I don't know if this has been debated on here before, but maybe it is time to change the rule that allows the team with the ball to kick it dead in goal over their opponants try line. This results in the defending team restarting the game with a tap on the twenty metre line. Surely the play should restart from where the ball is kicked from, thus discouraging negative tactics. If the ball is kicked dead in goal inside the twenty metres then the game should restart from the twenty metre line as it does now.

Not dismissing the idea, but I feel there are other, dafter rules that need to be changed first. Don't forget referees (and fans alike) can only concentrate on one rule change at a time

Change the rule like that dirty little scroat deliberately trapping your arm under the ball and then getting a penalty from it, its deliberate cheating and the team that does it should have to hand over the ball to the opposition at the point that it happens!!!!
That will soon stop them ***tards

The rule that i would change, which IMO will have the biggest impact across the board and make it a fairer game,is....

If a player is put on report or sent off, and then banned, he should be banned for the games against the team in which the offence was commited.

There are numerous times where a man is stretchered off and then the week later another team gets the benefit of their opposition missing a player while the victims team suffers.

It wont be hard to police, and should the player involved not play that opposition again that season, or is being transferred or retiring, then a ban should start as they have it now.

The way the ruling is now, the victim and the victims team benefit in NO WAY WHATSOEVER for an offence committed against them.

So Jammer plays against Warrington at the weekend, smashes Briers with a forearm to the face, breaking his jaw. Wire go out in the next round as a result.

Jammer gets a 12 match ban, but plays in a grand final win against Wigan and serves out the ban in 2 games stints over 6 years against Wire.

Sounds like a great plan.

Yes with regards to the above

I guess the problem with that is that the punishment then might benefit the 'victim's' team but it does not have the desired negative effect on the perpetrator's team as a whole. Which is part of the point of a suspension, it is not only to punish the player but their team as a whole.

Spreading out the punishment effectively makes the punishment softer in the long run.

I think it would make it softer i agree, but imagine (no offence intended here) Salford had a player took out and injured for a dangerous tackle. Their player is out for however many games, and they would be badly affected, whereas the offender would miss the next two games, benefitting Salford in no way whatsoever while theyre left with a player left out injured and a small squad with no real decent replacement.
The offenders team in their next to games, could be two lesser teams, and they could afford to rest that offending player anyway so its no skin off their nose.

There are a lot of ifs and buts involved and describing stupid and unreal circumstances like Fear The Vee did (what fear the vee didnt think was that if Jammer did that he would be straight red carded and saints would get beat that match...i hope lol, and warrington would have a decent enough replacement for Briers in the next game).

I just think it makes sense and the victims wouldnt feel so hard done to.

Id change the rules so that when Wire play Saints they get 7 tackles per set to give them a chance and make the game interesting.

The dragging into touch rule i hate, change it back.

This I definitely do agree with.

There is no incentive for the player to try and remain on the field because nine times out of ten they get a penalty = a terrible rule.

aww bless bet it took you ages to think of that one

I think its quite ironic really.

The RFL get criticised a lot for coming up with barbaric ways of running the game. Top two nominations seem to be the Magic Weekend and the current play off system at the moment.

But I feel a governing body should listen to the fans of its sport from time to time. So really its little wonder the RFL come up with these 'barbaric schemes' when its own fans come up with such tripe that is a complete waste of cyberspace on the server.

For once I agree with a Saints fan. If a player commits a foul worthy of a suspension then that suspension should be served straight away. It is an inconvenience and punishment to the team whos player has received the ban, regardless of his status in the team.

Rugby League is a contact sport and injuries happen even without foul play. Its called bad luck, and is the harsh reality of professional sport. This 'eye for an eye' nonsense that is being brought up every now and then is not even how we deal with law breakers in the judicial system so why should it apply in professional sport?

Or maybe we should teach our players how to tackle properly rather than get several players to push the ball carrier into touch.

i don't know about you but i wouldn't like to tell any of our players they are doing something wrong

So you agree with this rule ?

The RFL have brought many new rules in that i ca remember but this is the only one i disagree with.

The onus should be on the attacking side to stay within the field of play, likewise the rule applies in field, you should be able to drive a guy back 15-20 yards. If there are 3 men in a tackle driving you into touch then your own players should back you up in keeping you out.

What would you suggest this rule brings or takes away from the game ?

But there is also an element of 'negative' play when a full back allows the ball to 'trickle' over the deadball line rather than having any incentive to pick it up and run it out.

Why should the fullback pick the ball up and risk getting tackled and losing it?, the only way the fullback would have to field the ball would be if the rule said that the kicking team got the ball back every time they kicked it dead. This would result in teams kicking it dead every two minutes.

I like the idea of the ball going dead over the line being played where it was kicked, this would change tremendously the game, and bring more bombs/strategic kicking more back into play.

Can someone answer me 1 question though, wasn't there a rule for 20m re-starts that the attacking team could kick for touch, providing the ball landed first in the field of play, and then went to touch, they would get the ball back at the point the ball crossed the line ??

One rule that needs to be changed is the grounding of the ball rule, the only part of your body that should be allowed to ground the ball is your hand.

Not the back of your hand, not your arm, not your chest (that ones laughable) just anywhere on your open hand, it would clear up so many nonsense tries.

i thought you said the back of your HEAD, then

i was struggling with the logistics of that.

or when you play leeds in a grand final you get the 7 tackles just to give you a chance..

I'd like to see ball retension being a crucial factor of try scoring.

1. Scrap the "kop out" on report system and force referees to make a decision there and then, with the help of the VR or touch judge if necessary. Start grading the referees on performances and missed major decisions and punish them (drop them) accordingly. It would be nice to have a VR at each game, even if he's locked in a trailer and we don't get to see the action on a screen.

2. Completely overhaul the disciplinary system to a no-nonsense approach.It was "overhauled" a couple of years ago to make it consistent, yet the current system in place will give you a one match ban, rescinded on appeal. Rate each offence based on seriousness and put a one number ban on it. Not 3-5 games, 5 games, no more, no less. If you're found guilty, you get 5 games.

Group similar offences together and the second time a player is found guilty of an offence in that group, they get an additional 1 match ban (6), then another one (7). The fines should work the same way. Violent offences should carry a very long ban time.

3. Bring back contested scrums. When I was in school, the teacher would always pull me up for an incorrect feed of the scrum, it should be like that at the very top level. An incorrect scrum feed results in a penalty.

4. I realise this one would need a change in sports law, but toughening up on drugs cheats is something that needs to be brought in. A 2 year ban from the sport for recreational drug use. These people are role models and should be punished as so when they mess up. Players who are found to have knowingly taken performance enhancing drugs should be banned from the sport for life, zero tolerance. On a similar note, convicted violent criminals should have their RFL registrations removed for a period of 2 years, or for the duration of their sentence, which ever is longest.

5. Ban players from talking externally about the club on social networking sites without prior approval of the club

dont be silly, we all know the rfl would never ban james graham! no matter what he does!