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Completely agree with your assessment. Difficult to go to PT but easy to call PK & YC.

You may well know the referee who was involved with this game. Please would you ask him to explain why he considered the pitch suitable 24 hours before the game, but after 24 hours of sun and wind...

I was in Jersey that weekend to watch that very match.
I can tell you for absolute certainty it was the Nottingham coach/captain who declared the pitch was unsuitable to play. It was pretty muddy,...

Couple of coaches' thoughts:

When I was doing my RFU level 2 coach course this very subject was discussed, particularly the concept that 'the ruck is formed and then collapsed, therefore a...

If there's only one thing you say in your pre match chat then it is to establish that front row are Suitably Trained and Experienced [STE] and that they know how you are going to call the sequence...

IMO he seemed to call 'use it' during the second phase shove which is legally detailed in our dear book. He failed to differentiate from a 'first' shove and a 'second' shove, and completely missed...

There's even a referee signal for it!

http://dev.irblaws.com/EN/signals/ No 18.

Note it says ruck first in the narrative!

Part of the reason collapsing a ruck has possibly been...

YES! They were players, coaches, referees and RFU personnel. I find it amazing really!

Thanks OB. This is the law I pointed out to a colleague after I said pass me the law book and I'll show you. They smugly sat there and said 'shall we come back in a week, when you'll still be...

Should RFU coach educators have a very clear understanding of the lawbook before engaging on being educators to the next generations of coaches?

I am genuinely shocked[dramatic] by recent events I...

I'm not for one moment trying to be controversial, however I do know of many L7 players who have indulged in the steroids scene. They were good players, ended up seriously well built, but then ended...

Good point

Not sure? Does that then set the 10m 'line' say 10m behind the kicker thus potentially rendering all players offside?

But The Umpire has highlighted the Law as saying kicked ahead. It's unusual, but in this circumstance, the kick was not ahead. I think T U is asking if this law should be applied at all in the...

I wasn't expecting to see a picture that showed the second variance proving it not to be a maul, but was merely suggesting that the picture did support the first variance - as it should, because that...

This may well have been asked before, sorry about that!

In this extract from the IRB laws, I interpret the first sentence (and second) as meaning the bare minimum requirement for a maul is the...

Illegal shots which count for nowt??????

Thanks - good input, however it might come about is useful... keep the ideas coming!

PS I am really interested as to WHY the line out caller makes the call...? More thoughts?

Any more serious input to this thread.... please! Was hoping for a bit more diverse opinon? I must say, one of the reasons I asked initially, was that quite a lot of Northern Hemisphere people say...

@Simon Thomas

Who made calls in your playing days Simon?

The title says it all! Not a refereeing question but I believe lots of experienced people on here able to answer. Who do you believe should make the line out calls and why? {No tricks! I'm just...

Previously the furthest up the pitch you could be (towards where player wants to score) was where the ball went out of play. Now it can be the 'line of touch'. If you imagine, a kick was put out on...

I would like to start a slow burning thread regarding this - rugby is a sport that has abided by sacrement towards the referee's decision ( opinion/knowledge) etc How many people are observing...

I'm not surprised - if it did then it would be a massive advance on ruining the competition at the scrum, therefore making the scrum a lesser element of the game. This unique factor of the game is...

Is it not crazy to try and specialise players at a young age?