The 'captain's challenge' as proposed by the NRL will be tried out in the All Stars and Charity Shield marquee pre-season fixtures after being temporarily approved by the ARL Commission, as reported by NRL Media.
With the new rule change set to be trialled, teams will now have the opportunity to challenge with the NRL video bunker on dispute rulings.
The intended result of this rule is to take the pressure off the referees and remove errors in the game.
A set time for the challenges has yet to be decided, but the impression is a period of 10 or 15 seconds will be the time that is trialled.
With the new rule being presented to ARL chairman Peter V'landys and his board on Thursday, the captain's challenge will be put forward and further discussed with the clubs, the RLPA and broadcasters before ultimately a decision will be made on whether to bring the rule into the 2020 NRL season.
All eyes will be on the trialled captains challenge rule during the All-Stars game on Friday February 22nd, and will again be on show the following week in the Rabbitohs-Dragons Charity Shield fixture in Mudgee.
Under the new rule, once play has stopped whether that be at a scrum, penalty, handover of possession 20m restart or a goal line drop out, captains will have the opportunity to call for the bunkers intervention, with only the one incorrect challenge allowed each game.
Decisions are unable to be challenged while the ball is in play.
If a team wins their challenge, the challenge will be retained. If a team loses the challenge and the decision on the field is upheld, the team will have no further challenges to use.
If an incident occurs but the on-field umpire rules play-on, for instance when a team gains possession through a knock on, the ruling on the field will stand.
The rule is brought in to prevent clear and obvious errors from taking place and playing a huge part in the game, which will potentially limit the scrutiny placed upon the referees.
NRL head of football Graham Annesley put forward a case on Thursday on just how the new captains challenge will work after the idea being explored by the ARLC in December.
"Fans have walked away in the past feeling as though there were errors that affected their team," Annesley said.
"The Commission is very keen on it from that point of view as an innovation in our game. It's intended to try and capture those obvious errors.
"If a team decided to use it with a discretionary call by a referee where things are unlikely to have a resolution one way or another or they risk making a wrong challenge they obviously lose it.
"It's a tactical operation that coaches and players will have to decide how and when to use it. I think it's going to have little difference to stoppages or the elapsed time in games."
After a survey set in October last year for the NRL.com's State of the game, more than 18,000 people responded voting the captains challenge as the more desired rule change.
Hope this work. It would curb the opportunity for any reffing bias.
One of the problems will be the challenge to a referee’s decision will be judged by a referee. An independent panel should be used, you don’t have to be a referee to tell if a ball has been stripped, or a tackle is head-high etc. I don’t know the answer but you don’t have to be a referee to witness a ”6 again” call, or do you?
Fox sports are reporting a toxic relationship between Richardson and Bennett… and the board wanting to backstab him out of the club!! true.. check it out .. it may actually turn up on ZT tonight.
I think I tipped that for round 19 from memory.
Seems like South Sydney Sombreros May have some toxic culture issues within.
While you’re at it, have a look at the size of Russel Crowe’s gut… what a slob.
Gluttony …. good luck on saving the triple choke this year SS Sombreros.
Looks like Mitchell’s agent is already disgruntled!
21?
TheMole52
February 7, 2020 at 4:46 pm
“Looks like Mitchell’s agent is already disgruntled!”
Yeah, rooster media clickbait for dopes like you to jump on.🤣🤣🤣
Just deal with it. Latrell has come home to the Rabbitohs.
Wheres hubby Brennsy? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rucky
February 7, 2020 at 1:06 pm
“Hope this work. It would curb the opportunity for any reffing bias.”
A little late for the Raiders dont you think?
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Agree… Yep… If it was in place Raiders wouldn’t have even made the GF…. Melbourne winger allowed to continue as his foot was in play, they would have went on to score in the final minutes knocking Raiders of the finals.
TheMole52 February 7, 2020 at 4:02 pm
Fox sports are reporting a toxic relationship between Richardson and Bennett… and the board wanting to backstab him out of the club!! true.. check it out
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You are avoiding what is an obvious issue of a toxic relationship between senior figures in your club.. both have a history of this.
It will come out as I predicted…. one will have to go.
Yes, too late for that as the Mole points out. But it wasn’t only that touchline issue. Canberra would not have got that close if it weren’t for all the other “blunders” (I am trying to be polite here). Melbourne wouldn’t have won the premiership but they would have made the big dance.
SlopsMole52 I would suggest if anyone has to go it would have to be potato head Robinson for the blunder of the year.
Sat with Latrell to discuss staying with the sombreros and within a few days Latrell made it clear his preference to come home to the Rabbitohs.
Then in a desperate last ditch effort in an about face attempt to make Latrell reconsider, potato head and Fibbler fly up to Taree on to end up with the humiliation and indignity of coming back with their tails between their legs.
How does potato head expect to have the respect of the team after that sad display of weakness?
21 you can try to deflect your jealousy but it doesn’t work.
Mitchell was part of a Roosters team that won back to back premierships…, we taught him everything he knows and he will always be present at our premiership reunions. He will always be a Roosters boy first… as much as you would love to change history…. you can’t buddy.
I am not fussed that he is gone and I know many roosters fans felt the same
BECAUSE
He’s great when put in a gap or from 1 meter out….. BUT, he is lazy and weak when the going gets tough……
Let’s see what happens…
You are still avoiding the media report from yesterday of the toxic relationship between Richardson and Bennet? Also Mitchell and another key figures manager is already throwing his weight around… is Mundine pulling the strings??
He’s definitely in there somewhere… and will soon be on your board when it becomes primarily an indigenous team
Good luck… will be interesting to see what you have to say if it all comes crumbling down..
LOL. I just read your final post Mr Lane. Took me an hour to get through it though. Must have taken you a week to write it hahaha. And surely you ran out of emoji ink. 😆🤣😅🤣😂 Long live King W.
Long live the King
TheMole52 February 9, 2020 at 9:58 am
“Long live the King”
Don’t you mean “Long live the King of nobody”?
Special thanks to ZT.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
TheRopeableRooster
February 8, 2020 at 7:58 pm
“LOL. I just read your final post Mr Lane. Took me an hour to get through it though.”
He wrote it whilst standing at the back of the queue as always.
Would have had lots of time.
Poor Mole52.
The new rules will work if all on board.
Twentyone are you also implying it occured at the back of the queue in a dark alley called Brennan Lane?
I think King Wood is too regal to allow that to happen.
TheRopeableRooster
February 9, 2020 at 5:01 pm
“Twentyone are you also implying it occured at the back of the queue in a dark alley called Brennan Lane”
Dah, leave it at that. We can can do better than that.
Let’s stick to thread subjects and maybe we ca all move forward.
About time they got rid of brennan, AKA woody, he did nothing to make this site respectable, also noticed adam howard is gone as well, look at brennans latest rant in the trash . he is a loser and someone who needs help, but we all knew that ages ago,, lets hope he never comes back, at least the mole posts positive posts about Easts, just need 21 to calm down, and maybe he will if everyone just respected all peoples opinions , i love 21 being protective of Souths, and good on him , but it is time we all get back to posting positive comments on the game, and your team, without being nasty, so hey let’s hope this is possible now that ZT has got rid of that idiot brennan re woody and his alia’s
Ok chaps lets try and move on. But just remember the rant “you can’t k.ill woody” he is like the boogyman and just keeps coming back to life.
Long live the King!
See…I told you so. 😱😱😱😱😱
TheMole52 February 10, 2020 at 7:49 am
“Long live the King!”
TheRopeableRooster February 10, 2020 at 10:01 am
“See…I told you so. 😱😱😱😱😱”
With all due respect TheRopeableRooster, I suggest TheMole52 is referring to me.
You can’t declare a comment like that for anyone who has passed on.
Thanks TheMole52 and as “The King” I suggest we move to sensible posting relating to the subject thread.