
Originally Posted by
Ian_Cook
I read about this on Friday/Saturday, here
http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/rmu...redefine-ruck/
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Two of the changes are good ones IMO
1. ...
2. Only one player (attacker or defender) will be needed to form a ruck. So as soon as a jackler arrives
and goes for the ball, a ruck is formed and offside lines appear
Ian, you may have more information that I do. However, text from the link you gave as your source says:
Under the proposed new version of the law, an attacker or defender on their feet over the ball now create a ruck*and therefore, the offside line. It currently requires both.
Based on that, the text shown in red in your post appears superfluous. As soon as the jackler arrives, a ruck is formed. Unless there is another fairly major tweak to Law 16.4(b), then the jackler is prevented from handling in the ruck his own arrival formed. We need a new Law 23 - the Law of Unintended Consequences.