Changes I would love to see in (NZ) Rugby

 Changes I would love to see in Rugby.

1.  If a penalty to an attacking team is awarded in the opposition's 22, penalty to be taken on spot. No taking the ball back to 22 area for place kick.

2.  Get rid of the rule that says players knocking on attempting an intercept to be no longer a yellow card and penalty. Knock on awarded. Too many contentious calls.

3.  One thing that really peeves me, the Advantage call from the Referee. The length of advantage for penalties varies with the ref.   Make it a standard 10 seconds and/or 3 phases. Many times, advantage is called and 5+ phases are set before Ref calls the team back for a scrum or penalty.  That is a time waster, and we need to eliminate time wasting.

4.  Remove the Mark call inside own 22. The ball remains in play. 

5.  Solving the Collapsed Scrum.  After the call of Set the Halfback has to immediately place the ball in the channel. No longer hesitation and scrum doesn't have to be reset or a penalty/free kick given.  Saves time wasting.

6.  Also time wasting, the habit for attacking lineout team to have a chat behind the place for the Lineout and slowly walking to that lineout (with the clock ticking) Ref to stop clock when Flag goes up and restart when lineout formed.

7.  Remove Super Rugby and spend player/coach payments on NPC/FPC. It is with sadness I am watching NPC (Men's rugby) and in two live games on one week there have been few spectators. (read none).

8.  International Tours.  Let's go back to the 90's and before, 3 tests, and 5 provincial games. 2 Home Tours a season.  NPC/FPC split into 2 competitions, April to June qualifying round, and September to October, Competition round. July to August Club Rugby and International tours.

9.  The player causing an HIA gets an immediate Red Card and banned for 2 matches. Contact, unless obvious, is to be reviewed by TMO.

10.  All TMO calls the clock is stopped and reset with the referee's whistle.

All these changes to be made internationally.  No more NH Rugby dominating/governing the making of Rules of Rugby.