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This is listed under the Maul law. It's not great wording (no surprise there), but what it means is that a player cannot form a maul by binding onto...

its the PS that is what I was getting at. The law simply says "Players must not bind onto a team-mate who is in possession of the ball....

not significantly though. an inch or two? Faz didnt start by aiming at his chest with his shoulder and the head drop a foot ...

From https://www.englandrugby.com/governance/discipline/citing-commisioners - so yes, must have been missed by all the no club raised it either ...

Surely if there was a citing officer, they would have easily considered a red-card threshhold arrived at here? I understand the bit about no TMO...

No TMO, so ref has one look. Did he even see it? From a citing point of view he did wrap, the kicker was dropping in height, so it "may" not...

Not 100% sure what your getting at Didds, so this might be the wrong answer...but.... Ball carrier is running. Opposition player grabs the ball...

at best there is a vague wrap. But that's no "help" here. Head connection with force, tackler remains upright, no mitigation. RC. I cant...

you might say that, I couldnt POSSIBLY comment

Exactly, so any coaches who have taken then time to read the laws, prepare their players are going to find that refs who have done the same, and...

OK. so accepting these are interim and temporary laws to aloow games to happen, to be clear when the law now requires Players must...

In amended law writing yes, in practice and the webinar guidance no! The RFU webinar basically said "latching ok, binding not". If you think of the...

Law 16: The Maul is suspended in its entirety Players must not bind onto a team-mate who is in possession of the ball. Sanction: Penalty kick. so...

yes, I think that's because everyone understands this isn't a rugby law, where players naturally look for loopholes and play at the boundary of what...

In our presentation the biggest concern for most people seemed to be the forming of a maul and who was at fault. In my few games this was never...

The self reflection I took back from my games was that maybe I was a little too enthusiastic around the new breakdown expectations (time jackler...

I did one before Christmas on a muddy pitch. We played 3x 25 mins to allow for coaches to swap and change and fat lads to rest. I had one...

I quite like the goal line drop out. Gets the ball into general play very quickly.

The Captain's Challenge isn't new here - the NRL have been using it for a while. The worst thing about it isn't the challenge itself. It's the...

I got two adult games over Xmas reffing these, main take always where; - really slow down the scrum replacement FK and get them back a clear 10...

the goal line drop out is interesting to me, as a knock on INTO the in goal, clearly has a different outcome from a knock on INSIDE the in goal. Viz...

If you think it is because two props are dominating the other two. Call the stronger ones out: "Look guys you two are far too strong for the LHPs /...

I think it would be exceedingly rare for the team with the put in to wheel a scrum past 90* intentionally

Yes :hap:

yep. agree. But i merely provided another reason to do so. Yes, reliant on not getting caught. But then

That would mean players are cheating and we know that would never happen :wink: To be clear Didds there is normally an indication such as the...

Except to win a penalty of course if this is clear how its to be blown.