Old Pig
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Referee Nic Berry under fire for two home crowd decisions while Brumbies were in attack
The Brumbies were penalised early in the second half for holding on, and then, later on, were ruled to have knocked on despite the…
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At 1:10 of the video in the link, the black player dives over the ruck to knock the ball from the white player's hands. Is this legal?
15.5 An arriving player must be on their feet and join from behind their offside line.
If he is diving, he is not on his feet? But the ref is right there, as the ball is clearly out. But diving over players???
If the ruck is over, is he attempting a tackle? If so
9.11 Players must not do anything that is reckless or dangerous to others, including leading with the elbow or forearm or jumping into, or over, a tackler.
So even if his getting to the white 9 is somehow legal, then isn't it:
11.3 A player must not intentionally knock the ball forward with hand or arm.
I don't know how I feel about this one. Its great pressure from an aggressive loose forward, but I think if I saw a player diving over others, I'd call it dangerous play.
Let me know what you think?