The NRL will trial the shot clock for the first time in the top grade with time limits to be placed on the Parramatta and Canberra game on Sunday.
While time restrictions have featured in some under-20s games in the past two weeks, the match at Pirtek Stadium will be the first for an NRL game, before it is implemented permanently next year.
With the Eels and Raiders out of finals contention both clubs agreed to allow the trial to take place. Line dropouts must start within 30 seconds while scrums needs to be formed by 35 seconds otherwise the infringing team will be penalised.
NRL head of football Todd Greenberg said he appreciated the club's support of the trial.
"This is an opportunity not only to continue to trial the technology and finetune the rules attached to the shot clock, but also for fans to get their first look at what will be an important innovation for the game in 2016," Greenberg said.
"The rules and the timings will reflect the trials which have already taken place in Holden Cup – 30 seconds for dropouts and 35 seconds for scrums – but it will allow us to importantly see their impact in the NRL. The shot clock is a significant step for the game and, in conjunction with the reduction in interchange, is designed to reward endurance and give our fans a more free-flowing, entertaining game."
While a shot clock will be introduced into all NRL matches next year it is yet to determined what the time limits will be.
The NRL has already trialled the technology in games this season. The shot clock will wind down once a referee signals a scrum feed. If both teams do not pack in time, a penalty will be awarded to the attacking team, while if one side is not ready to resume play, a penalty will be blown to the other side.
The implantation of a shot clock coincided with the decision to drop the interchange from 10 to eight replacements, while a decision on the referee "bunker" will be made at the end of the year.
