Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:08 pm  

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/50543316

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/50543316

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:16 pm  

What happens if you exceed the allotted time please?

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:24 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

What happens if you exceed the allotted time please?

An image of Nigel Wood naked comes up on the big screen.

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:34 pm  

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:42 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

What happens if you exceed the allotted time please?

Based on when someone went over the time at Wheldon Road last season, literally nothing.

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:49 pm  

MonkeyLover wrote:

An image of Nigel Wood naked comes up on the big screen.

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:55 pm  

What I'd like to see is a speeding up of the decision making and a instant one instead of a spinning wheel on the video ref play back, it fetches no excitement and is down right frustrating to watch

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:00 pm  

MonkeyLover wrote:

An image of Nigel Wood naked comes up on the big screen.

Damn you. I will have to stick an ice pick though my ear to get rid of that thought.

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:03 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

What happens if you exceed the allotted time please?

I don't think they've thought that far ahead. It'll happen one day in a big televised game and cause a big fuss. It happened at Saints last season and nothing happened at all, the countdown just went blank and the game resumed a few seconds later.

The shot clock on drop outs is irrelevant and still a farce. Far too many players go down 'injured' when a drop out is conceded. It's time the referees were instructed to only stop the game for an obviously serious injury, or for the player who goes down to have to leave the field and come back on during the next set as happens in football. They need to discourage it.

Re: Shot clock to be reduced : Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:34 pm  

Correct decision. They brought the shot clock in to speed up the process. But it had an adverse effect. Teams were using every allocated second to get the ball in the scrum.