The NRL refuses to concede its contentious six-again rule is responsible for a string of blowouts this season as one of the most lopsided Sunday afternoons in the game’s history looms | mrchrisnico
The NRL refuses to concede its contentious six-again rule is responsible for a string of blowouts this season as one of the most lopsided Sunday afternoons in the game’s history looms.
According to Champion Data, the biggest combined winning margin across two Sunday games is 94 points, when the Sharks and Bulldogs won big in round 10, 2016, and also in round 21, 2013, when Melbourne and the Titans triumphed in style. On both occasions the Tigers were on the wrong end of heavy defeats.
Plenty of players have spoken about the six-again rule increasing fatigue and making it hard to stop the opposition’s momentum.Manly star Kieran Foran shared that sentiment and said it was common for teams to roll downfield up to 90 metres on the back of a couple of six-again calls. “I think regardless of what happened last time we played they had a few players out through sanctions and whatever, but if you ask any team or anyone who has played against Canterbury, you know you are always in for a fight,” Foran said.“I know that personally because I’ve played for the club. There weren’t too many games we didn’t compete. You’re always in for a contest. They are that sort of club. They don’t lie down easily.
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