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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3129098, member: 9052"] They fucked up the obstruction rule by allowing decoys to hit the outside shoulder. There was a year where obstructions were being called on any runs on the outside shoulder... and the commentators kicked up a stink because moves that looked like tries were being called back because they were on the outside shoulder and now they can run out there as long as they go through the line. I don't recall when the rule change happened it was just there one week and then gone the next The issue that I have is that decoy runner on the outside shoulder automatically disrupts the half in the defensive line and creates a 3 on 2. The half can't slide across on the fullback because he can't run through the decoy... you see it everytime the half has to stop on their run and navigate around the decoy, but the damage is already done. So now we have a game where a try looks ok, but the half is back there trying to run through a second rower and an easy overlap is created... if I'm a coach I would want my half just sliding across and if the second rower is in the way take a dive. The NRL have brought it on themselves to only penalise when the player takes a dive so if a bronco does it the rule will be changed within an hour [/QUOTE]

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