The NRL is in the midst of its closest start to a season since 1975, with league bosses hopeful the tight margins indicate tweaks to the rules are working. NRL 7NEWS
is in the midst of its closest start to a season since 1975, with league bosses hopeful the tight margins indicate tweaks to the rules are working.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Rugby league great Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll opens up on devastating health battle.Of the 24 games played thus far, 12 have been decided by a converted try or less and 18 by 12 points or fewer. The largest winning margin has been only 25 points - one of only two games decided by 20 or more points.
Some teams struggled to adapt to the new pace of the game after the six-again rule came in in 2020; the average winning margin across the first three rounds of 2020 was 13.42 and increased to 15.71 the following season. NRL’s head of football Graham Annesley said it was too early to determine whether rule changes were responsible for the closer games but believed the early signs were encouraging.“Time will tell, there are other factors.“We have the fact we started the competition with two weekends of organised pre-season, where normally in the first two rounds, teams are still trying to find their rhythm and their timing can be a bit off.
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