11 a side trial with 2 refs

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11 A SIDE TRIAL THIS WEEKEND
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2008-08-29

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Fox Sports will give every Rugby League fan the chance to watch the historic 11-a-side Toyota Cup match between Newcastle and Melbourne at EnergyAustralia Stadium on Saturday night.

Fox Sports 2 will broadcast the Toyota Cup match live from 3.15pm as the NRL trials the 11-a-side format and a new in-goal kicking rule.

The experimental rules follow on from the NRL’s trial of two referees in recent Toyota Cup matches, including tonight’s Roosters-Rabbitohs match at the Sydney Football Stadium, while a second 11-a-side trial will also take place in the Round 26 Toyota Cup match between the Sharks and Cowboys at Toyota Stadium.

“We have said from the start that we would use the Toyota Cup to experiment with suggested rule changes and I would like to thank the clubs involved for agreeing to take part,” NRL Chief Operating Officer, Mr Graham Annesley, said.

“They are experiments, not imminent rule changes, and I am sure all stakeholders in the game, from the players, to coaches, match officials and fans, will be interested to watch the impact they have.”

Under the experimental rules for Saturday night’s match:

Only 11 players will be on the field at any one time

Teams are permitted to have 6 players on the bench

Interchange will be increased to 10 in each half of the match (i.e. 20 in total)

If at any stage either coach feels the need to revert back to 13-a-side then the opposing coach must agree and the game will continue as per normal. Interchanges will return to the standard 10 for the remainder of the game, commencing from No.1 again as soon as the game reverts to 13-on-13.

The scrum will consist of 5 players with 6 players in the back line.

The game will also experiment with a new rule that will be referred to as the “Defusing of the Kick in the In Goal Area”.

The game will be restarted with an optional kick from the centre of the 20-metre line if:

An attacking player uses any type of kick (i.e. bomb, grubber, chip, drop kick) into the in-goal area and the defending player “defuses the kick” by grounding the ball in the in-goal area, gaining possession by catching the ball or making the ball dead in-goal by passing, knocking, or kicking it over the dead ball line or touch in-goal line.

In the event of a simultaneous grounding of the ball in the in-goal area then the attacking team will receive the advantage, as is currently the case.

The rules governing defenders “defusing the bomb” will apply in relation to determining where they left the ground to defuse the kick.

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Ooh, didn't know this was going to be trialled in our match! This should be real exciting, I think the move to 11 players is inevitable and would do wonders for the sport.
 
hmm call me old fashioned, but this sounds really stupid lol, cant see it going into the nrl but it will be interesting to watch. Why dont they just look at the tape from the St George V storm game earlier in the yr, it was 11on11 for a bit :lol:
 
If at any stage either coach feels the need to revert back to 13-a-side then the opposing coach must agree and the game will continue as per normal. Interchanges will return to the standard 10 for the remainder of the game, commencing from No.1 again as soon as the game reverts to 13-on-13.
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Thats the most interesting part... Giving the coach the choice.
 
AussieKnight said:
Diffusing the kicks will be the most interesting.

Players cant learn in a few days.
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or refs for that matter, im still getting my head around it, i want to know if a team knocks it dead is it a drop out from the 20m or do they get the tap. Will this rule out line drop outs?
 
Jonno_Knights said:
or refs for that matter, im still getting my head around it, i want to know if a team knocks it dead is it a drop out from the 20m or do they get the tap. Will this rule out line drop outs?
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Here's the article:

An attacking player uses any type of kick (i.e. bomb, grubber, chip, drop kick) into the in-goal area and the defending player “defuses the kick” by grounding the ball in the in-goal area, gaining possession by catching the ball or making the ball dead in-goal by passing, knocking, or kicking it over the dead ball line or touch in-goal line.
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Only situation I can think of where there will be a line dropout is if a player knocks on and regathers in their own in-goal, or does a forward pass in their own in-goal.
 
woops sorry about that, Yeah I think it will be interesting to watch pretty funny though more refs and less players
 
I like the "defusing the kick" idea. It should encourage teams to use the ball in hand when close to the line instead of kicking and getting repeat sets. A good kick will be rewarded if they manage to score.

I'm not a fan of the 11-a-side at this stage though. But we'll see.

jamesgould said:
Only situation I can think of where there will be a line dropout is if a player knocks on and regathers in their own in-goal, or does a forward pass in their own in-goal.
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Another way is if you can kick it and get it to land close to the tryline and force the opposition back into their own in-goal; which does happen from time to time.
 
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