The NRL 'stole' the golden point concept from American football a few years back, but left out one vital aspect of the NFL rule.
And had they taken the full NFL model, the Newcastle Knights may well have drawn - or even won - Saturday night's thriller against the Panthers.
In the NFL's extra time, if a team kicks a field goal before the other team has touched the ball - as happened on Saturday night with Nathan Cleary's winning field goal 40 seconds into golden point - the game is not over.
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