Captain’s challenge rule introduced for 2020 NRL season

Drew Darbyshire 03 Mar 2020 11:38 AM

The captain’s challenge rule has been implemented for the 2020 NRL campaign.

The format was trialled during the All Stars and pre-season games and it will be retained throughout the NRL season.

How does it work?

Only a captain or nominated co-captain can challenge a decision. Should the captain or co-captain be off the field, another player can be nominated to take his place.
Each team is allowed one unsuccessful challenge per game.
The only decision that can be challenged are ones which involve a structured restart of play (e.g penalty, scrum, drop-out, etc).
Challenges will not be permitted where the referee allows play to proceed.

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