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Refereeing decisions

Bullrush

John Hipwell (52)
It does if they're considering firstly whether an attempt at a legal tackle was made or not, i.e. a shoulder charge or not. At least part of the discussion at the time involved that.
Then it was about where first contact was made.
Etc.
They didn't discuss whether it was a shoulder charge or not. The ref simply said that Swinton lead with his arm. Again, it quite easy to see how the refs came to the decision they did when you follow the framework.
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
Staff member
They didn't discuss whether it was a shoulder charge or not. The ref simply said that Swinton lead with his arm. Again, it quite easy to see how the refs came to the decision they did when you follow the framework.

Yes they did without saying those words. They discuss whether he raised his right arm or led with the shoulder and ended up with "the player is never legal because he leads with his arm by his side directly into the contact".
 

Bullrush

John Hipwell (52)
Yes they did without saying those words. They discuss whether he raised his right arm or led with the shoulder and ended up with "the player is never legal because he leads with his arm by his side directly into the contact".
Again, there was no discussion about it. It was simply stated as a fact. It’s what happened. They don’t debate it or discuss.

The discussion is about whether the contact is simultaneous.
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
Staff member
Again, there was no discussion about it. It was simply stated as a fact. It’s what happened. They don’t debate it or discuss.

The discussion is about whether the contact is simultaneous.

Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you were saying they didn't deal with the matter as a shoulder charge because they didn't discuss it.
 

Wilson

David Codey (61)
Lesson is don't kick it straight up the park to someone with a bigger dropkick than you
Or put it high and get your chase sorted. Either way it's still better than a bunch of reset scrums on the try line eventually leading to a penalty.
 

Dan54

Tim Horan (67)
Need to change the law on the dropped goal to be in line with a kick in general play. If it misses it is a scrum to the defending team from where it was kicked. High skill, high risk, high reward
Something I been saying for a few years Jimmy, makes sense to me.
 

Rob42

John Solomon (38)
Need to change the law on the dropped goal to be in line with a kick in general play. If it misses it is a scrum to the defending team from where it was kicked. High skill, high risk, high reward
Is the current law a problem though? It's not like there's an epidemic of drop goals spoiling games. Attempting a droppie is already high risk.
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
Staff member
I don't see this as being a bad thing.

I like the goal line dropout law. It gives the defending team a reward for holding a player up in goal (which you should get rewarded for in my view) and discourages players from touching the ball down in goal unless they are under pressure (keeps the game flowing).
 

Eyes and Ears

Bob Davidson (42)
Are you taking about 2 different Law areas? I thought they were saying that a missed drop goal should have the option for the defending team of 22 or Scrum not just a 22.
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
Staff member
Are you taking about 2 different Law areas? I thought they were saying that a missed drop goal should have the option for the defending team of 22 or Scrum not just a 22.

I'm not sure if this was aimed at me but I wasn't addressing that. I have no issue with the current laws. If the missed drop goal goes dead it's a 22 and if it doesn't, you can place it for another goal line drop out or kick for touch etc.

I'm not big on adding another option for a scrum when we don't need to in order to restart play.
 

Eyes and Ears

Bob Davidson (42)
I'm not sure if this was aimed at me but I wasn't addressing that. I have no issue with the current laws. If the missed drop goal goes dead it's a 22 and if it doesn't, you can place it for another goal line drop out or kick for touch etc.

I'm not big on adding another option for a scrum when we don't need to in order to restart play.
Sorry yes it was aimed at you as I thought you were replying to Rob42 who was talking about a different scenario IMO.

I wouldn't like another scrum option either as I think it would also have the potential outcome of a scrum PK becoming 3 points. I also agree on the reward for the hold up in goal.
 

Jimmy_Crouch

Ken Catchpole (46)
I'm not sure if this was aimed at me but I wasn't addressing that. I have no issue with the current laws. If the missed drop goal goes dead it's a 22 and if it doesn't, you can place it for another goal line drop out or kick for touch etc.

I'm not big on adding another option for a scrum when we don't need to in order to restart play.
I've always been unsure why there is a difference for a general play kick and a dropped goal (in terms of outcome if it goes dead). Streamline it and just have the same law.

It first really noticed the law in 2007 when Steyn kicked two against us.
 

Dan54

Tim Horan (67)
Is the current law a problem though? It's not like there's an epidemic of drop goals spoiling games. Attempting a droppie is already high risk.
the reason I don't like the current law is if you kick the ball dead from outside the 22 you go back for scrum, but you can do exactly the same thing by saying it a drop kick and you don't go back to where it kicked from.
 
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