Quote jonh="jonh"As far as I can see SL won’t be affected, apart from the fact we will have independent concussion observers at every match.
It is the community game, reserves and academy that this applies to.
Initially there will undoubtedly be more penalties, however just like in Union once the players and refs get used to the new rules these penalties will reduce significantly.
If you look back on games from the 50’s to the 1980’s the game looks very different.
It was barbaric at times with what went on, on the pitch where a game of rugby rarely broke out between the thuggery. This was accepted as part of the game. These days some of the acts that went on would land you in jail.
I’m not pro the changes, but I understand why they are being put in place and I believe that is to future proof the sport from a constantly changing society in which we now live.'"
SL will have to abide by it in 2025.
We have all these ex players Suing the rfl to thank for this. You know. The ones who apparently didn’t know the risks of playing rugby league. One of which did his very best to smash his forearm into the defenders head everytime he ran the ball in.
