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As Luke Keary pointed out, there aren\u2019t many situations where a team would actually choose to kick-off.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conceding team get a choice on whether they want to receive the kick or kick off,\u201d Keary said on Fox League\u2019s Thursday Night Football. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s not many situations where you decide to kick off. (Maybe in the) last thirty seconds if they\u2019re chasing.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe you kick it deep into the team\u2019s territory where they can get nowhere near your line or if you\u2019re down by one point you keep them out of field goal territory. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think you are receiving 98 per cent of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keary: “Someone is lying somewhere!” | 00:59<\/p>\n
However, that wasn\u2019t the case in the opening half of the match between the Broncos and Storm, with both sides opting to kick off rather than take possession on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n
The unusual decisions left Fox League\u2019s Jake Duke questioning whether either side was particularly thrilled about being involved in the rule trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe these two teams not happy to be playing in a rule-change game. Maybe they\u2019re protesting, who knows?\u201d Duke said.<\/p>\n
Speaking pre-match, Storm coach Craig Bellamy also admitted he was yet to be convinced by the concept.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something that someone thinks might be a good idea,\u201d Bellamy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got to see something happen before I can picture it but I suppose both teams can\u2019t make the finals so it\u2019s the game to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Craig Bellamy didn’t seem very interested in the new kick-off rule, and the Broncos refused to try it in the first half.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Broncos coach Michael Maguire said post-match, \u201cI\u2019m not sure whether it\u2019ll come in or not but we\u2019ll work out that down the track.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI do like the game the way it is. It\u2019s a great game so you don\u2019t need to tinker to far especially the way the game\u2019s going at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Storm skipper Harry Grant bluntly stated the kick-off rule does not to be changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cPersonally I love the game. I\u2019ve loved the game for so many years since I was four years old,\u201d Grant said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s part of the fabric of the game and we don\u2019t need to change it. We\u2019re bringing in a rule to counteract the rules we\u2019ve brought it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe we can have a deep hard look at going back on a few rules if that\u2019s where we sit with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it\u2019s a draw and a team choose to kick-off or receive and then they go and kick the two points, your decision might be void.<\/p>\n
Storm down Broncos after week of drama | 10:19<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no real reward for it and I\u2019m pretty strong on that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they are a lot of people in the game strong on it and maybe it\u2019s time to stay with what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cooper Cronk also raised concerns about the impact the rule could have on late-game momentum, particularly when a team is attempting to mount a comeback.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe argument against it is we wouldn\u2019t have seen what Brisbane did in the run to the finals because they caught fire down 16 points, ten minutes to go,\u201d Cronk said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat Penrith would\u2019ve done was, I want to receive the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Were going to need more players Craig | 09:00<\/p>\n
Commentator Andrew Voss, meanwhile, identified a potential flaw in the time of the decision the captain has to make, with the team required to communicate their choice immediately after a try rather than a conversion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a flaw already,\u201d Voss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s our understanding after the try if scored you have to inform the referee what you\u2019re doing not after the shot at goal. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat could have a bearing of whether you want the ball back.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Storm eventually became the first team in history to choose to receive after conceding during the second half, trying to halt the Broncos\u2019 momentum with Moses Leo in the sin bin at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t mind it \u2026 not really (worth it) with how good sides have got at the short kick-off,\u201d Michael Ennis said on Fox League at the end of the game.<\/p>\n
The rule will only be trialled in dead rubbers this year meaning only Dragons-Eels next week could be a candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL\u2019s experimental kick-off rule has already sparked plenty of debate after being tested for the first time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-870641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870641","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=870641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}