Corner flag rule and interchanges were used in Aus in the last season without any real drama. I would like to see interchanges get down to six eventually, which should bring the skillful players more into the game at later stages as the forwards tire. Drop kick for conversions is an interesting one though and will be interesting to see who does this first. Also good for speeding up the game when the clock is ticking and a team is chasing the game
I think the corner flag rule is a good one, Always thought it was a tad unfair to a team if a player touched it while grounding the ball within the field, (ie not on the line)
As for the Drop Kick rule, its something i've seen done in Union, albeit not very often, was in a french game, Toulon were chasing the game with less than 5 mins left, scored near the sticks, Wilkinson scooped the ball up, ran back to a comfortable distance, turned and dropped the goal, whole thing took around 10 seconds, so took up less time than a proper conversion and allowed them to get the game restarted with longer on the clock.
Was mentioned on Twitter than Kevin Sinfield attempted to take a conversion with a Drop Goal a few years back but was stopped, but someone else said they'd seen it done in the 60s or 70s, so may have been allowed in the past
QuoteBrew="urbancarrot"I like all the changes. Expect the interchange to come down further in future too.'"
Michael Steele said at the Fans night that the reduction to 10 is with a view of going to 8 in the future, would we still have 4 on the bench when that happens? or might there be a reduction in that?
Mr Steele also said that 8 may be trialled in certain competitions, Challenge Cup perhaps?'"
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