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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3684778, member: 9052"] So a massive rule change like that just comes in straight away... no looking to test it in qcup or NSW cup... nah **** that she be right. Teams could end up being happy to just give up the extra tackle and kick it long. You're giving up a lot of yardage by giving the ball to the team at the 20m + the hit up. Off a normal kick off it is not unusual for them to get tackled 10-12m out. Now they're catching it on the 20m (at best) and have a hit up on top of it. For teams to get the most benefit out of it they will need to sky it to get good hang time and also land it around the 20m line... that creates a difficult kick with high risk for not much reward. Instead keep kicking it like normal and keep the player within the 20m, which most teams do anyway, and that is tackle zero... their first tackle of the actual set is then unlikely to get to the 30m, so you're probably ahead compared to a kick inside the 20m. It will probably entice more shorter kicks and actual competing for the ball ie hang time landing it around the 30m and compete on it, but also hoping to get a knock on... that minimises the amount of meters on tackle 1, so you're not losing as much yardage. It's going to create an ugly fucking spectacle though... just like it is for every drop out now. The other thing with these shorter kick offs is you're giving the team that just scored the ball back basically at the 30m when they've normally been getting it around the 10-12m.... the field posotion and possession battle is already completely fucked without giving up a free 30m. Imagine having to give Cleary and the Penrith machine the ball at the 30m straight after they've scored. A 40-50m set off a kick off would see them kicking from the opposition's 30m instead of the 45-50m that most teams are doing now. Pretty much guaranteeing the receiving team an attacking kick straight after scoring and destroying the opposition's chance of getting into an arm wrestle. [/QUOTE]

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