Bowden Rule to remain

News is just through that The Bowden Rule is to remain in force for the 2009 season proper. The doomsayers will see huge difficulties, but the benefits to the game as a whole massively outweigh the vague possibility that a team loses a game as a result of a poor rushed behind decision. This is a good decision, because the flood of rushed behinds seen during the 2008 Grand Final would, otherwise, have become a veritable torrent.