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    SuperEel 22 > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin 🐐 March 25, 2026 at 10:53am

    We are doing what we should be doing. Exploiting the rules to the letter of the rule. Our players are taking up a position early and abiding by the contesting rules by raising their arms. I'd love to hear a referee try to justify a penalty in this situation.
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      EA > SuperEel 22 March 25, 2026 at 11:10am

      Even if they don't raise their arms I don't think it's a penalty because as you said they get into position very early 
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    Gucci > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin 🐐 March 25, 2026 at 11:32am

    

    I swear on these sites we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. If we don't exploit the rules we are behind the rest of the power house clubs, shit coaching staff, we abuse the rules like Penrith and Melbourne, we are cheats, penalise us.
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      Hell On Eels > Gucci March 25, 2026 at 11:46am

      

      That doesn't sound like us, Gucci.

      The thing with restarts is you can't keep doing it repeatedly — successive restarts, around 3-straight — is a sin bin. 

      Storm almost got a sin bin for doing it against in R1. Alas, they did it at the end of the first half once they built their 18-4 lead. Wait unitl the opposition concedea a restart.  The Game Of Restarts.
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    Coryn Hughes > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin 🐐 March 25, 2026 at 12:00pm

    That's not cheating though again it's just another way to attack the escort rule.
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      Acme > Coryn Hughes March 25, 2026 at 3:53pm

      At the very least, It's against the spirit of the game. This is what drives me away from the NRL these days (and other pro sports). Everyone always trying to be so clever to get around the rules. No one wants to just play by the rules, as they were intended. No one playing with good intent these days, always an angle to try and get away with something.

      I see it as cheating. Bending the interpretation of the rules so that "technically", it's not against the rules. Everyone does it, and while it's accepted, they will continue to do so.

      The solution will be to change the rules, and then clubs will go to work to try and get around the new rules, leading to another problem, which requires a rule change. Rinse and repeat.