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How top NRL teams are taking advantage of set restarts – ABC News
The set restart rule — where tacklers slow to release are penalised by a restarted tackle count — is six rounds old, and something strange is happening.
The NRL’s new set restart rules where tacklers slow to release are penalised by a restarted tackle count promised to end cynical tactics around the play the ball.
Key points:
- A new rule came in for round three to punish tacklers slowing down the play-the-ball by restarting the tackle count
- Penrith, Melbourne, Parramatta and the Roosters are performing well despite giving up more restarts than they receive
- Analysis of restart locations suggests teams don’t mind slowing t…
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