sharks86
Grey Nurse
Keep it but they shouldn't be able to watch the game or get score updates, takes the context of the game out of the decision, previous players cannot adjudicate on their ex team, take away the commentary as well, they sound nervous and unsure and that makes the fans insecure, it also takes away from chicken time being a surprise.
The rules on obstruction and grounding should be clear cut, black & white, I honestly think the rule for groundings should be about ball control, something like if you don't maintain possession after the event of a grounding it's an automatic no try (that's a bit extreme but you get my point) sick to **** of players brushing a ball with their pinky finger and some weeks it being a T and some a NT.
Try and closely mimic the Rugby system as possible, it literally never ends up being controversial, definitely a no too captains challenge either, just another excuse to slow a fast game down more (this ain't cricket).
Call the players by the numbers and stop coaching the ruck, judge a tackle by the 3 second rule and call wrestling and peeling penalties more often (without warning the players involved first) and stop the having to explain every bloody decision to the penalised teams Captain, no more warnings, or talk to your players or pulling players aside, if they continue to enfringe send them for 10.
Most of all the NRL has to put less pressure and more confidence in their refs to make a call, especially a game ending call in Golden Point, they need to stand behind those decisions 100% (unless they are extremely wrong) I honestly believe the refs are scared to make a call because of the mass backlash they cop, it takes away all their authority and ability to fairly adjudicate.
Yeah
Agree, well said