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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 644598" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>Sorry Cooky, I had edited my post to be a little clearer - obviously I did so as you were typing your reply. Might be a little more clear now - FWIW I don't think our opinions are that far removed from each other.</p><p></p><p>As to your law suggestions:</p><p></p><p><strong>1. </strong>Nice in theory, but in practice I think it would be very difficult to enforce. It would take far too long for players to become accustomed to - I'm thinking over a year for it to become fluent.</p><p>And I think you'd need a two ref system to implement it - otherwise the ref is going to miss a hell of a lot at the breakdown, or the offside line. </p><p>I also think that the breakdown would make this prohibitively convoluted - it's not like in league where players have no need to join the ruck once the tackle is made - trying to officiate who is offside/part of the ruck whilst officiating at the breakdown is going to be an absolute nightmare.</p><p></p><p><strong>2. </strong>I like 40-20's, they'd be a good addition... but could you imagine the **** we'd get from league? :lol:</p><p></p><p><strong>3. </strong>Hasn't this been done in the Varsity cup...? I think it has, I'd be interested to see how it worked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 644598, member: 67273"] Sorry Cooky, I had edited my post to be a little clearer - obviously I did so as you were typing your reply. Might be a little more clear now - FWIW I don't think our opinions are that far removed from each other. As to your law suggestions: [B]1. [/B]Nice in theory, but in practice I think it would be very difficult to enforce. It would take far too long for players to become accustomed to - I'm thinking over a year for it to become fluent. And I think you'd need a two ref system to implement it - otherwise the ref is going to miss a hell of a lot at the breakdown, or the offside line. I also think that the breakdown would make this prohibitively convoluted - it's not like in league where players have no need to join the ruck once the tackle is made - trying to officiate who is offside/part of the ruck whilst officiating at the breakdown is going to be an absolute nightmare. [B]2. [/B]I like 40-20's, they'd be a good addition... but could you imagine the **** we'd get from league? :lol: [B]3. [/B]Hasn't this been done in the Varsity cup...? I think it has, I'd be interested to see how it worked out. [/QUOTE]
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