The rest is here ... https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... ent=staticThe NRL will experiment with rule changes in two games in Round 20 with the aim of avoiding a blunder like the one seen in South Sydney’s loss to Canterbury.
The Rabbitohs were awarded a try without consultation with the bunker when Jaxson Paulo slid over in the first half.
Replays showed that the Bunnies winger had put his foot in touch before grounding the ball.
Thankfully, the try did not affect the outcome of the game.
Under the rule changes which will be trialled in the Broncos’s clash with the Cowboys and Sunday’s Warriors v Manly match, referees who think a try has been scored will award it without consulting the bunker.
Up until the conversion attempt is taken, the bunker will be able to review the try and overturn the referee’s decision.
If the referee believes a try hasn’t been scored they stop the game and send the decision up as a “no try” as normal.
In other rules to be trialled, only forwards will be allowed to pack into scrums.
Clubs will have to nominate 10 forwards among their final 17-man squads and referees will ensure they pack down at scrum time.
After a six again has been awarded all defending players except those who have taken up a position as marker(s) must “retire 10 metres from the point at which the ball is played or to their own goal line”.
All defending players are required to be “in line” with the referee marking the 10 metres.
The referee will call “go” when the ball has been played backwards and then the defensive line is entitled to move forward. Players who jump off the 10 metres early will be considered to be in breach of the 10 metre rule. Touch judges are to assist the referee in monitoring and enforcing the 10 metre rule.
The referee will call "GO".
