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Agreed, I said "not entirely hers" meaning she shares the blame with others :) I've not seen the abuse, only that she found it unacceptable....

I don't think so. If in the first case the player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, but they catch it before it hits the ground, it's...

althouhg jz558 has got me genuinely wondering now if the AND is only supposed to be to the last one !

i think actually she poked the cobra, the cobra ignored her - or perhaps we heard the tiniest of hisses - and then she got completely roasted on...

And what is wrong with showing emotion and that prompting support from her employer and the RFU for the unacceptable abuse? Just because no-one else...

Excellent post. Prehaps rather then the "if you can't stand the heat..." tueism a better on e here might be "if you poke the Cobra don't be...

You read the law in conjunction with the definitions. In fairnes you always include the definitions in the specific laws although he it certainly...

I don't think you can think of this in isolation. There is a growing feeling coming from sport (and elsewhere) that the abuse on social media needs...

Actually that is the definition not the law. If you foolishly go to law 11 looking for enlightenment you find none. I think we all agree that...

If it had happened on halfway and after the ball went back from the leg followed by an England knock on in trying to retrieve the loose ball, what...

I think you have proved my point as you have misunderstood the Law ! The law is actually (my line breask Knock-on: When a player loses...

agreed - also an odd part of our game, So we have found ourselves in a position where we have constructed a game where very often the winning...

You might have just demonstrated that it isn't clear! The ball touching the ground or another player applies to all three cases - which I think is...

Id suggest that at times for defensive reset reasons this still happens in football and hockey (not that ive played hocley for decades!) didds

no you don't :biggrin:

surely she has peronal professional integrity? And "Only following orders" is no excuse. didds

that's exactly what I think the reasoning was. If a player did similar over the goal line (made continual contact with the ball with his hand...

In this instance I think the law is pretty clear and a rewrite would not do anything to help. The current law list 3 occasions when a knock-on...

I think that is not reasonable. I only saw the Farrell piece but the interviewer would know full well that Farrell would have got a big smack from WR...

It's counterproductive, too. IMO she didn't do very well with the interviews (and FWIW I thought Farrell actually handled it pretty well) but...

It does seem counterintuitive but no more so than a game in which senior coaches think their best chance of winning is by having less possession. I...

I hate to say it - but the Law defining a knock on does need to be rewritten. It's all very well decrying a 'legalistic' view of the Laws, but...

Watching it again this morning, maybe the TMO thought his right hand was always in contact with the ball until it hit his hip, then went straight...

I agree with Didds. It wasn't probing, insightful journalism, it was prodding for a sensational soundbite. But she's surely guided/encouraged in that...

Cant recall if I said this already... how often do we see a #9 done for knock on when they drop the ball at the base of a ruck. It "always" gets...

My take - not a million pence from 2 from the rest of you all. 1) the internet abuse is thoroughly unacceptable 2) the questioning was intended...

She asked the same questions of every interviewee, Welsh and English . And those were the talking points of the match The other talking point was...

Gosh, is that a significant change from 2017 to 2018 that doesn't appear in my table of differences ? Well it is sort of covered in Law 20.1...

The TMO clearly tells the ref that the ball didn't go forwards (see eg 2:10 into this clip) - and that he can stick with his on field decision. Did...

Why was this removed?