video refs from ruling on the play as a neutral view.

  No more refs changing their mind because they see a replay or are told by the video ref.

  No more putting players on report on the field. It just wastes time and the MRC look at the games afterwards anyway so if they believe that an incident should be put on report then they will make that decision.

  Bring in a 5-minute sin bin.

  Bring back the shoulder charge. There was nothing wrong with the action in the first place, the reason it was banned was because idiots like inglis decided to start launching themselves at players and the result was that the player was hit high.
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    Parramatta Tragic > Ham Sammich July 8, 2015 at 12:28pm

    I agree with much of what you have said Ham.

    • 7 metre defensive line
    • 1 referee
    • Have unlimited reserves on bench but can only use 4 and all of them must have played at least half a game in Reserve Grade first (bring back Reserve Grade)
    • Shoulder cgarge
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    Glenn Lifetime Eel > Ham Sammich July 8, 2015 at 2:54pm

    In SL the video refs have a timer put on them, not sure for how long, but bring that into NRL, say 30 secs. How many times have you seen the first replay and formed an opinion but the video refs look at every angle before making a decision. Gould hates it, I hate it and I'm sure the majority hate the constant replays and they still get it wrong!!! Like the refs, as long as the video refs get it right 99% of the time the 1% doesn't matter.
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  RIDER July 8, 2015 at 12:32pm

  Can we please bring back the biff? I hate these niggling tactics knowing nothing can be done.

  Maybe 10 in the bin max penalty. Some would think it worth it.
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    Ham Sammich > RIDER July 8, 2015 at 1:25pm

    That's the sort of thing the 5-minute sin bin would be used for. Means that players only miss 2 sets of attack and 2 sets of defence whereas with 10 you're looking at missing much more. The worst thing the NRL did was openly state that any punch would result in a 10 minute sin bin because that meant that players were always going to try their hardest to antagonise the opposition into punching them.
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      Parramatta Tragic > Ham Sammich July 8, 2015 at 3:40pm

      Agree again. This slapping stuff is just BS. Remove automatic sendoffs for punchups and replace with 5 minutes in bin. Great idea. Re calling held and third man in - best option is compulsary call of held as soon as a third man comes in. This takes all of the refs judgement away and is a fair way of cutting down on the wrestle. The game needs to be slowed down. This idiotic obsession with continually speeding up the game is leading to more injuries and more wrestling. If it gets any quicker we will be seeing sleeper holds and the abdominal stretch
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  Casey July 8, 2015 at 12:54pm

  Totally agree with calling held earlier. It will speed up the game and reduce injuries.
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  Monster Eel #38 July 8, 2015 at 1:20pm

  In the scrum I'm crying out to go back to the old days of feeding the scrum, having the hookers compete for the ball instead of throwing it into the 2nd row, feed it in the middle. What's the point of having the scrums when no one competes for the ball. Have the one ref on the field instead of two. I was a big fan of having two refs but now I find it confusing and hate it. More pitch invasion like the good old days when the kids used to invade the fields, remember that? I like the ten meter rule, give the team some breathing room. Bring back Reserve Grade. Bugger the video ref off...actually thenm again, the VidRef can be handy in some respect...oh and ban trolls from this site...and make it legal to punch the ref in the face if he gets his calls wrong or at least give him the Liverpool Kiss
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  Gymnotiformes July 8, 2015 at 2:13pm

  I would like to see an incentive to score less from scoring from a kick......maybe no kick fo goal if scored from a kick.