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Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters put the onus back on the players to improve their discipline because the referees are going to continue to use the six-again penalty. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey have extended the boundaries for the six-agains, so it does fatigue players in defence, particularly when the six-again is given,\u201d Walters said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf it is given early in the tackle count it is not as bad, but when you get to four and five and last tackle and you get to the kick and all of a sudden you have got another set of six, it does change the way the game is played. <\/p>\n
\u201cDefensively it changes the way you defend as well, so we will see how that develops over the next couple of weeks, but it was a big thing of note in Round 1 and the importance it has on the game. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think players more than anything have got to keep their discipline and not give away those six-agains and rather than give away a six-again, give away an extra five or 10 metres in the next play-the-ball.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Momentum swings are here to stay in the game and Walters warned that referees will continue to use six-agains because it is the easier option for them, rather than opening themselves up to scrutiny with a full penalty.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have seen it often this year so far,\u201d Walters said of momentum swings. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw the Storm, Sharks, Raiders, Sea Eagles and Dolphins score a lot of points in a few minutes and most teams have the ability to do that. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not having a go at the referees, but it is hard when they are adjudicating some of those play-the-ball infringements. It is probably not a six-again, but it is easier to give a six-again than a penalty. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not having a crack at the referees, but it is an easier option for them than a penalty, so it is tough for the men in the middle. I certainly respect what they are doing for our game. <\/p>\n
\u201cLets put the onus back on the players to get their game right and get their fundamentals right around the play-the-ball and knowing what you can and can\u2019t get away with and problem solved.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Daley agreed with Walters that referees are taking the easier option of a six-again because the game moves on faster with less scrutiny on their decisions in real time. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think that is probably one of the reasons why we see more of them because the game moves on and no one scrutinises the six-again,\u201d Daley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be worried about it, but it is something to be wary of and it will be interesting if it does trend down this path because it does change momentum for a team. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you get on a roll you can come back from 18 points so easily.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL\u2019s six-again rule change tweak is under fire after a number of blowout games and momentum swings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[99978,64,63,689,262630,262634,262633,4532,220872,4509,60064,262631,262632,262625,160109,3194,6406,4746,647,4466,7865,242344,30396,677,262626,7291,38794,16205,262624,262629,8088,262628,262627,4439,85,143404,11737,262636,15899,660,262635],"class_list":{"0":"post-528375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-angus-crichton","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","12":"tag-average-set-restarts","13":"tag-blowout-games","14":"tag-blowout-wins","15":"tag-canberra-raiders","16":"tag-change-momentum","17":"tag-david-fifita","18":"tag-dominant-win","19":"tag-faces-headache","20":"tag-game-moves","21":"tag-highest-winning","22":"tag-kangaroos-coach","23":"tag-kevin-walters","24":"tag-laurie-daley","25":"tag-mark-st-john","26":"tag-melbourne","27":"tag-melbourne-storm","28":"tag-metre-line","29":"tag-momentum-shifts","30":"tag-momentum-swings","31":"tag-oceania","32":"tag-players-start","33":"tag-ricky-stuart","34":"tag-rule-change","35":"tag-rule-changes","36":"tag-set-restarts","37":"tag-shocking-numbers","38":"tag-sin-bin","39":"tag-six-again-rule","40":"tag-six-again-rule-change","41":"tag-south-sydney-rabbitohs","42":"tag-sports","43":"tag-tackle-count","44":"tag-team-tips","45":"tag-time-bomb","46":"tag-tom-gilbert","47":"tag-victoria","48":"tag-win-shootout"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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