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Bewin.com- NRL
- January 15th, 2009
www.bewin.comAfter much deliberation, the NRL has approved the 2 referee system on 11 December 2008. This is one of the most talked, debated and talked about rule change in the long history of the game. The idea was first mooted in the NRL’s annual chief executives’ conference in November and was ratified recently.
What will happen now is that the NRL will have a 2 referee system, with one as an assistant referee taking charge of the play-ball area, and another chief referee at the 1- metre opposing team’s defence line. The head referee will be blowing the whistle and making the calls, while the assistant will provide feedback and information to the head referee. That said, the two referees will rotate the two roles throughout the game.
This will certainly stop people from arguing about decisions made on-field which is common place, given that one referee has to follow the game can cannot keep his eyes on everything that is going on in the game.
However, on the contrary, the NRL has taken away the powers of the video referee, disallowing the video officials to make calls on stripping decisions and making calls on fouls.
Another upcoming change that is widely popular with fans of the sport is that a defending player who attempts to block a try score move using his feet or legs will now face misconduct charges instead of just being given a warning.
Regardless, all these new rules are done with the sole aim and purpose to make the sport more professional and skilled based, rather than being won based on underhand and dirty tricks, which is much lauded, given that it should be skills and teamwork that the game is about.
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