There are too many Super League players capable of conning the ref. If this rule is introduced, teams will just have a couple of specialist con men to milk another set of six from the ref.

As Slugger says, there are some big, strong lads in the game who are easily knocked back down with a brush of their shoulder.

Recipe for disaster if you ask me. I'd expect it to yield more controversial results.

Those of you with Sky sports will see how the new rule works down under in a couple of weeks time.

The NRL is set to restart in less than two weeks and Sky Sports will televise every game live throughout rounds three and four.

Hallelujah

So with a minute to go and 1pt in front you just keep holding down as long as you can because you can't have a penalty given against you ?

I don't think it replaces the penalty. I just think it is for messing around, as opposed to deliberate gamesmanship.

Going back to the Hull KR and Salford Million Pound Game, I still can't believe that the Rovers players just didn't lie on for ever at that last burst through. They were four points ahead at the time. Had they done so, they would have stayed up.