Proposed Rule Changes

[bazzaj]

With the lack of tries and inventiveness in the 6 nations and at club level, Austin Healey suggested a couple of rule changes proposed in the Telegraph today.
He proposed that free kicks should be awarded instead of penalties at scrum time and imposed time limitations on set piece organisation along with better monitoring of offside.

Got me thinking of what we should do but mind you the Aussies and Kiwis don`t seem to have the problems of hoof fest matches and the real problem in my opinion is the coaching from the bottom up.

What about not getting the lineout when kicking for touch off penalties outside the 22?
Or being allowed to mark the ball anywhere on the pitch to illiminate the hoofing.
Ban lifting in the lineout to obliterate the tedious rolling maul and stupidly long set piece lineouts though granted they might kick it out more as the lineouts then become more of a lottery.

Any other suggestions?

At the end of the day the myth was that Webb Ellis with fine disregard etc etc.... RAN with the fecking ball in his hands

The only reason I want to mention this is to let everyone know I read the Telegraph.
Not that I can afford it but if I spend a fiver or more I get it free along with a coffee in Waitrose.
Sorry did I mention I shopped in Waitrose?

[BR]

What about not getting the lineout when kicking for touch off penalties outside the 22?
Or being allowed to mark the ball anywhere on the pitch to illiminate the hoofing.
Ban lifting in the lineout to obliterate the tedious rolling maul and stupidly long set piece lineouts.

You mean like it was before they started messing about with the laws.

Although I do remember 9-3 being a high scoring game back then.

[scrum5]

Reduce the penalty from 3 points to 1 point.

[big mervyn]

Try scorer must take the conversion.

That would provide the odd chuckle.

[LegsLikeSausages]

Try scorer must take the conversion.

That would provide the odd chuckle.

I like that one.

[BaggyTrousers]

What about not getting the lineout when kicking for touch off penalties outside the 22?
Or being allowed to mark the ball anywhere on the pitch to illiminate the hoofing.
Ban lifting in the lineout to obliterate the tedious rolling maul and stupidly long set piece lineouts.

You mean like it was before they started messing about with the laws.

Although I do remember 9-3 being a high scoring game back then.

I seem to recall a match in the 60s at Murrayfield famous for 111 lineouts, can't remember if it was against England or Wales.

Even when I was a nipper attending my first internationals in late 60s onwards, the lineout was a joke, ban lifting & it will just turn into a brawl, hardly a lineout completed without a penalty.

Jizzer, I hate to say this, but for that one post I'm going to say, you are madder than the maddest part of a mad woman's Brennan. marks all over the pitch?? eliminate hoofing??????? g'wan ya gowlbeg, it's a prescription for hoofing.

Actually Jizzer, I suspect you want something very close to that heinous travesty of a game, five tackles & a kick. Your problem is that like the IRB/World Rugby, many things there are well intentioned but the consequences, as with them will often be the reverse of what you intended.

As for Healy, he is an obnoxious little bag of yellow puss.

[BR]

Reduce the penalty from 3 points to 1 point.

Reward professional fouls.

[bazzaj]

What about not getting the lineout when kicking for touch off penalties outside the 22?
Or being allowed to mark the ball anywhere on the pitch to illiminate the hoofing.
Ban lifting in the lineout to obliterate the tedious rolling maul and stupidly long set piece lineouts.

You mean like it was before they started messing about with the laws.

Although I do remember 9-3 being a high scoring game back then.

I seem to recall a match in the 60s at Murrayfield famous for 111 lineouts, can't remember if it was against England or Wales.

Even when I was a nipper attending my first internationals in late 60s onwards, the lineout was a joke, ban lifting & it will just turn into a brawl, hardly a lineout completed without a penalty.

Jizzer, I hate to say this, but for that one post I'm going to say, you are madder than the maddest part of a mad woman's Brennan. marks all over the pitch?? eliminate hoofing??????? g'wan ya gowlbeg, it's a prescription for hoofing.

Actually Jizzer, I suspect you want something very close to that heinous travesty of a game, five tackles & a kick. Your problem is that like the IRB/World Rugby, many things there are well intentioned but the consequences, as with them will often be the reverse of what you intended.

As for Healy, he is an obnoxious little bag of yellow puss.

Surely marks would discourage hoofing Bagster?????
And it was Wales btw.

[BR]

What do you do when you take a mark?

[twiglet]

If you want to see 'rugby' without the scrum etc - watch rugby league. It could do with some people watching it.

[kingofthehill]

Is it not law changes?

[ruckover]

I'd like to see referees call "Use it" quicker. A lot of referees wait for the 9 to be present before calling - as soon as the ball is back the call should come.

[BaggyTrousers]

Is it not law changes?

Nah, not one sensible suggestion, it's NO changes.

[Nightsoil]

Too bloody true - there were plenty of tries last tournament.

I'd like to see the game given a chance to settle and coaches given a chance to come up with sound strategies. I'd like to see us go five minutes without a kneejerk rules change that is usually changed further in two seasons. Only a fool would say the game's perfect, but it also takes a fool to think changing it is easy. We've all seen the evidence of that.

If the powers that be are kind, hopefully we'll make another few seasons before the next change, so we can get a real idea of what's going on with the game... sadly there's no chance of that.

[BR]

Yip - let things be.

As for 'use it' - feckin hate that. If the ball is live (and it is up to the ref to keep it live) then what the feck has it to do with the ref?