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Desmond Connor (43)
Imagine the speed of the game if you actually played it by the law.
It'd be the slowest game in the world mate.
Imagine the speed of the game if you actually played it by the law.
I agree with your position but it seems World Rugby is encouraging crooked feeds at scrum time.remember rugby is designed to be a contest for the ball, lineout, scrum, ruck etc
It'd be the slowest game in the world mate.
I noticed Paul Williams did not get a gig this week in any capacity.
Anyone know if that was pre planned or a response to his shocker the week before.
It would be nice to think there was some accountability, even if it's not publicised.
I noticed Paul Williams did not get a gig this week in any capacity.
Anyone know if that was pre planned or a response to his shocker the week before?
It would be nice to think there was some accountability, even if it's not publicised.
Law 19.7- (b)The throw-in at the lineout must be taken without delay and without pretending to throw. Sanction:Free Kick on the 15-metre line
Is this only meant to apply to hookers?
We constantly see backs gather a ball outside the sideline when an attacking team kicks the ball out then pretend to throw a quick lineout. They then often place the ball on the ground if there was someone ready to defend it and a 'normal" line out takes place.
Why are backs not penalised?
I don't think that it's actually a line-out. It's a quick throw in before the line-out has set. Once it has, the line-out has formed and the quick throw cannot be taken.Law 19.7- (b)The throw-in at the lineout must be taken without delay and without pretending to throw. Sanction:Free Kick on the 15-metre line
Is this only meant to apply to hookers?
We constantly see backs gather a ball outside the sideline when an attacking team kicks the ball out then pretend to throw a quick lineout. They then often place the ball on the ground if there was someone ready to defend it and a 'normal" line out takes place.
Why are backs not penalised?
As long as the tackler releases, and everyone else comes through the gate, and other tackle requirements are met is there actually anything illegal about dragging a player who hasn't released the ball?Just saw, in the Sunwolves Cheetahs game, again the illegal practice of shoving the tackled player over the touch line either by the tackler or his teammate well after that tackle is made.
It looks good and the referee usually awards a lineout to the defending team BUT if it happened well away from the touch line and in middle of the field, a penalty would be thus awarded against the defending team.
In this situation, Marias from Cheetahs actually went in from the side and picked up the tackled player's legs to cart it over the touch line. Result is lineout to Cheetahs and few mins later, a try to Cheetahs occurs.
Why don't the referees do see it for what it is, an illegal play and stop this professional foul?
Just to add to that - can't be a ruck as the ball wasnt on the ground.Saw the game and if there was indeed a ruck formed (there wasn't) then A: the force player never released the reds player before stripping the ball and B: when the ball was lost during the strip, the force player lying on the ground is not legally allowed to kick it away.
As long as the tackler releases, and everyone else comes through the gate, and other tackle requirements are met is there actually anything illegal about dragging a player who hasn't released the ball?
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Isn't the requirement that once the ball carrier has a knee on the ground there has to be clear release - ie a split second when no defender has hold of him or the ball, during which time he must play the ball?As long as the tackler releases, and everyone else comes through the gate, and other tackle requirements are met is there actually anything illegal about dragging a player who hasn't released the ball?
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Again though, if the ball carrier was released, and other players came through the right way, what law is being broken by the draggers?I reiterate that in this situation I described above, the tackler or his teammate illegally grabbed the tackled player and not the ball itself to drag that player into touch, they only did it to win possession via their own line out throw subsequently. They would have had to drag the player sideways to the touchline. not backwards or forwards parallel to the line of touch.
They wouldn't do that in the middle of the field so to speak otherwise they will get pinged.