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Super Rugby Aotearoa: Round 1 - [13 - 14 June 2020]
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 997571" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>If you go back to before they started being vigilant against the tacklers releasing the tackled player, that's where you see the best analogy to what they are trying to do here. Back then, there were a lot of penalties against players holding on, think the day of the fetcher. Back then, a penalty wasn't sufficient disincentive. Then and more recently, the tackled player, and the coaches telling them what they should do, have much preferred to give away a penalty. How often do you see players "win a penalty" vs get a clean turnover? Winning penalties is far more prevalent. </p><p></p><p>I think if they blatantly don't release that's just as penalisable as any other offence, if not more. It's those more subjective ones, or when the opposition gets a turnover but it takes them a while, that might warrant something other than a penalty. </p><p></p><p>Maybe they could do something similar to league with their extra set of 6. Instead of a penalty, give them two consecutive possessions, in that they get the ball back via a free kick when they turn it over. </p><p></p><p>don't know. I just know that the current incentives look like they might work at least a lot of the time so I'm happy to wait and see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 997571, member: 65365"] If you go back to before they started being vigilant against the tacklers releasing the tackled player, that’s where you see the best analogy to what they are trying to do here. Back then, there were a lot of penalties against players holding on, think the day of the fetcher. Back then, a penalty wasn’t sufficient disincentive. Then and more recently, the tackled player, and the coaches telling them what they should do, have much preferred to give away a penalty. How often do you see players “win a penalty” vs get a clean turnover? Winning penalties is far more prevalent. I think if they blatantly don’t release that’s just as penalisable as any other offence, if not more. It’s those more subjective ones, or when the opposition gets a turnover but it takes them a while, that might warrant something other than a penalty. Maybe they could do something similar to league with their extra set of 6. Instead of a penalty, give them two consecutive possessions, in that they get the ball back via a free kick when they turn it over. don’t know. I just know that the current incentives look like they might work at least a lot of the time so I’m happy to wait and see. [/QUOTE]
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