The wording of this one seems a bit vague and could potentially lead to some inconsistent refereeing.

Aside from that, I think all the other changes are for the better.

Corner flag rule and interchanges were used in Aus in the last season without any real drama. I would like to see interchanges get down to six eventually, which should bring the skillful players more into the game at later stages as the forwards tire. Drop kick for conversions is an interesting one though and will be interesting to see who does this first. Also good for speeding up the game when the clock is ticking and a team is chasing the game

I think the corner flag rule is a good one, Always thought it was a tad unfair to a team if a player touched it while grounding the ball within the field, (ie not on the line)

As for the Drop Kick rule, its something i've seen done in Union, albeit not very often, was in a french game, Toulon were chasing the game with less than 5 mins left, scored near the sticks, Wilkinson scooped the ball up, ran back to a comfortable distance, turned and dropped the goal, whole thing took around 10 seconds, so took up less time than a proper conversion and allowed them to get the game restarted with longer on the clock.

Was mentioned on Twitter than Kevin Sinfield attempted to take a conversion with a Drop Goal a few years back but was stopped, but someone else said they'd seen it done in the 60s or 70s, so may have been allowed in the past

There were some awesome trys last season in the NRL due to the corner flag rule.

To be trialled in Academy Fixtures next season

why do they have to keep changing rules? if it aint broken don't fix it