SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23: NRL CEO Todd Greenberg speaks to the media during a NRL Media opportunity in recognition of the NRL becoming the first national sporting organisation to reach 'Elevate' status, at Rugby League Central on August 23, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

The NRL will discuss rule changes at next Thursday's Competition Committee meeting in a bid to improve the game, as reported by NRL.com. 

The 12-man committee will include NRL CEO Todd Greenberg, incoming ARL Comission chairman Peter V'Landys and his predecessor Peter Beattie, Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga, Penrith's Ivan Cleary and the Cowboys' Paul Green. Also present will be RLPA representative Clint Newton to represent players with the union preparign to table a submission on the 2019 season.

Extra time procedures are expected to be a key point of discussion. One idea is taking inspiration from the NFL's sudden death method.

In the NFL each team is given the chance to score and if a team scores first with a field goal then the opposition is given the chance to do the same but a touchdown automatically decides the game.

For rugby league this could translate to giving the opposing team a set of six to reply to a field goal or penalty goal scored in extra time.

Other options being considered include simply replacing it with ten minutes of extra time or introducing a 'golden try' decider.

Extra time will not be the only thing being discussed with the ideas of a five-minute sin bin and on-field captain's challenges also in play.

NRL.com has reported that it is not guaranteed that any ides will be taken to the ARL Commission to be considered with this year's meeting set to have more of an open forum style agenda than previous years.

The introduction of Hawkeye technology and simulated offside lines to decide on tries from kicks have both been pushed aside for next season. Trials in the technology have been happening since midway through the year and will continue with a view to formal introduction in 2021.

20 COMMENTS

  1. Kick as many field goals as you want within 10 mins but first try wins it as long as that puts the team in front on points at any stage in the game. So one team kicks 3 field goals and a penalty to lead 5-0 but with 4 minutes to play the other scores a converted try and game over 5-6

  2. I like the rules to change that after 80mins it is a draw. If extra time is dictated to by the gambling industry, then perhaps Ten minutes regardless of how many points are scored should be played out in full. I hate the ridiculous field goal shoot out when hardly any player knows how to kick field goals.

    Also a captains call. Which enables one call each half and if found to be correct the one call continues for that half, but if the call is ruled against the csptain then that is the end of their captains calls.

    That way in the grand final when the ball came off a Canberra player and no evidence of a Rooster player touching the ball from that bomb which was ruled 6 again but correctly over turned almost immediately. Canberra then would have the opportunity to get it viewed by the video ref, and the correct decision would be implemented.

    5min sin bins must be clearly defined so all fans know what is and what is not a minor offence.

  3. Captains challenge is the big one that needs to be implemented. Only using the bunker when necessary will improve the game dramatically while also forcing the refs to make a decision will improve there confidence and in theory improve the quality of refereeing.

    It is also a concept they have already tested at NYC level but also at nrl level as I remember a few years back against to bottom table clubs they tested it and worked so well in made peranara look like a decent ref.

    I would also be looking to get rid of scrums as they are one of the most pointless things in today’s game. It would also speed up the game and if you add it with 6 interchanges could really bring that fatigue factor into the game.

  4. Seeing as TV Broadcasters run the game, if both teams are level at full time, make both teams watch Channel Nine programs on the big screen hosted by Erin Molan and the last team to remain on the field wins!!!!!

  5. I have 2.
    1. If the ref calls 6 again cannot override it unless foul play takes place.
    Hang on, that rule already exists but didnt stop costing the raiders the GF.
    2.If the ball hits an opposition trainer then a penalty to the team affected.

  6. If they introduce a captains challenge, that so called 6 again mistake if it was not rightly corrected imediatly would have been corrected in Cordners captain challenge. Resulting in the same result. A premiership to the Roosters.

    Kev the sook would not know what we are talking about. He has not watched a grand final since Parra got smashed by the cheating Stormboys.
    Soon as Parra get steamrolled he takes his toys and runs home crying.

  7. Sorry woody but you are wrong there. The original 6 again was the right call. Ball hit teddys shoulder first no matter what spin the corrupt NRL want to put on it!

  8. There are too many stoppages in the game. So, an emphatic yes to captains’ challenges. Undoubtedly it won’t be perfect because there’ll be doubts about tries awarded or not awarded but I can live with that, it’s far better than what we have at the moment. Also, there’s too much time off for injury. Why can’t we go back to the referee immediately directing someone else to play the ball if there’s an injury and why does play have to stopped so often when the injury is nowhere the play?
    And while I’m at it, get the trainers off the field.
    Another thing, reduce the interchange to 6.
    I can’t see anything wrong with a draw but otherwise it should be 10 minutes extra time not golden point – golden point is our version of penalty shoot out, I hate it
    Warriorsmg is right – challenge was trialled in a Saints game at the end of 2016 (think it was against Newcastle but not sure). There were a lot tries scored but guess what, I don’t remember any challenge – the players knew what was a try and what wasn’t.

  9. 1. On field trainers should be mic’d up when on the field so the bunker can listen and advise the ref of on-field training incidents.

    2. Introduce the 20/40 rule that was trialled in the 9’s. The current 40/20 rule provides an incentive to a team that is already nearly halfway down the field and is an additional attacking method. The introduction of a 20/40 rule would provide the same incentive to a team “trapped” in their red zone and be used to break the defending teams stranglehold.

    3. Players that have been sin binned must immediately leave the field adjacent to where the offense took place rather than going for a leisurely stroll down the field. Play would continue as soon as they are off the field but the 10 minute penalty only begins when the binned player is under the control of the NRL sideline official. This would eliminate all of the dawdling we’ve seen over the past few years as it places the onus on the binned player to get off and reach the NRL official as quickly as possible. Another advantage is that the binned players team cannot rest while he waddles away in the distance and the other side can immediately try and exploit a 12 man side. And it would increase the time the ball was actually in play.

  10. Peel the red blue and white paint off your eyes and then have a better look b2b2b. Don’t worry about what stuart thought he may or may not have seen from his seat in the grand stand or sideline 50 metres away. Ive watched it in super slow mo and zoom and am telling you now it touched teddy first before going onto the canberra player.

  11. You really need to get your eyes checked WomanWar78. If you recorded the entire grand final including the after match summary with Gallen, Thurston and Sterling who all agreed the call was changed but it never touched Tedesco.

    They have on that nine coverage a slow motion close up of the bomb and it is clear to see Tedesco DID NOT TOUCH THE footy. All the experts agree the changed decision was the correct call. The touch judge and the other umpire had clear views and got it correct eventually.

    All you want to see is what your “tall poppy syndrome” eyes want to see.
    Even if they let the incorrect call of 6 more tackles proceed they were unlikley to score anyway. Canberra had the majority of play during the 2nd half in Sydney Roosters territory, and had no answers to their spectacular defence. Even with a player sin binning for 10mis. The Roosters scrambled superbly.

  12. When the Roosters did get the ball back from that six again mix up. They were 90 metres away from Canberra’s try line. Canberra should have pinned them down in their own half but Canberra cracked on the 5th tackle with the Roosters famous left side attack tacking full advantage to win fair and square.
    Go to spec savers WomanWar78.

  13. Go to spec savers you Ronald McDonald🤡. You and that other fool Twentyone are the only fools who can not eccept facts.
    Move on……nothing to see here…… to much makeup around your Ronald McDonald eyes, take the big red round thing off the tip of your nose if you want to focus your eyes.🤡

  14. One more thing fellow TWITS, WomanWar78 and Twentyone. The history books will forever display the Sydney Roosters won back to back Premierships.

    Your biased WRONG opinions will never alter that fact. Stop jumping up and down crying and screaming your immature little tantrums like typical spoiled little North Shore brats. Bwahahaha Bwahahaahaha!!

  15. How about just applying the rules that are already in place.

    Give penalties for the below things and they will stop real quick,
    Play the ball with your foot and square
    Don’t walk off the mark
    Once a bloke is on the ground get off
    Voluntary tackles (Esp when you run behind your own player)

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