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Message: [QUOTE="Dexter, post: 2099367, member: 1978"] A few rule changes over the last 10 years or so have been forced by coaches who found loopholes in the rules and eventually all teams followed suit to the point the game was suffering as a spectacle. Contesting the ball in the ruck changed after every side started to kick at the ball especially when they had a team pinned on their line. Third man in raking the ball. Sticking a foot on the sideline in goal and touching the ball whilst still moving achieved 20m restart. There is probably a few others but those are the three which come to mind. The next one I believe will be stopping the 3rd and 4th player in who don't contribute in any way to the tackle but get involved purely to slow things down. This to me is the greatest blight on the game. Teams are getting so good at it and the refs don't have the onions to blow a penalty for deliberatley slowing the play the ball. As long as a defender arrives whilst the tackle is still in motion they're happy enough to let 4 players pile on each other. IMO rugby league will quickly lose popularity if the NRL continue to let the game become a contest in who can hold down the best. End of rant. (We should have a smilie stamping its feet.) [/QUOTE]

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