Guinness Pro14 Season 2018-2019

thomond2006 wrote: »

I wish they would change to the French model of winning AND scoring three more tries than the opposition. It shouldn't be possible for a team that loses by a considerable amount to be awarded a bonus point.

This also prevents a team getting two bonus points via scoring four tries and losing within seven.

yeah they have this in super rugby too and its such a better system.

it encourages a losing team to keep playing against rivals in order to deny them the bonus point.... even if losing by 20 points going into the last 10 minutes.

it is also a lot better for betting
as the current pro14 system allows a much better team to race to a 4 try haul before taking the foot off and the goal becoming just staying ahead

molloyjh wrote: »

Surely giving a team something to pay for for themselves is better? If Dragons played Leinster tomorrow why would they care if Leinster got the TBP or not? Surely they care more about what they can get from the game?

its not better because its artificial

if a team obtains the TBP with say 20 minutes left and they are 25 points ahead.. with the opposition having already scored two tries....
then what interest have they in the rest of the game???
the opposition run in two late tries and leave with a point having being resoundingly beat off the park .

as was rightly said already.. all you have to do is look at the Kings TBP haul already this year... and compare it to their points against (zebre as well actually, which is worse)

having seen the change in super rugby i can attest that the '3 tries or more' rule makes for better games. You (mostly) get genuine 80 minute games as if a team gets 4 tries up, their is always a risk that if they take the foot off the opposition team can run in a couple of tries and rid you of that TBP.

Podge_irl wrote: »

All bonus points are artificial though. The very fact of considering winning by tries inherently better than winning by penalties is a bit bizarre.

I'd be fine with just leaving it so that only the winning team can get a TBP. I think the "3 more tries" rule is completely stupid.

i think its infinitely better than the "race to 4 tries" that the pro 14 has...
but hey, each to their own

molloyjh wrote: »

And there's always a risk that, with nothing to gain, a team losing by 20 and on 2-3 tries doesn't bother going for any more. Let's not forget, the game is played very differently here to Super Rugby.

Same rules in France