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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2285927, member: 1764"] Warren Ryan has a very good column in the courier mail today where he talks about obstruction. The current rule is flawed in that they're worried about the depth a runner is behind the decoy. Ryan argues it should be about the "Width"...ie, after running behind a player, how soon do you straighten up? If you run behind a player and straighten immediately, that's using the decoy to "hide" you from the defence. If you just run behind a player and keep running sideways for a time before straightening, or passing to a player inside, there's no advantage gained so it shouldn't be a penalty. I also hate: - corner posts. Hoffman was so close to being denied a try on Friday night even though he grounded the ball inches inside the tryline. Keep the corner post there, use it as a guide for referees/touchies judging kicks in goal, but don't worry about it for whether a player is in or out. - 40-20. I still hate it. It basically punishes a team for keeping their opposition in their own half. However, I'd be happy with it on anything but the last tackle. If you can't get out of trouble in 5 tackles you don't deserve the ball back from a kick into touch. - Diving on the ball for a try. It's ugly. I think players should have to pick the ball up to have control and then force it. This bullshit of "separation" where a player has a friggin' fingernail on the ball and they give it a try is bullshit. In the case where an attacking player forces the ball in goal but does not have control, it should be a line drop out, so there is still some reward for a good grubber in goal your players chase through and dive on. - Double movement. I don't really have a problem with the rule, but it's inconsistent. Anywhere else on the field if you lunge forward after being tackled they simply say "you shortened it" and play on. Either throw out the double movement rule, or penalise players who walk off the mark again. - Markers square. It's ridiculous. The game is so fast these days that it's almost impossible to make a tackle (especially down low) and then get up, around the tackled player and line up perfectly in line. Especially since the tackled player tends to take a step left or right thus CHANGING the mark. IMO, it should simply be a requirement that the markers get to their feet and get in front of the mark before being involved in the play, but it doesn't have to happen before the play the ball. At the moment if you don't get to marker before the play the ball, you have to get back the 10m before you can make a tackle. It promotes dummyhalf running, and diving at the defence to get a quick PTB. [/QUOTE]

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