Quote Banger="Banger"I also believe the interpretations of the rules have a big impact. SL encourages quick PTB’s, too quick IMO and whilst the game appears exciting it often has no structure whatsoever. The NRL on the other hand allow the defense a lot more time in the ruck, which subsequently enables the defensive line to re-group for each tackle. Without the privilege of playing behind a pack on the roll Englands creativity was awful. The likes of Burrow, Pryce, Mcguire, etc. are all fantastic broken field runners but appear clueless when faced with a solid defensive line. Australia on the other hand have an intelligent hooker, creative halves and willing runners – England have none of these. It might sound a bit negative but for us to compete on the international stage we need to slow down the ruck and force attacking teams to be more creative.'"
Whilst I don't necessarily agree that one or the other interpretation is correct I do agree that the fact there is a difference causes a lot of problems, the standard of international RL refereeing is a concern, not so much as the decisions made, but the interpretation of the rules.
Had we played NZ with Ganson in the middle we may well have had a different result, that is just plain wrong.
