A controversial captain's challenge and an updated rule book have the power to rid the NRL of the controversy that overshadowed its showpiece event.
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But it will do little to spare Canberra Raiders fans the outrage after the club fell agonisingly short of a drought-breaking grand final triumph earlier this year.
A controversial captain's challenge headlines a raft of rule changes set to be introduced for the 2020 NRL season.
The NRL is working to implement an operational plan to allow each team one chance in general play per game to challenge a referee's decision with the help of the Bunker.
If successful, the team would have another opportunity to use the challenge system later in the game.
Boldly, the concept of introducing the challenge in 2020 was not raised by the competition committee. The ARLC made the recommendation without consultation.
"The commission have decided that this is an innovation that they want to use to take some pressure off referees around big calls and give some more opportunities for fans to walk away from games feeling like some of the big calls have been addressed," NRL head of football Graham Annesley said.
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"They may have walked away in the past feeling as though there's errors that have affected their team.
"We have to constantly look at our game. We can easily roll out the same thing every year but organisations that aren't prepared to change and innovate, they won't stick around for very long."
Raiders fans were left fuming while players and staff were left devastated after Jack Wighton was brought down on the last tackle at a crucial stage in the grand final against the Sydney Roosters in October.
Wighton is adamant he saw referee Ben Cummins signal "six again" before he changed his decision mid-play - something the NRL rule book states is not allowed.
A captain's challenge in such a situation would allow Raiders skippers Jarrod Croker and Josh Hodgson to review the play, which would have shown exactly what Wighton had seen.
Annesley admits there is nothing stopping teams from using a challenge tactically to slow the game down, but said coaches already use rules to their advantage and a wasted challenge could have repercussions later in the game.
The NRL will work through the operational details on how the challenge would be applied and a report will be put to the commission in February for approval.
Restrictions on trainers will be introduced to spend less time on the field with limitations to be finalised at a later meeting.
That too is a welcome sign for frustrated fans after the outdated mutual infringement law came into the spotlight early in the grand final.
The archaic law was highlighted when Canberra's Sia Soliola charged down a ball but it hit an opposition trainer and the Roosters were given a scrum feed, changing momentum.
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Under the new rule, referees will replay the previous play-the-ball instead of resetting with a scrum in favour of the attacking team.
Meanwhile, two tactical changes have been made with a 20/40 rule introduced, while teams will also be given an option to select the lateral scrum position either 10 or 20 metres from touch or in line with the black dot on the cross bar.
Further, players can't be tackled while in the air - a defender will need to wait until the player reaches the ground. However, there is still room for contesting the ball.