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From my game yesterday, green kick for touch , black 11 jumps from the field of play to try and knock the ball back in play , but his knock is unsuccessful, the ball still lands in touch (as does black 11)
So whose throw is it ?
It all depends on whether the ball had passed the plane, doesn't...
reffed a 7s tournament yesterday.
White player tackled and lays the ball back (with hands on it) to team mate.
2 Blue players contest the ruck and blow the White team mate away such that the White tackled player is left on the ground holding the ball for 1, 2, 3, 4 seconds with no other...
Here's one I've never seen before.
In the Bay of Plenty v Counties Manukau game this weekend, BOP are attacking the CM line. One of the CM players removes the post-protector (let's assume he just wanted to defend the line more easily and it wasn't a more cynical removal). The referee immediately...
From my interesting game at the weekend
I award a PK to black inside their own 22m and play advantage as they have the ball, and an opportunity to counter attack , black centre gets away and hoofs the ball a long way down the pitch .
but it bounces into touch .
I come back for the PK and...
Apologies for starting a new thread on this but I have been reading various threads on the new laws dealing with this matter in various ways and didn’t know where to really post it. At the same time didn’t want it to be missed by those that might be interested.
I sent the following to the RFU:-...
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I hate these weird touch scenarios !
Thread Starter: crossrefFrom my game yesterday, green kick for touch , black 11 jumps from the field of play to try and knock the ball back in play , but his knock is unsuccessful, the ball still lands in touch (as does black 11) So whose throw is it ? It all depends on whether the ball had passed the plane, doesn't...
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