I'm sure not everyone will agree but in my personal opinion Set Restarts in particular are destroying the game and allowing the referee to basically control the outcome of games. Combine the Set Restarts with diabolical refereeing and bunker calls then the whole fairness of Rugby League has long gone. Seriously today's game was disgraceful refereeing ( yes the Eels made some poor mistakes and the younger players are still learning) but a 10-1 penalty count and not 1 repeat set 🤣. This seems to be a continual report on 85% of refereeing of the Eels games. In my opinion the Eels hierarchy need to speak up about the appalling referee and bunker calls. It's not only the Eels coping it but it seems the lower placed teams get the raw end of the stick. Ricky Stuart isn't afraid of speaking up when things go against his team with refs. About time the Eels did the same or they'll continue to be the NRL doormat team
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Maybe limit the set Restarts to only 1 per half for every team except Parra who can have 3 per half to catch up on the ones they've missed out on.
The set restart rule is a safety net for the officials. Ruling a set restart instead of a penalty means the referee doesn't make any hand signal showing the infringement being penalised. Also a set restart doesn't stop play allowing broadcasters to show a replay of the incident. In theory, the 6 again rule makes sense, however, some adjustments need to be made to make it better.
Best adjustment would be to remove it from the game. Ninety five percent of the time nobody understands what the set restart penalty was actually given for and when it is there's no clear evidence it's accurate. I think 9 times out of 10 the referee gives set Restarts to aid certain teams. I've seen at least 3 to 4 set Restarts one after the other given for the attacking team inside the opposition 10 metres meaning they're defending 18 to 24 tackles consecutively which is absurd and a certain scoring opportunity. It's a farce and a blight on the game. Either remove it totally or limit the amount to maybe no more than 2 each half for both teams so that no team is treated unfairly.
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