Quote Nothus="Nothus"The NRL have made some interesting changes for next season:
Quick taps are back, but not within 10 yards of opposition try line
If you kick a 40/20 you get a tap on the 20 rather than a scrum feed
If a ball is kicked and it goes dead behind goal, opposition team get a zero tackle when they restart on 20m.
If a ball is kicked out on the full, play is restarted with a handover rather than a scrum.
Players cannot now talk to the ref during play, they must wait until half time or when there is a clear stoppage in play (not as scrums are forming etc.). This includes team captains.'"
Well I hope we don't follow those.
As for rule interpretations in general, I'd like to see an RFL group established. Made up of representatives from the refs, the players and the coaches to look at every single refereeing point within the game and come up with a ruling/interpretation. We would then stick to those rulings/interpretations for at least 3 years when they would be reviewed again.
Ideally I'd like to see this made a set of rules across the entire game but I can't see that happening in the near future.
Also these rulings and interpretations would be placed online alongside the official laws of the game so that everyone knows what rules we are playing to.
