Golden point "may be scrapped" for this year's National Rugby League finals series and grand final, with the NRL Competition Committee to "consider alternatives for deciding sudden-death matches" -- including adopting the NFL's overtime policy so a field goal does not "immediately end the game," according to Brad Walter of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. While Johnathan Thurston's 83rd-minute field goal to win last year's grand final for North Queensland is "considered an iconic moment in the game's history, there are many who believe it is not the way a premiership should be decided." The NRL Competition Committee will meet next month "for the first time since then and the main issue on the agenda is how finals and grand finals should be decided if the scores are tied at full-time." Among the options to be discussed are:
- Extra time of either five or 10 minutes "each way followed by golden point if the scores are still level."
- Golden try.
- The NFL model in which the opposition "is given an opportunity to respond if a team kicks a field goal in extra time" (SMH, 4/19).
