Wakefield Trinity • Clarity needed !
Football have a rule whereby when the physio/ Dr come on to the field for player, the player must leave the field until the referee allows him to return.
It would be interesting for this concept to be introduced in to rugby. If an injury occurs to a defending teams player at the time of a 'shot clock', then the player 'injured' must leave the field for 2-3 plays/ tackles before being allowed back on to the field. Anyone injured prior to this would allowed- as the team would already have been a player down whilst the other team have had the ball. You would also expect that the ref would stop the game/ match clock due to the injury anyway. This would hopefully discourage the faking injuries whilst not unfairly treating those who are genuinely injured throughout the game.
It would be interesting for this concept to be introduced in to rugby. If an injury occurs to a defending teams player at the time of a 'shot clock', then the player 'injured' must leave the field for 2-3 plays/ tackles before being allowed back on to the field. Anyone injured prior to this would allowed- as the team would already have been a player down whilst the other team have had the ball. You would also expect that the ref would stop the game/ match clock due to the injury anyway. This would hopefully discourage the faking injuries whilst not unfairly treating those who are genuinely injured throughout the game.
Statistics: Posted by TheMightyTrin — Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:28 am — Replies 6 — Views 820