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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 713033" data-attributes="member: 38439"><p>This is one of the worst ways to engage an argument I have seen. Apparently you need to "grow up" if you suggest law changes to rugby?</p><p></p><p>Having the offside line 5 metres back is a horrible idea. In league it is okay that the defence in 10 metres back. Why? Because they only have a limited number of possessions of the football. Having an offside line further back and unlimited possessions won't work because it is too easy to make ground.</p><p></p><p>"1. <a href="http://www.therugbyforum.com/threads/35014-Scrum-law-ammendments-I-d-be-interested-in-seeing?p=709685&viewfull=1#post709685" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff8c00">As I suggested in another thread</span></a>, make all scrum sanctions a penalty that can be kicked to touch for a gain in ground and retention of the throw in but cannot be kicked at goal. This keeps the scrum as a contest, the reward for a dominant scrum being possession and field position, but preventing it from being a points generator."</p><p></p><p>This is a terrible idea. It just encourages every time there is an attacking scrum for the defending team to deliberately infringe. I don't see why a scrum penalty is any less valid than any other penalty.</p><p></p><p>I also don't like reducing penalty kicks to two points as that almost eliminated penalty goals in the Australian competition (which I happen to enjoy).</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What laws don't make sense? People say that there are too many laws but laws are constantly reviewed and many were put in place for a good reason. I also don't think it is possible to improve refereeing standards. Rugby is by nature a subjective sport and everyone will have their own interpretation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 713033, member: 38439"] This is one of the worst ways to engage an argument I have seen. Apparently you need to "grow up" if you suggest law changes to rugby? Having the offside line 5 metres back is a horrible idea. In league it is okay that the defence in 10 metres back. Why? Because they only have a limited number of possessions of the football. Having an offside line further back and unlimited possessions won't work because it is too easy to make ground. "1. [URL="http://www.therugbyforum.com/threads/35014-Scrum-law-ammendments-I-d-be-interested-in-seeing?p=709685&viewfull=1#post709685"][COLOR=#ff8c00]As I suggested in another thread[/COLOR][/URL], make all scrum sanctions a penalty that can be kicked to touch for a gain in ground and retention of the throw in but cannot be kicked at goal. This keeps the scrum as a contest, the reward for a dominant scrum being possession and field position, but preventing it from being a points generator." This is a terrible idea. It just encourages every time there is an attacking scrum for the defending team to deliberately infringe. I don't see why a scrum penalty is any less valid than any other penalty. I also don't like reducing penalty kicks to two points as that almost eliminated penalty goals in the Australian competition (which I happen to enjoy). [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] What laws don't make sense? People say that there are too many laws but laws are constantly reviewed and many were put in place for a good reason. I also don't think it is possible to improve refereeing standards. Rugby is by nature a subjective sport and everyone will have their own interpretation. [/QUOTE]
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