Dan54
David Wilson (68)
Could do WOB, still like to see it, and apparently he offered services for NPC
Refereeing decisions
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Eyes and Ears
Bob Davidson (42)
He's the referee for SA v Argentina on 24 September
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
The match thread is now (rightfully) locked, so...
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Case closed.
Bundy Bar rides again: Waratahs plan to revive party zone at new Allianz
NSW Rugby bosses want to bring the crowds back to Waratahs games by drawing in young punters, and those who loved Leichhardt Oval as well.
Case closed.
Grant NZ
Bill Watson (15)
The match thread is now (rightfully) locked, so...
Bundy Bar rides again: Waratahs plan to revive party zone at new Allianz
NSW Rugby bosses want to bring the crowds back to Waratahs games by drawing in young punters, and those who loved Leichhardt Oval as well.
Case closed.
Even though I thought it was a pen, it was never close to a citing.
Jimmy_Crouch
Peter Johnson (47)
Where do I start about tonight?
Grant NZ
Bill Watson (15)
Some pretty bizarre calls - I'm still trying to figure out what he was talking about when he stopped the Boks from taking that quick throw in.
John S
Chilla Wilson (44)
Yeah that had me scratching my head too
liquor box
Peter Sullivan (51)
I really hat box kicks and the ridiculous time it take to kick the ball, one thing that has bugged me for a while is the player who stands next to the ruck but does not bind and is there to block attempts by the defensive team from getting the the 9 who is about to kick the ball.
If a ruck is formed, should he be retreating if he is not binding on, if he claims he is about to bind then he is coming in from the side of the ruck. Why is he not deemed to have been to be blocking the defence just like someone changing their line when running, his only purpose is to stop defensive efforts. Should the blocker be forced to turn around and retreat for a second after the ball is kicked?
Can anyone with a knowledge of the rules explain why a blocker can just stand there and not be penalised? Why not just put a blocker near the back of a scrum to protect the 9 there as well?
If a ruck is formed, should he be retreating if he is not binding on, if he claims he is about to bind then he is coming in from the side of the ruck. Why is he not deemed to have been to be blocking the defence just like someone changing their line when running, his only purpose is to stop defensive efforts. Should the blocker be forced to turn around and retreat for a second after the ball is kicked?
Can anyone with a knowledge of the rules explain why a blocker can just stand there and not be penalised? Why not just put a blocker near the back of a scrum to protect the 9 there as well?
Grant NZ
Bill Watson (15)
It's totally offside/obstruction, but other than every now and then when WR (World Rugby) asks refs to explicitly police it, it just gets ignored 99% of the time.
Ignoto
Peter Sullivan (51)
I'm still confused at how O'Keefe handled two 'foul play' incidents.
The Wallabies had multiple penalty advantage in the second half, only for Alan to do a high clean out. O'Keefe overturned our penalty advantage.
Mapimpi scores, gets carded for foul play. But, O'Keefe lets the try stand as the foul play occurred after the try had been scored.
So, what am I missing in terms of why one could be overturned but not the other?
The Wallabies had multiple penalty advantage in the second half, only for Alan to do a high clean out. O'Keefe overturned our penalty advantage.
Mapimpi scores, gets carded for foul play. But, O'Keefe lets the try stand as the foul play occurred after the try had been scored.
So, what am I missing in terms of why one could be overturned but not the other?
tragic
John Solomon (38)
Actually the offside line at a ruck is at the feet of the hindmost player. So if the blocker is behind there he’s fine. And he doesn’t need to move out of the way. He just can’t change his line to block the charging player. So if he stands still behind the hindmost feet he’s fine.
You could also do it at a scum if you were behind the offside line but who would do it? A forward can’t detach from the scrum prematurely so it would have to be a back, in which case you’d be leaving yourself short.
Grant NZ
Bill Watson (15)
I mean, that's not inconsistent - a try being scored is different to advantage. Refs will often reverse a penalty if the second offence is more serious (ie, foul play vs offside).
It's not very well written, but the advantage law does address this -
That last sentence is key & if the subsequent infringement is for foul play, the ref will call that one.
I don't recall the incident, but if he was playing advantage for a non Law 9 penalty, the right call is to call advantage over & penalise Aus.
The Mapimpi one was different though - the try was scored, it was dead ball when he committed his foul play. There's no mechanism for 'reversing a try' if a subsequent offence happens, the appropriate decision is to award a pen where the restart would have occurred.
Grant NZ
Bill Watson (15)
Other than the HB, no other backs can be inside the 5 at a scrum.
Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
Maybe Ebzebet gave Okeefe the crazy eyes in the tunnel and he was scared to rule against his team
Grant NZ
Bill Watson (15)
Paisami was the tackler.
Eyes and Ears
Bob Davidson (42)
SA 15 was Yellow Carded and the game finsihed 15 on 13 and we dropped the ball again when we should have scored one more try.