The NRL looks set to introduce a sin-bin shot clock.

Under the proposed rule, players would be given a set number of seconds to leave the field of play or every second they go over will be added to their 10-minute punishment.

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Last season fans were left fuming over the time it took some players to cross the sideline after being marched, and they were doing so to give their teammates a rest and allow them to reset their defensive line.

“The idea is if a player is sent to the bin he is given something like 20 seconds to get off the field from the moment the ref raises his hands,” an NRL source told Sporting News.

“If he gets off inside that 20 then no problem. But if he takes his time and takes say 30, 40, 50 seconds, then he will spend longer in the bin.

“It will be 10 minutes plus every second over that 20 he took to get off. It could be very costly for a team.

“It would eradicate the problem overnight.”

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While there is no guarantee the clock will be used in 2019, the plan will be put forward to the NRL’s competition committee.

In May, NRL CEO Todd Greenberg revealed on NRL360 the governing body had been considering a shot clock “for a few months now”.

“We’ve been looking at some technology advancements around sin bins for a few months now,” he said.

“Clearly there are some opportunities for us to use some of the shot clocks we currently use as well as the bunker. The short answer is yes, we’ll look at it.”

It would certainly be well received by the fans, who bombarded social media this year to express their frustrations.

If I was in charge of the #NRL for a day, if a player is sent to the sin bin, you would have 15 seconds to walk off, then club gets $10,000 dollar fine per second you are over and player gets $1000 fine per second .. That would fix the players taking the piss out of it ... — George J Kollias (@georgejkollias) May 22, 2018

Didn’t see the Munster sin bin walk-off debacle but it’s easily solved. Put a 20 sec shot-clock up and if they’re not off the field by the time the clock reaches zero they’re sent-off. Problem solved!! — Bookers (@bookers75) August 17, 2018

#GAM players who loiter on the field to give your team a rest when you get binned. After penalty for slowing down it is a disgrace that you are allowed to slow it further with utter https://t.co/96cHG9oxmI about shot clock for sin bin to get off, or off for the match? — dingoh (@dingoh) August 20, 2018

I’d advocate for a sin bin shot clock. If you don’t get off in 30 seconds, you don’t get to come back on. #nrlDragonsRaiders — Mitch Nicholls (@mitchnicholls) May 20, 2018