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Am I too late for the "it's political correctness gone mad" comments?

He can trespass on as many things as he likes, the fact is he is good at rugby and there are no shortage of clubs willing to pay him to play for their team. The ARU or the Brumbies can fire him if they want, but they wont, because he is good at what he does.

Intelligence is what separates us from rugby league. I for one hope players are encouraged to stand up for what they believe in, doing so in a peaceful but dedicated and passionate matter. I think over the last year we have established that there are too many air-heads in the Wallabies...

One of the American commentary gems: Craig Joubert forgets who the home team is and starts talking like he's in Auckland:

Toulon vs Toulouse (oct 12) English commentary, featuring Robbie Nock and Digby Ioane. Robbie: "Yellow card for Bakkies Botha". Digby: "Told ya mate, Bakkies..... again. Top bloke, but very dirty in the games".

None of this rubbish happened when Elsom was captain.

I've had enough. Bring back Robbie Deans.

Good day for rugby. Great atmosphere as well. DHP was outstanding and Godwin seems very switched on, as you would be heading into the Wallabies squad.

The ball carriers' feet may leave the ground in a tackle without any lifting having occurred, there are other factors such as momentum and the ball carriers' actions which may cause such a situation to occur. Hence, not every tackle is a lifting tackle. It's obvious when a tackler is pushing...

Don't carry a lawbook with you at all times IS? :D Law 9 is the one with regard to scoring goals. It says if a team mate of the kicker touches the ball, the kick is disallowed. If the opponents touch the ball, that should have no bearing on the kick success.

To lift some pressure off the referees, how about they give one lucky member of the crowd a device that can be used to signal to the referee whether or not a line out was straight?

Chuck that one on youtube GAGR, what a play.

That's somewhat proving HJ's point though. The ARU documents indicate it's an automatic YC for lifting past the horizontal, whereas other places of authority stick to the "if they bring them down safely it's ok" interpretation.

The directives are in the game management guidelines, sent to all teams and referees before the season (hopefully). http://www.rugby.com.au/Portals/22/2014%20Laws/2014%20Game%20Management%20Guidelines.pdf On the last page emphasized in red:

Yeah, it's a tackle off the ball/obstruction if it goes beyond reasonable distance/force. I would have thought 1-2m is getting extreme. Something maybe to talk about locally though I agree, there is no law reference.

@ruckhudson - So you are suggesting that because "another player" - being the team mate behind the man who "knocked the ball on" has touched the ball before the original player has "caught" it, a knock on has occurred? That's an interesting view, a well thought out one at that. However, all...

It's true the law could be interpreted both ways, but the way it's ruled from top-down is "play on" - which when in doubt is always the best call!

You are 90% right about the law! But let's look at the other 10%. Law 11 - definition of a knock on: The ball can be re-caught (albeit, slapped backwards) by the attacker before a knock on occurs. That's OK though. The important part is you had an idea of what the law said in your head...

I didn't see the Sharks game. However, the reason those penalties are given is because players advance towards the line out before the ball is out, in order to prevent the quick throw - usually players 30m down-field from the kick. The ball is in touch when it touches a person, an object, or...

"The Argentinies come out hard" - Post game interview with the captain. :D Sorry had to quote that.