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I knew a ref who used to pull out a red handkerchief to blow his nose at select moments 😃

Its ingrained for the likes of you & I but consider the casual observer. A kick for touch in GP gives you gain in ground and throw in to opposition. Unless its kicked out on the full in which case no gain in ground. Unless the kicker is in own 22 in which case gain in ground. Unless ball...

Rugby is complicated enough now for players, refs & spectators. This just adds more complexity

Let me see if i can untangle this. 1. Defending pillar is offside near goal line 2. Attacking ball carrier barrels through offside player & a couple of others to apparently ground ball 3. TMO decides ball carrier has knocked on so no try BB suggests PT is the go. Yeah, nah

Yep. But that's not new

From your description a try wasn't prevented, so PT not the right decision.

In a pick & go situation on goal line with ball carrier crouched & driving, it would be harsh to ping defender for some high contact.

I hope I never give a PT with a "FFS. I'm done with this shit, and you had enough warnings" mindset

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It looked to me like the ref just wanted to get out of there. Penalties hadn't done it as the attacking team declined shots at goal, so without an attacking knock on, the game would still be going now. Couldn't see it in detail but a head contact PT in a pick & go situation with bodies...

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGCdP7c7mM/_l4gjbL1CfX4mDqXOvWDDg/view?utm_content=DAGCdP7c7mM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor#57 A new resource published by RA. Thoughts? Slide 21 is interesting. Because you can't have a tackle in-goal (as per definitions), you can't...

Asics. Always Asics

all OK as long as the thrower hasn't balked in any way. If he started with ball overhead I might have a problem.

If it was 1% then you'd see 99 phases of play in a row which never happens. I reckon its more like 10% which is what the PTB want. If it was any more than that the ball carrying team would be disinclined to take the ball into contact and we go back to aerial ping pong

Its difficult to comment without seeing it. So Saracens have possession at back of ruck. Ref calls "use it". Bath counter-ruck but unsuccessfully and Saracens still maintain possession. How much did the counter-ruck disrupt the Saracens SH? If at all, then I'd restart the "use it" once it had...

I don't get too fussed about HT length. Once the teams start to look like they're ready to go, whistle. But my games aren't in driving snow 😀

Clever play by Blue 12. Spot on decision by ref

And what would you do if the lucky team decided to take the scrum option? 😀

So don't have a lineout in favour of a PK into touch & then have a lineout? And the penalty decision ... penalise who & based on what criteria?

there is another (my preferred) option. Once the cards are dished out and its all settled down ... restart with the lineout to Blue. That way you're not sending a message that one team is more or less culpable in the whole mess. They're all equally at fault, the miscreants have been dealt with...