100% . Ours is a physical contact sport , avoiding contact by throwing yourself to the floor should be an immediate penalty . It happens way to much and looks awful . Even more so when the defender gets penalised for to rough treatment on a ball carrier just lying on the ground .
I also don’t think touching the ball when making a tackle should be six again , just about every other occasion not playing at the ball is ruled as such .
We need to follow the NRL rules on downtown from kicks and blockers from kicks .
Six agains irritate me in some instances . I see the positives but I’d say an awful lot come very early on in the tackle count and they’re deliberate and cynical but it’s just not a punishment . Teams swallow it . Near the line you should be able to kick at goal and more sin bins should be used .
We should scrap the VR but we won’t . So it should be pared right back . It shouldn’t judge obstructions or anything that’s still opinion or subjective and be factual like touchdowns only ( goals in football to ) . Players play to the VR to - as in staying down for pens . If you do that you should have to go off for 10 minutes you’re obviously injured .
There’s several other things I’d change to