NRL head of football elite competitions Graham Annesley has revealed the ARL Commission will consider a rule change after a controversial moment in Saturday's clash between the Raiders and Sea Eagles.
A successful Canberra captain's challenge saw an on-field decision of knock on overturned and the Raiders retain the ball.
The decision came on the back of a Hudson Young break but because teammate Adam Cook had not been tackled before referee Grant Atkins blew his whistle, the Raiders were forced to go all the way back to the previous play the ball, 40 metres back, to resume play.
It was the correct application of the mutual infringement rule, but speaking in his weekly football briefing, Annesley said the rule will be looked at in the off-season to determine if there is a better way to restart the game to ensure teams aren't disadvantaged.
Raiders incident that could prompt rule review
"The rules can always be reviewed at the end of the year and will always be reviewed," he said. "They will not necessarily be changed but they'll always be reviewed.
"Generally reviews comes because of circumstances that have taken place throughout the season, no doubt this type of situation will be looked at.
"Could the laws of the game be changed to cater for this in a different way? Of course, because we changed it a few years ago. It used to be the team with the greatest territorial advantage got the ball. That was deemed to be unfair in certain circumstances so it changed to let's go back and replay the point because at least the team in possession retains possession so it didn't come down to territory."
The discussion came as Annesley addressed a number of controversial moments across Round 23 of the NRL season.
The official confirmed the decision to award Penrith a match-winning try in Friday night's come from behind win over Parramatta despite questions over an obstruction in the lead up to the try.
Annesley also declared the bunker got it right when awarding the Warriors a penalty try after Mitch Barnett was pulled back while chasing a grubber in the in goal in Sunday's loss to the Dolphins.
This incident was then compared to contact on Newcastle's Tyson Frizell in a similar situation later on Sunday.
Annesley acknowledged Tigers hooker Api Koroisau made contact with the forward but quickly pulled his arm away and did not impede Frizell as he unsuccessfully chased after a loose ball. As a result, he said the correct decision was made when no penalty was awarded.
Mitch Barnett Penalty Try
Izack Tago's try in Penrith's win was the most controversial moment of the weekend after Liam Martin made contact with Blaize Talagi and Daejarn Asi.
The bunker reviewed the incident closely during the game, determining Martin had run at Talagi's inside shoulder before their feet got tangled, causing the Panther to stumble into Asi.
It was ruled Martin was not liable for the contact with Asi due to the prior collision with Talagi. The bunker also factored in the fact Penrith's Daine Laurie did not run through the gap caused by the collision, instead running to the outside of the field before linking up with Tago.
Izack Tago 2nd Try
Annesley acknowledged obstruction rulings are subjective but backed the decision to award the try.
"We'll never get universal agreement on obstruction, everyone needs to understand that," he said. "There will always be different views on whether obstruction as occurred and if it has, what impact it had on the play.
"These are things the bunker and referees have to weigh up in determining whether the contact has deliberately disadvantaged the defensive team.
"They are judgement calls. We've been completely transparent in the way they went through it. We hear them working through it very methodically. It wasn't just 'alright let it go'. They've gone through a process, looked at each component and made a judgement call that they don't think they're required to intervene."
