Wigan Warriors - wiganrugbyfans.com • Re: Modern games taking too long fact!
The game in Aus is being slowed down when a team is on the attack the defending team just give penalties away to slow down the attack. Then the captain decides to try and discuss the decision to slow the game down even more. The refs stop the clock to threaten them with a sin bin (that hardly ever comes), even if they don’t talk to the captain it still takes time to wave them away.
To speed the game up I’d bring in an advantage rule. If a team is offside the ref should just call “offside, advantage 6 again” the game would continue and the attacking team get 6 more tackles. If the attacking team make a mistake during the advantage you go back to the penalty. This would stop a team deliberately standing offside as they can’t slow the game down. It would almost be a free play set of six.
The other thing slowing the game down is fake “injuries” if a player goes down injured when defending and they stop the game. I’d make them play the next set without that player. A bit like the football rule when a player goes off after treatment. Again this should dissuade the defending team from slowing the game down.
On a side note. Foxtel is playing some classic games from the 90’s during the off season and it is amazing how fast the play the ball is.
To speed the game up I’d bring in an advantage rule. If a team is offside the ref should just call “offside, advantage 6 again” the game would continue and the attacking team get 6 more tackles. If the attacking team make a mistake during the advantage you go back to the penalty. This would stop a team deliberately standing offside as they can’t slow the game down. It would almost be a free play set of six.
The other thing slowing the game down is fake “injuries” if a player goes down injured when defending and they stop the game. I’d make them play the next set without that player. A bit like the football rule when a player goes off after treatment. Again this should dissuade the defending team from slowing the game down.
On a side note. Foxtel is playing some classic games from the 90’s during the off season and it is amazing how fast the play the ball is.
Statistics: Posted by MelbourneWarrior — Sun Dec 09, 2018 10:39 am