Give me one way you would improve rugby union?

[Saintjay]

Cheerleaders or T-shirt cannons.
Preferably both

 

[Brown Bottle]

I mean to say 'a try was scored'. In the days before TMO it would have been a try. It was Rugby Union trying to have its own VAR moment and disallowing things for stupid petty reasons when 80k people who are there can see it's a try. My proposal is just one way to reduce such nonsense.

80k can see it's a try because they can't actually see what happened meanwhile a few million TV viewers can see it wasn't a try, closely followed by anyone interested in rugby, including the 80k, who can find out what happened from the media.

Incidentally, the TMO wasn't a VAR moment; the TMO predates VAR by a fair few years.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Cheerleaders or T-shirt cannons.
Preferably both

Shooting cheerleaders out of cannons?

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Shooting cheerleaders out of cannons?

Probably better than shooting t shirts out of cheerleaders

 

[Ddanno]

Let's not dismiss anything out of hand. Try them all and see what sticks

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Let's not dismiss anything out of hand. Try them all and see what sticks

Hopefully not too much in the latter case...

 

[Welsh Exile]

Allowing at least 1 fight each half would be good with lesser teams allowed to get the first punch in. You could potentially schedule these during scrum resets to provide entertainment to the crowd. 2 birds and all that.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

I really think the best thing they could do with rugby union is leave the laws alone for at least 3 years. The constant chopping and changing is ridiculous.

The only other thing I’d suggest would be to bring back the correct format for super rugby, the Heineken cup and relegation to the prem.

 

[Saintjay]

Get rid of the bunker review. They make mistakes anyway. Revert back to the TMO and ref making the decisions. My understanding is the bunker can't upgrade to a straight red anyway.

Or limit the TMO interactions serious foul play, phases before a try being scored etc. Seems like the refs are just deferring decisions or waiting to be told what or if a decision needs to be made.

 

[NotTooAmused]

I really think the best thing they could do with rugby union is leave the laws alone for at least 3 years. The constant chopping and changing is ridiculous.

This is the only correct answer.

But if I had to do one, police "use it" even tighter in the case of a caterpillar ruck.

I do not care if the ball is "stuck", SHs should be picking it up and passing it if the caterpillar isn't quick enough.

 

[Five Meters Out]

TMO can only intervene for foul play. Rest of the game is left to the Ref and Touch Judges.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

in general i think we should just let more of the small stuff go and world rungy should be telling people stop moaning and go support a club with the time, the professional game is officated too differently to grass roots

but more specifically another thing that bugs me is the half back using his hands to move the ball at the back of a ruck, i know tecnically it has to leave the ground or whatever to be "played"...but FFS holding it a sliding it along the grund past 2-3 players is stupid...hands on the ball should be out of the ruck

 

[Ddanno]

Healey, Lozza and Monye banned from comms.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Healey, Lozza and Monye banned from comms.

can i add justin marshall? noone can so confidently describe the rules...incorrectly

 

[Ddanno]

can i add justin marshall? noone can so confidently describe the rules...incorrectly

Is that the shouty ******? Yes get rid

 

[TheMiddleWay]

Get rid of the bunker review. They make mistakes anyway. Revert back to the TMO and ref making the decisions. My understanding is the bunker can't upgrade to a straight red anyway.

Or limit the TMO interactions serious foul play, phases before a try being scored etc. Seems like the refs are just deferring decisions or waiting to be told what or if a decision needs to be made.

This.

 

[Jimbo]

Actually enforce the existing laws not keep chopping and changing, leave a bit less open to refs on field interpretation

Instead of at some point giving a warning and potentially ignore it set a pen limit 5 and a yellow each infringement after that results in further yellows, discipline on average would improve.
Enforce players are rucks actually coming in on their feat and stop so arbitrary pinging it.
Less TMO interruptions but empower the bunker allow the ref to give a red for clear cut but allow the TMO to put things under the microscope and decide if it needs a full red or 20 minute or the yellow is fine.

 

[mackerzz]

Delete the bullshit that is Super Rugby at the moment, and bring back SA and Argentina. Can keep The Drua tho.

Moana Pasifica can go

 

[mackerzz]

can i add justin marshall? noone can so confidently describe the rules...incorrectly

This. NZ commentators seem to be in a competition to see who can be the most annoying

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Delete the bullshit that is Super Rugby at the moment, and bring back SA and Argentina. Can keep The Drua tho.

Moana Pasifica can go

I think people look back on the last few years of the full super rugby with rose tinted glasses...was far from perfect and was lots of talk about changes, crowds were dwindling fast, uneven game time between NZ and RSA (3-5 pm kick offs in RSA and 730-8pm) kick offs in NZ because the south african broadcaster demanded better times, thats before we talk about the skewed results, the SA african teams being strong at home wasnt even a guarantee anymore, where NZ had 1-2 bad teams every year (often the Highlanders)....SA had 1-2 good ones by the end

current model does have lots of improvements for the fans, better times being the major one, have seen a steady uptick in crowd attendances....so probably a lower ceiling....but more sustainable

I dont think it was sustainable as it was and the only thing i really miss was a effect it appears to have had on the AB (theyve gone a bit soft)