The recent furore over the Sam Cane v Robbie Henshaw collision in the second test between Ireland and New Zealand got me to thinking about the merits of using slow motion video to make judgements about potential foul play incidents in rugby. I think we have all heard the meme that sometimes, looking
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JP (John Paul) Doyle is a referee that all English rugby fans will know. Having risen up the ranks quickly in the RFU, JP became a full time referee in 2008 as part of the RFU's elite referee trainee program,
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With just a handful of tier one Internationals to his name, Pascal Gaüzère is one of the most inexperienced test referees in the RWC team. One of three French referees
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Hi all .
And a question to phil E .
Many times on this rugby forum .
A poster will post A question , and members some time offer good advice / wrong advice ( even if not intended to be wrong ) .. some times spot on advice & some times way off the wall advice .
I understand the concept of a...
Play approaches goal line and ball carrier is held up by defenders and is pushed over the goal line by his team mates. Unable to touch down and additional defenders then push the maul back over the goal line into the field of play. Ref allowed play to continue and an attacker picked up the ball...
Interesting one that happened in wasps Toulouse today
Red, attacking 10m from Black ball line, fumble a pass, knock on. Ref plays adv , red get to the ball first and kick it into the Black in goal and over the DBL
Restart ... ?
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Had the situation in an U14's game at the weekend where the restart at half way didn't go 10m, bounced and went into touch .without being played by either team
Gave an option to the receiving team for re kick or line out on half way, they took the line out.
Not sure if the option was...
For today’s match I know that a team is travelling with 6 players. According to competition rules a minimum of 9 players per side with an agreement between captains before the match starts with regards to an exchange of players.
What I want to know is and I can’t find it anywhere is what is the...
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Well intended advice v correct answer
Thread Starter: ChristyHi all . And a question to phil E . Many times on this rugby forum . A poster will post A question , and members some time offer good advice / wrong advice ( even if not intended to be wrong ) .. some times spot on advice & some times way off the wall advice . I understand the concept of a...
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