Squad declaration rule changes

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josie andrews
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Squad declaration rule changes

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Rugby League’s Squad Declaration system has been revised for the 2020 season

Teams will be required to name a 21-man squad instead of 19-man squad

This will be the most significant change to the Squad Declaration system since 2009.

Rugby League’s Squad Declaration system has been revised for the 2020 season in response to feedback from all sections of the game, including supporters and the media.

Instead of teams being required to name a 19-player squad by noon two days before each fixture, they will now be required to name a 21-player squad at that time.

But for each player from outside that 21 who is then called into the team’s 17-player match-day squad, that team will lose one of the eight interchanges permitted for all fixtures in the Betfred Super League, Championship, League 1, the Coral Challenge Cup and the AB Sundecks 1895 Cup.

The only exceptions to this will involve the Dual Registration system – if a player on Dual Registration is recalled by their parent club after the partner club has named a 21-player squad, they can be replaced in the 21 without the partner club losing an interchange; and in the unusual situation of a club losing a player at a tribunal hearing after the squad declaration deadline (for example on a Tuesday evening for a Thursday night fixture), when again they can be replaced without sanction.

In other exceptional circumstances, a club would need to seek and receive consent from the RFL Board.

The change was discussed by the RFL’s Laws Committee, which includes representatives from all sections of the professional game, at their last meeting of 2019, leading to further consultation with clubs and head coaches - and is confirmed in the Operational Rules for the 2020 season which have been circulated to clubs this week.


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I don't get why the duel reg clause is there....

Seems a bizarre rule and to come from what one team playing a trick last year?
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Re: Squad declaration rule changes

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A new rule where no new rule was needed

Sure to bums on seats this one
First Try Tickle
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fozzieskem wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:53 pm A new rule where no new rule was needed

Sure to bums on seats this one
We needed a new rule that stops players diving forward at every play the ball, then taking a couple of steps whilst complaining to the ref.


We could call it the Walmsley rule.
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First Try Tickle wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:37 am
fozzieskem wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:53 pm A new rule where no new rule was needed

Sure to bums on seats this one
We needed a new rule that stops players diving forward at every play the ball, then taking a couple of steps whilst complaining to the ref.


We could call it the Walmsley rule.
Agreed. Said as much many times. Interpretation is way too biased in favour of the side in possession, who are seldom penalised for moving off the mark, and who often barge forward into the marker, and, instead of being penalised, get awarded a penalty themselves.
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