Will possible changes to ruck rules help or hinder Cameron

[thebaldfacts]

Talk is that changes to ruck rules are coming. Specifically no bounce and rucks to jump rather than body each other at centre bounces. Also around the ground ball ups to happen without waiting for rucks and even the possibility of last touch free kicks between the arcs.

Not sure how these will affect Cameron, but he is more a grappler than a jumper at centre bounces, so he would be disadvantaged by such a change.

The other changes may play to his strengths as he can play more one kick behind the play and capitalise on his intercept marking.

 

[sr36]

Talk is that changes to ruck rules are coming. Specifically no bounce and rucks to jump rather than body each other at centre bounces. Also around the ground ball ups to happen without waiting for rucks and even the possibility of last touch free kicks between the arcs.

Not sure how these will affect Cameron, but he is more a grappler than a jumper at centre bounces, so he would be disadvantaged by such a change.

The other changes may play to his strengths as he can play more one kick behind the play and capitalise on his intercept marking.

The bolded will be an interesting one - not only for rucks but for general fatigue.

 

[manicpie]

The PCL Specialist's will be licking their lips

 

[thebaldfacts]

The bolded will be an interesting one - not only for rucks but for general fatigue.

My gut feel is that rucks will just start to play a kick behind the play to shore up their defences if they can't get to those ruck contests due to quick ball ups.

 

[sr36]

My gut feel is that rucks will just start to play a kick behind the play to shore up their defences if they can't get to those ruck contests due to quick ball ups.

My gut says if they do go with all those rule changes - it might become the end of specialist rucks. Why play a jumping ruckman to try to tap the ball at 6 centre bounces?

 

[The Phantom]

Most of the rucks, including DC, will adapt.