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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3503631, member: 8215"] IIRC the 7-tackle restart was brought in because of Slater. Teams nullified him by kicking dead to reduce his impact, but the NRL didn't like that (because entertainment) so they penalised the tactic. In fairness, they have made a lot of rules to keep the ball in play as much as possible, but would it have been such a big deal if it was any other team/player? Also a notable change to keep the ball in play was the 6-again. It was brought in to counter the Roosters' cynical tactic of deliberately giving away penalties any time their line was stretched. Then the Panthers decided to be off-side at the start of defensive sets to pin the opposition, an extra tackle meant nothing if the opposition can't even make 5m per run. So the NRL countered by making it a genuine (kick for touch) penalty if it's in the attacking team's half. Of course instead of following through the NRL just decided to overook their off-sides or leaving early. [/QUOTE]

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