The NRL game was 2 days ago and we all know the end conclusion to the game. It was a great game, both teams need to be proud of the entire game - it kept the supporters on their feet - throughout the entire match.
Penrith Panthers ended up 2nd on the NRL 2021 competition and South Sydney Rabbitohs ended up 3rd on the NRL competition table. So there were 2 gallant teams who really deserved to end up and be grand finalists. So yes, Penrith Panthers deserved to win the Grand final 2021 based on the score of 14 to 12. A close game that could have gone either way. The winning point was that penalty goal awarded to Penrith in the first half. Also the missed conversion goal towards the end of the second half from South Sydney.
The NRL has changed the rules of the game in so many ways that the way we use to see, understand and play Rugby League, in the last 40 to 50 years. For example, a scrum is not a scrum as it used to be. I remember teams could be penalised for indirect feed, feet across the scrum and now it is legal for balls to be fed directly into the second row.
The six again rule, where a referee can award an extra six tackles to the attacking team instead of penalising the opposing team. This is to speed up the game more.
The stealing the ball from the attacking player - what's known as 'one on one tackle' - when they are more than one player defending the attacking player with the football - is ridiculous. There should be no stealing or attempting to steal at all.
Finally, Dragging the attacking player back, whilst it appears they are tackled. When it comes to dragging the attacking player back anywhere from more than one metre to the try line, this should be dealing an offence and the defending team penalised. What concerns me here is when a small full-back is trying to get the ball forward, stops at a forward point and lands on the ground or halfway to the ground. Then a large forward picks the player with one or two hands and drags or pushes the small attacking player back with the football deliberately when it should have been 'tackled made' called by the referee back in the attacking forward position, where the tackle was made.
While I still enjoy watching NRL/ Rugby League, I can see that if there are more rules changes made against the scrum or having the scrum - I can see that there will be no scrum one day - anyway, this is what I would like to share.
I am playing the South Sydney Rabbitohs club song, in Glory of reaching the NRL 2021 Grand final (Click on link below)
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