{"id":413,"date":"2016-09-13T23:58:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/?p=413"},"modified":"2016-09-13T23:58:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:58:42","slug":"rugby-league-as-i-know-it-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/?p=413","title":{"rendered":"Rugby League as I know it is Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rugby League as I know it is dead.<\/p>\n

The rot started when they first took away the baggy cotton jumpers in favour of dressing in skin tight lycra \u2013 like a Jazz Ballet troop.<\/p>\n

The whole game has gone soft \u2013 with so many rule changes that fans no longer understand the sport.
\nShoulder charges have been banned altogether \u2013 with an explicit exception of certain players for certain teams, in certain circumstances (which no one \u2013 except the judiciary understand).
\nPunching has been banned altogether \u2013 however, shirt-pulling and dirty looks are allowed, as is creating a \u2018melee\u2019 as seen in various other soft, non-contact sports.
\nThere is also a strict addendum to this rule \u2013 Broncos players are free to kick with their foot, any other player they encounter hindering their forward progress.
\nThere is now a new, secret algorithm used to determine what constitutes a legitimate try \u2013 with a randomly generated variable which is strictly secured and disclosed only to the inhabitants of The Bunker on game day. No one else should have any clue as to the nature of said algorithm \u2013 but must stand by the big chicken sign to hear the Bunker God\u2019s determination.<\/p>\n

I read recently that the company that makes Lego almost went broke \u2013 lost $292 Million in one year. This was due to trying to over-innovate and keep up with the emergence of computer games etc. They increased the colour of bricks from 6 to 50, and had multiple new forms etc.<\/p>\n

They got a new CEO in \u2013 who took it back to basics, cut out all the new sh!t.
\nThe following year they made $117 Million profit!<\/p>\n

This is what the league need to do.<\/p>\n

1. Choose a single team jersey \u2013 cotton man clothes \u2013 you cannot alter this strip for 5 years.
\n(So we all know at a glance, which two teams are playing)
\n2. A single referee who makes decisions that the common man understands \u2013 if it looks like a try, it\u2019s a try.
\n3. Fill in The Bunker with gravel \u2013 and 8 inches of concrete on top so the f@ckers can\u2019t get out
\n4. Bring back the Biff. (Not spear tackles or dangerous play \u2013 just one on one harmless punch-ups. Penalise the participants by all means \u2013 it might stop the unsportsmanlike petty hair ruffling when someone f@cks up).
\n5. Don\u2019t change the rules in the last 5 minutes of a game, or Golden Point. Offside is offside, always.
\n6. Have a qualified Judiciary (or any bloke off the street) who examine the facts as they are and punish accordingly, and consistently.
\nJust take it back to a point where fans, commentators, referees and players all share an understanding of the simple rules FFS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Rugby League as I know it is dead. The rot started when they first took away the baggy cotton jumpers in favour of dressing in skin tight lycra \u2013 like a Jazz Ballet troop. The whole game has gone soft \u2013 with so many rule changes that fans no longer understand the sport. Shoulder … Continue reading Rugby League as I know it is Dead<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5K3B8-6F","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewallaby.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}