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Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
That's Mark Robson; he's funny.
Some of his classics this year have been:
Scarlets v Leinster - Horgan scores: "That was as easy as pulling the legs off a spider."
Same game, a scuffle between 2 ex-Lions tourists - "There's a couple of Lions pawing at each other."
Leinster v Brive - Nacewa try after some nice fluid rugby: "That was liquid engineering."
Same game - "Waqaseduadua, he's a good player. He's the best player in the world with 11 vowels in his name. (A slight exaggeration.)
Not funny? As you were then.
Some of his classics this year have been:
Scarlets v Leinster - Horgan scores: "That was as easy as pulling the legs off a spider."
Same game, a scuffle between 2 ex-Lions tourists - "There's a couple of Lions pawing at each other."
Leinster v Brive - Nacewa try after some nice fluid rugby: "That was liquid engineering."
Same game - "Waqaseduadua, he's a good player. He's the best player in the world with 11 vowels in his name. (A slight exaggeration.)
Not funny? As you were then.
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I have no problem at all with the move,
1: WRT a forward pass, he caught it himself and it did not come off another player -
2: can't be obstruction as the ball was not in posession when the players crossed so BOD could not have been legally tackled anyway.
1: WRT a forward pass, he caught it himself and it did not come off another player -
2: can't be obstruction as the ball was not in posession when the players crossed so BOD could not have been legally tackled anyway.
Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
Nick is right methinks.
There is a convention, if it is not a law that he could get hammered before he caught it and the obstruction should apply too.
One thing you see a bit of is - a fellow running after a kicked ball; it bounces and the runner tries to catch it but accidentally knocks it forward. If he catches it before it touches the ground he can play on, so he is deemed to be of control of it between the knock and the catch.
Therefore he can get tackled before he catches it.
It's not the same as the BOD thingo but the principle is much the same IMO.
There is a convention, if it is not a law that he could get hammered before he caught it and the obstruction should apply too.
One thing you see a bit of is - a fellow running after a kicked ball; it bounces and the runner tries to catch it but accidentally knocks it forward. If he catches it before it touches the ground he can play on, so he is deemed to be of control of it between the knock and the catch.
Therefore he can get tackled before he catches it.
It's not the same as the BOD thingo but the principle is much the same IMO.
MajorlyRagerly
Trevor Allan (34)
Can't blame him for trying it at all, looks a cracker of a move.
but I agree with NTA... its' either a knock on or obstruction.
but I agree with NTA... its' either a knock on or obstruction.
As a ref I had a major misgiving while watching this, and so it proved after consulting my law book: Law 12 Knock On or Throw Forward, "A throw forward occurs when a player throws or passes the ball forward. 'Forward' means towards the opposing team's dead ball line." If the ball going forward from BOD was unintentional he would've been in the clear. But as Brian did the throwing, he's buggered. Whistle, penalty back here.
Still it was nice to watch.
Still it was nice to watch.
Biffo
Ken Catchpole (46)
Lindommer said:
Can I ask a question here? Let's refer to what in league is known as the "momentum thing" wrt forward passes. Yes, I know, the Yuropean rugby people have trouble understanding this because they have no player fast enough to create forward momentum of the ball :lmao:. If O'Driscoll threw the ball straight up, or even a little backward, its momentum would have carried it forward and he could catch it without it having been thrown forward. ??
Or has my Friday night out in Melbourne town too successfully dulled my senses?
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this is where I do my outside-in. You southern hemisphere lads just can't grasp this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXGgU81spdo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXGgU81spdo
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