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@hurricanejosh
i think removing bike on bike would keep obstruction/interference in check.
and uolmo is on to something with the basketball rule analogy, for those who don't watch/know the game here's the jist-
if a player is in a blocking position and has his feet planted and stationary and the offensive player runs him over, it's the offensive player who gets the foul. if he doesn't have his feet planted, he gets the foul.
wouldn't that make sense for polo? especially if there was a stoppage/turn-over rule. if someone is carrying the ball up court and is fouled off it (this could be made to footdown, or fouled illegal and they lose the ball), they get the ball back in their own zone as though after a goal. if the defender is planted, and is caused to foot-down or fouled hard, their team gets the ball. as skills develop, possession is more and more valuable and rules like this make a bit more sense than when everyone was just whacking and chasing