Leeds Rhinos - southstander.com • Re: Superleague Dream team
BrisbaneRhino wrote:
Removing the corner flag from the equation just removed an oddity in the rules whereby the corners of the pitch were treated differently to the rest of the field. I've no problem with it at all, and whilst the diving tries are a bit more common, its also making up for the fact that cover defences now are so much better than they used to be. A few years ago in the NRL wingers virtually stopped going for the corner at all because defences would smash them into touch. Now they can't do that quite as effectively because the best wingers add half a yard to the width of the pitch. Why would anyone rather see wingers dying with the ball instead of going for the try?
If it's become harder to score because of better cover defences you don't add a shortcut so they can still score, you challenge them to overcome the improved defence.
Top level sport shouldn't use the view it became too hard so we made it easier.
Statistics: Posted by PrinterThe — Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:22 am