No it was trialled but wasn't one of the changes implemented.



[url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/26886/rule-changes-for-2013-confirmedHere[/url is a list of the rule changes.

Thought all changes trialled were accepted:

"The Rugby Football League has introduced nine rule changes to be enforced for the 2013 Super League and Championship competitions.



The rules were all trialled and welcomed after Leeds' friendly with Wakefield and Batley-Dewsbury on Boxing Day."

I think all the rules they accepted were trialled but not all the rules they trialled were accepted. There was also one that said if you kick the ball dead in goal from you're own half the other team gets a 40m tap restart, which I don't think has been adopted.

Fair enough, maybe Halibut made the right decision. However, it means that there have been a few wrongs ones this year where they count has not been restarted!

I actually checked this myself as I was convinced it had changed but according to the RFL site it hasn't.



Thierry was his usual awful self today. How did he give a knock on against Green in the second half (from which Cas scored) when he was tackled short? It was either play on (which I think it was) a penalty for a double movement or a try. He still had hold of the ball ffs.

Just seen the match winning pass from Lockers on Wigan TV. Dan Marino eat your heart out!

You also have to credit, as I mentioned in my report, whoever (I think it was Sam) got the offside penalty away so quickly up the other end of the field. It was a great range finder and didn't give Cas a second to breath. From a bugs dick to taking the lead, they were all of a sudden on huge defence, and never recovered. Would have been so easy to slow it down and keep it calm trying to defend a point, having lost an 18 point lead, but that was as important as Lockers great pass for me.

Paddy

*Bows to Greatness* - Paddy not you Conroy!

Sam had a stinker (has he started to believe his own hype?), Lockers was awesome, Smith had a torrid day in defence, Allibert is irrational, but consistent with it.



I could be wrong but it seems to me that Cas's pitch is on a slight but noticeable slope. I'm pretty sure we were attacking uphill in the 2nd half, stands to reason that of the two tiring teams the one running downhill will score more.

Sam is not a fullback !



Get him in the halves where he doesn't have to run the full length of the field and defend too much.