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It actually encourages a real strong drive through the gate and counter rucking. A couple of real good examples of it in the Rebels game. I will admit to liking the interpretation as provided this weekend. Was actually impressed in how And Gardner "man-managed" the game.

This got great coverage over here on FTA/Network TV with NBC covering it and explaining the game very well. Enjoyable Saturday and Sunday afternoon with 2 hours of prime coverage each day. Better than going out in 6 inches of slushy snow. Being an Olympic sport now gets huge notice in the US...

K Hunt making a solid transition to AFL and playing his role well.

For some reason I can't post a comment in LAS' match review. The attached may help those who don't understand physics.

Astonishing to watch 20+ phases of ABs diving back on side and doing everything physically possible to ensure no penalty. Proof that they know the laws and that they have the intelligence to apply them when absolutely needed. I reckon that 4 minutes of rugby should be the benchmark of how...

I only contributed to this thread because it was a debate and avoided the abuse/vitriol. The vitriol and abuse on other threads has put me off posting. But in a debate you do occassionally have to acknowledge when you're in the minority and potentially wrong. I am bemused that the actual...

So a ruck is only formed if the ref says it out loud ??? I would suggest that by acknowledging that the halfback is going to come in and fetch the ball indicates a ruck. But hey that's my view. You disagree. And in reality it's what Allain thought at the time that counts. And that was a penalty...

Fair point. However, I'm betting that Rolland in his mind has determined it's a ruck. (The correctness of that is moot, it's Rolland's view and he is at about 150 degrees to the camera angle so sees the bodies at different angles.) At the time I thought it was a clear McCaw going across the...

In this case it doesn't matter what the laws state, it's what the ref has interpreted. Rolland believes it's a ruck. And calls all players and actions from that perspective.

Do you think ? I really thought that was justified. McCaw made a meal of rolling across the ruck. It was getting tiresome at that stage. 8 penalties straight at the time. Funny how the penalties slowed. Joubert pinged Robinson (I think) for the same thing in the Argies game. Back on...

Given what Rolland called them for and the number (9 to 0) at one stage along with accompanying warnings does allow for some judgement. But hey I get it the AB's are innocent.

Well Allain Rolland agreed with Scarfman yesterday. :):)

Sorry for not having the link, but the refuting of the Brett Stewart incident, reported in The Age: - Brett Stewart - not drunk - No contact with the young lady whatsoever - In fact evidence that Stewart was stalked and set up. - Evidence that the police leaked lies - Evidence that the press...

I'm with you Pb. Given what you can hear over the teeve, ML has the best direction to the players on the ground of all the refs. The fact that the players/teams/gameplans can't play to his unambiguous definitions of the laws is not to ML's detriments but the clubs/players/teams/gameplans...

Thought Mark Lawrence was very good. Set his cart out early of what was and was not allowed and then allowed both teams to play to it. I reckon he man manages well.

On point 1, interesting to see that both Lawrence's (Bryce and Mark) penalised players for tackling/grappling around the head. I think there is a difference in a tackle (i.e. in play) where the forearm/bicep comes across the face/head and a not in play incident (the ball was clear in the...

Just an adjunct to Daz above. TC may be sledger and a serial pest but that does not make him a liar. I don't get, in the context of the Byrnes incident, how being a sledger makes TC a potential fibber about fingers around his upper face (clear on video) and a potential eye-gouge. I sledge...

Bemused by the tone of this thread and have a similar line to Scotty with a small difference. The Burger thread was pretty unanimous that a) Schalk should have been cited, and b) eye-gouging has no place in rugby. The process flaw over a) is different in Super Rugby and is, to an extent...

Scary that very experienced refs, arguably the best in the world, find a 4 day camp where they scrummage 'the best they have ever had". My bemusement of refs and scrums will no doubt continue. I know my first refs assessor had played as a hooker and "got it". I know subsequent assessor had...

To be fair to Steve, it wasn't that obvious. I was watching it as a ref and watching the interaction and noticing the discord. And to be fairer the final knock on was so blatant (could well have been called for a deliberate knock down) and the ref just got it so wrong. The crowd was loudly...