Wakefield Trinity man makes call for Super League golden point rule change

Wakefield Trinity hooker Liam Hood has shared his views on golden point amid the chaotic start to the Super League season.

It was introduced to Super League ahead of the 2019 season, whereby the winner takes two points and the loser gets nothing.

It’s been a topic of hot debate since it started, and Wakefield’s Liam Hood has an interesting take on it, a side that is shared by many fans of the game.

Speaking to Jenna Brooks and Jon Wilkin on The Bench podcast, he said: “You know what I’d like to see, thinking about it?

“I’d like to see after eighty minutes, both teams get a point but then you play for another point in the ten minutes. I felt like, for me, the loser still gets something.”

He was speaking to the duo following the first round of Super League fixtures, where there were two Golden Point games.

Leigh Leopards beat Wigan Warriors 1-0 in the opening game and Hull KR grabbed a 19-18 win over Castleford Tigers the following evening.

Wakefield Trinity man makes call for Super League golden point rule change

The Wakefield Trinity player said that the players involved deserved to get something out of the game, especially following a high-intensity game.

He added: “I just thought last week, Castleford deserved a point for me and they didn’t get anything. I just thought they’d put in a shift there.

“I don’t think it’s a sympathy point, I just thought they deserved something when you’ve played eighty minutes of rugby league.

“I mean the Leigh Wigan one, that was an unreal game to open up the season, it went back and forth.

“I thought Liam Moore who refereed that game was brilliant, he just let it go, it was a really intense game to watch.

“Then at the end of it, if nothing happens in the added 10 minutes, they just end up with a point each.”

There are plenty of opinions surrounding golden point, varying from scrapping it altogether to changing the number of points for wins, draws and golden point victories.

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