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Hunter v Randwick and Easts v Hunter over the next 2 weeks will probably be the key games. My gut feeling is that this is the Top 8 as I believe Easts need to beat Hunter and one of Gordon or Norths. If you assume the Top 3 are in, then the other key teams have the following run in: Gordon -...

This is true but what Old High Boy has missed is that this scenario is almost always after a player has attempted an intercept with one arm/hand. Even in the Angus Gardner video, these are largely the scenarios.

I thought it was pretty good. The Marcus Smith try stole away the energy of the game and the crowd.

But Wests led 19-0 before the Red Card. Jack Deb is playing for Wests.

I can't see why not. His suspension has been served and he has been playing 2nd grade for Manly (Rugby Union Club)

If Gamble wants to play Test Rugby and have a goal to go to the World Cup, then Wallabies is his best bet (assuming his eligibility come through in enough time)

So has Horton been let go?

Forward pass would be first offence. Receiving player impacts line break and penalty try considerations.

Yes, Old High Boy is correct about the regather but to dismiss the one hand impact on that determination is incorrect. It's an instant trigger to the referees. Even in this video, Angus Gardner regularly refers to one hand as a factor. If you get 2 hands to it and aren't trying to just knock...

Nice explanation but trying to catch the ball with 1 hand is definitely one of the factors that referees use to assess the reasonable chance to regather. I think you will find many people on this site understand the interpretation of this Law but they believe it to be wrong.

Is it actually the case that these players haven't played much this year? Does it differ by contract type? Wilson and Bowen seemed to have played pretty regularly at Easts so far this year.

He must have been a decent footballer at that age as I believe he played Shute Shield when he was in Year 12 at Newington.

Interestingly in the first one, AN would have received a YC if he hadn't regathered.

The interpretation used is - "was there a reasonable expectation for the player to catch the ball?" If they try to catch the ball with 1 hand, they almost never catch it and the answer to the question is No. Therefore it is used a deliberate knock-on. If there was a line break opportunity...

In a way, we just created a verson of an Orange Card with the 20 min Red. It has worked well but doesn't have global support. Australia winning the first test with 14 men probably didn't help our cause for the introduction of the 20 min Red. Also if you think we have inconsistency with 2...

I don't believe this system would save any time unless you fully delegate the decision to the TMO. If not, it will take just as long for the referee to view it andd would be even bigger intrusion when we stop the game several minutes later.

I know Shore are having a run against Cranbrook on Friday this week.

Score box is showing we scored a try

not if we pick QC (Quade Cooper), SK, and MK

They start with the premise that our scrum is hopeless so whenever they get penalised they believe it is wrong. (Perhaps we do the same, just the other way around)