I'm happy with the lowered threshold as well, it somewhat nullifies the 'Refs discretion' which formerly favored higher profile teams.
This way...where everyone is copping some....the whole thing leaves less room for subjectivity.
Its fairer is what I'm trying to say.
The other thing I notice from the Refs mic is constant warning of
Tohu Harris for leaving the ten meter mark too early (a hang over from his Storm training ?).
The ten meters is where I think we are really benefiting....teams used to smother us...at least now. If say we are twelve meters back like many claim...that's still better than running at a team that's two meters in front of the Ref.
The meters out players are making have gone from big average to less than acceptable....to unexplainable quantum gains.
It looks like it is most noticeable in early tackles...where the Refs are really scrutinizing the set.
As you say....the speed players have the edge over the big slow guys...its almost as revolutionary as the shift from the Steve Roach type 5 meter Prop to the ten meter guys like Webcke....bigger is definitely not better in of itself.
