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I like the NRL bunker system.

Ref says "I think it's a try [or not]". Then over to bunker to confirm or deny.

if the ref is doing his own TMOing off the big screen makes me wonder what the purpose of the chap in the box is

let's consider a simpler event.

In 41st minute of 1st half Red knock-on and Blue gain no advantage.

1. As ref is bringing whistle to lips to blow for no-side, Blue player punches Red player....

it wasn't the TMO making the call. The ref watched the replay on the screen and reached his own conclusion. When he asked if anyone disagreed, they couldn't really do anything but keep schtum.

we have just received our Game Management Guidelines for 2021.

Where a caterpillar is being created (our document calls it a "train") the instruction to us is that the 'use it' call (&...

Unlike ... it was a reasonable question by Treadmore.

Unsurprisingly, Nigel has a view:

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Let's say it was an injury & the restart was a lineout. The ref should allow both teams the opportunity to get their lineouts & backlines set before allowing the throw. Making sure trainers were off...

I think it was a poor call by the ref. Forget penalties & dawdling. If the ref blows time off (eg for an injury) then trainers are allowed on and both teams should be allowed sensible notice when...

the only question I have is if this had occurred at the end of the 2nd half, what would the referee have done?

it wasn't a change that I welcomed. I didn't/don't think that a team that deliberately puts the ball out of play should be rewarded for that.

there are too many examples of players losing the ball forward then batting it back for that to be true.

A lineout jumper who juggles the ball before knocking it back to his SH will never be...

The logic that the ref has applied is that once Red 14 makes contact with the ball with his hand he doesn't then lose contact with the ball until after the ball hits his leg and goes backwards. He's...

I'd be looking for the tackler to release to allow ball to be recycled, but not roll away. In the messiness of this goal line scenario, a quick whistle would not be inappropriate.

to the letter of law, no.

in reality, yes.

Things are dealt with a little bit differently when try scoring is involved.

Consider a tackle inches from the line. Would we require the tackler...

as far as I can make out this "you can't jump over a tackle" is in the same category as "you have to let him up". Unless there is some RFU edict that I'm missing. I've never seen anything from WR.
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thanks all for the great advice.

Cheers.

more detail please

The purpose of the photo is to explore the concept that the red captain may think that the ref is awarding them a penalty poo-pooed by you a few posts ago (#66)

Indeed, not enough clever wit in the game these days. Had a not straight throw:"captain, option?" "We'll take a penalty, sir". They kicked the winning 3 points from that one. All had a good laugh in...

Fair enough. What is Matt C signalling here?

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I sat down to watch the super bowl deciding that this is it, I'm going to concentrate and understand this game.

Coin toss, "captain, you've won the toss, what would you like to do?" "We'd like to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAvMKkC1kjA

I remember once doing this and one of the captain's thought I was signalling penalty advantage. At the next breakdown he asked me why we weren't going back for the penalty. Took me a second or 2 to...

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