The recent furore over the Sam Cane v Robbie Henshaw collision in the second test between Ireland and New Zealand got me to thinking about the merits of using slow motion video to make judgements about potential foul play incidents in rugby. I think we have all heard the meme that sometimes, looking
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JP (John Paul) Doyle is a referee that all English rugby fans will know. Having risen up the ranks quickly in the RFU, JP became a full time referee in 2008 as part of the RFU's elite referee trainee program,
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With just a handful of tier one Internationals to his name, Pascal Gaüzère is one of the most inexperienced test referees in the RWC team. One of three French referees
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In today’s Wales vs England game, Curry charged down a Welsh clearing kick and in the process fell to the ground. The ball looped up and while on the ground he caught it and passed it to another english player. Because he is on the ground is he not ‘out of the game’ until he regains his feet?...
Saw this while standing on the sideline watching a preseason club game last night....
Player does an Arlo* on the tryscorer after half time has expired, resulting in an immediate YC.
After the conversion, the referee blew for half time, but stated that he would award a PK to the opponents...
I’m English, I’m biased, but not convinced the French ref is having a good game. In reverse order;
2nd Welsh try, for me the Welsh winger is in possession as trying to gather the ball, knocks forward on to himself, doesn’t regather therefore a knock on.
1st try, kudos to Wales for spotting...
Can't remember the player but there was an incident yesterday that just looked wrong to me.
Player called a fair mark but then just put the ball down and waited for his team to get back on side.
Now we all know the player who calls the mark must take it however I always assumed that the player...
In the Wales England game yesterday, the ref called “time on.” Biggar delivers a kick on a sixpence and Adams scores. Farrell was up in arms. The whole word becomes rugby keyboard warriors. Could the ref have changed his mind if he'd asked for video footage to assess the situation? Could either of...
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Player on ground catching the ball
Thread Starter: JohnPIn today’s Wales vs England game, Curry charged down a Welsh clearing kick and in the process fell to the ground. The ball looped up and while on the ground he caught it and passed it to another english player. Because he is on the ground is he not ‘out of the game’ until he regains his feet?...
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