‘It will kill the game’: Debate rages over NRL’s ‘embarrassing’ discussions to ban kick-offs

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NRL 360: The NRL 360 panel squared off over surprising claims the kick-off could be banned in Rugby League due to concussion concerns.

Debate has raged over the potential for the NRL to ban kick-offs to avoid high speed collisions that have resulted in three knock-outs so far in the 2024 season.

“I’m not calling for it to be banned. All I’m saying is, is it a discussion that we will have to have in the next two to three years.” However, Ritchie questioned if the NRL should be looking at more ways to protect the players from themselves, which sparked a fiery debate.“Oh, well, that’s called touch,” Kent roared.“A bloke gets off the back fence,” Ritchie explained.

“I don’t see what the problem is. I don’t see why we’re getting this hysteria all the time where blokes sit there and go, oh, we’re going to change the rules.“If the NRL keeps listening to this stupid argument that people keep tossing up, right, eventually we will literally be sitting there playing touch football. It will kill the game.”

 

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