Before the controversial mid-season switch to one referee and six again calls, the NRL changed a rule between rounds which has made for magical highlight reels.
Just last week Rabbitohs flyer Alex Johnston did what others before him couldn’t, yet barely anyone blinked.
Much to Voss' displeasure, rugby union got in first in making the corner post a decorational guide point only. “I was just on the high horse,” Voss jokes. “But he was the prophet that said wingers would start diving from 10 metres out. He was exaggerating, but how true he was on that sentiment. What if Barba did happen to accidentally brush the corner post? How would they handle the outrage if an incident like that decided a close game?“I watched it and thought, ‘oh, if he hits that we’ve got to take that try off him’,” McGuirk recalls. “Ben Barba had no understanding of the corner post or what the rule was.
A couple of months later it was done. By accident, the NRL had created the best advertisement it could imagine. In commentary, Phil Gould was almost speechless - can you remember the last time? - as he watched the slow motion replay. But he’ll best be remembered for a miraculous Superman try he scored against the Dragons in 2016, leaping from at least three metres out, his body soaring above and then on top of the corner post as he planted the ball under his right hand. The match was played weeks before the Olympic Games were due to start.Ross did briefly dabble in an Olympic sport which involved acrobatics, but it wasn’t high jump.
“I ended up representing NSW Catholic Schools. I only made it because three people turned up at the tryouts. I was the worst out of everyone there. But being comfortable in that equilibrium upside down is something I’ve always been used to. The first is to have most of your body weight on the side in which defenders are scrambling to make a last-ditch tackle, allowing more stability when off the ground. It gives them a better chance to brace for contact when it comes while they're in the air.
Adds Raiders flyer Jordan Rapana: “Wingers these days have to be quite athletic, but really 90 per cent of it is just instinct.”Wingers, it used to be said, were only blokes who used to hang around with footballers. But the corner post revolution has played a large part in at changing that oft-used cliche.
“I often remember the corner post being on angle leaning infield and I would often step back inside to avoid the sideline or the corner post. It’s one rule that should have been introduced a long time ago. It might have added a few more to the tally as well.”
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