Does the RFL give a **** about player welfare : Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:46 am
Just seen that the RFL have amended the disciplinary rules so that any player given a ban on Thursday/Friday will serve it commencing the Monday game. To protect the play offs ?? So not only are teams playing three games in 8 days (something they said they wouldn’t do) but potentially the Monday games will have potentially 1-2 players missing due to suspension.
Right now most teams are lacking 6+ members of their starting line up, so they are then compounding this. By the time monday comes around most teams will probably be putting out kids and squad players.
Rendering some of the games meaningless, why are we playing Monday ? It’s not on TV so it’s not being done for Sky.
It’s like the endless quest to speed up the game - why do we still have the 6 again rule ? Surely one of the most pointless rules ever least understood by fans and officials alike.