www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5803356388 I hope so,i like it... So after scoring a try,you can opt for going for a goal or just recieving the ball back.So in some cases where a team scores 5 min b4 FT and they were still behind and the only way to win was scoring another try, then yeah i'm all for it.Bring it in,a fantastic rule.

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5803356388 I hope so,i like it... So after scoring a try,you can opt for going for a goal or just recieving the ball back.So in some cases where a team scores 5 min b4 FT and they were still behind and the only way to win was scoring another try, then yeah i'm all for it.Bring it in,a fantastic rule.

Doesn't read like that to me. Looks more like the NFL option of instead of kicking they get to have one play from the 20 or 10 (say) in which they get to score an extra try, if unsuccessful it'll be a hand over. Thats the way I read it anyway.

If that's the case it would just be a cross field bomb to the corner every time. Stupid idea.

You may think It's stupid,but i like it.To think with 3 min to go and the only way of winning was scoring a try ,can you imagine the excitement?a bit like extra time after a game been drawn with people on the edge of there seats,this would be even better.

Also Hotdog vendors will parade the stands and the refs will wear baseball caps. Helmets for the players will be introduced with the team logo on the temple and the ball will be allowed to be passed forward.

Not a good idea in my view and it would be changing something for the sake of it rather then any actual need. If anyone was at the Trinity-Leeds game (amongst others) last year there is no real need for an 8 point try option, teams are quite capable of losing/winning a game from unlikely positions already.

Teams can already decline to take a conversion if they want.

just go and play american football and have done with it

What a stupid rule

That was what I was thinking.

Quote ="manly4ever"Could this be the next rule? www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5803356388 '" In the Sydney game – quite possibly. In rugby league, no.

Quote ="manly4ever"Could this be the next rule? www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5803356388 '" In the Sydney game – quite possibly. In rugby league, no.

As someone earlier pointed out, 90% of the time the extra tackle would revert to the hit and hope cross-field bomb. I'd be fed up of it after a while. Goalkicking should be embraced as a focal part of our sport.

I think you mean an integral part - were it a focal part the game would be rugby union.

Same on here - www.leaguehq.com.au/news/lhqnews ... 06070.html I was about to post a thread saying Indingenous All Stars Game descends into sideshow - but no need to now. What a ridiculous idea.

Same on here - www.leaguehq.com.au/news/lhqnews ... 06070.html I was about to post a thread saying Indingenous All Stars Game descends into sideshow - but no need to now. What a ridiculous idea.

www.nrl.com/newsviews/latestnews ... fault.aspx "Both sides will be able to interchange attacking or defensive players before the extra play and no kicks will be allowed." Gives it a little more credability but I'm still not much of a fan. I could be won over by the way it works in this match.

www.nrl.com/newsviews/latestnews ... fault.aspx "Both sides will be able to interchange attacking or defensive players before the extra play and no kicks will be allowed." Gives it a little more credability but I'm still not much of a fan. I could be won over by the way it works in this match.

Isn't it time the ARL / NRL recognised that the body for changing the rules of the game is the RLIF, not national leagues?

Will we have "time outs" for coaching purposes?
Or will they be allowed to take conversions in front of the posts rather than where the try is scored?
Perhaps we could do away with the need to ground the ball, and just have two feet over the try line.
What about forming scrums in a straight line rather than as they are now?
Do away with the forward pass rule?

If it aint broke, don't fix it.

They've already started, before long there'll be 5 refs on the field and they'll chucking yellow flags around the place!

complete nonsense.

especially if you are not allowed to kick the ball - it will just lead to aimless throwing of the ball round with no-one wanting to take a tackle, inevitably leading to a mistake rather than a try.

a few questions:
- where does the play start - how far out? and in line with where the original try was scored, or under the sticks?
- is the "defending" team able to score during this period of play?
- can you go for a drop goal if a try doesnt look like it will happen?
- is the match clock still running while this play happens?

That would mean they'd have to recognise that rugby league exists outside of their own minds

I...kinda like it.
For an exhibition match..sod it, go for it, do your worst.
I'd like to have seen kicks included. On a one play defensive set you can cover the kick accurately 9/10

The NRL really are panicking about the game dying on its backside in Australia aren't they? First golden point, now this?

What a crock of poop.

I understand it's an attempt to make the game more exciting, but really it just looks like instead of a conversion you'll just get a bomb every time.
and what's to stop it being used to put a cricket score on teams?

Seriously, is this a joke? NRL is going down the NFL route more and more. Everything from this extra play initiative to splitting the game into quarters is making this fixture a complete farce.

I thought NRL attendances and viewing figures were at an all time high so why are Gallop et al messing around with the rules?

The horse bolted on that one a few years ago.