This is a new rule? Since when have you been able to tackle someone in mid air? Must be missing some sort of finer detail..
Yes it is a new rule, in the past you could tackle an attacking player in the air but not a defensive player. You now cannot tackle a player catching a bomb on the try line. Allowing him to catch the ball and ground it. This change will have a major impact on the game!
Thanks cochise. Could’ve sworn one of the standard tactics was allowing an attacking player to catch a bomb, then get into position ready to tackle him as soon as his feet touched the ground (instead of attacking the ball yourself if you couldn’t compete in the air). I can’t remember players ever being tackled in mid air in recent times and thought this was always penalised.
Exactly.
This is how we've largely defended bombs when we feel we can't catch it. Probably 75% of times we contest the ball in the air and either get it or not, or we wait until the winger's studs graze the grass and try to knock them out.
Massive non-event.
No it's not, many players when contesting the bomb will wrap their arms around the opposition player when the opposition catches the ball. The other method has been to catch the player and try and hold up the ball or get the player over the sideline. These will now be a penalty, wingers will also have been training to catch the ball and ground it at the same time as the contact with the ground. This rule will be exploited!
You actually think players are going to be catching the ball above their heads then trying to dive head first into the ground to try and ground the ball before their feet touch the ground?? This would be an incredibly dangerous and reckless move, risking serious injury everytime.
They're not diving over in the corner where they can fling themselves about a bit. They have to catch the ball above their heads first and a split second later they'll be touching the ground.
And no, players don't try and cuddle during a bomb. If both players go for the ball by the time one has it and the other realises they don't they've already touched the ground and the player is open game to be wrapped up, barged into touch.
Do you actually believe players try to push the opposition player over the sideline while both players are still in the air? In that one split second? Have you actually ever seen this happen? Ever?? No, they push the player out after they have touched the ground...!
Who said anything about diving head first into the ground? Catching and flopping was what I read.
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This is a new rule? Since when have you been able to tackle someone in mid air? Must be missing some sort of finer detail..
Yes it is a new rule, in the past you could tackle an attacking player in the air but not a defensive player. You now cannot tackle a player catching a bomb on the try line. Allowing him to catch the ball and ground it. This change will have a major impact on the game!
Thanks cochise. Could’ve sworn one of the standard tactics was allowing an attacking player to catch a bomb, then get into position ready to tackle him as soon as his feet touched the ground (instead of attacking the ball yourself if you couldn’t compete in the air). I can’t remember players ever being tackled in mid air in recent times and thought this was always penalised.
Exactly.
This is how we've largely defended bombs when we feel we can't catch it. Probably 75% of times we contest the ball in the air and either get it or not, or we wait until the winger's studs graze the grass and try to knock them out.
Massive non-event.
No it's not, many players when contesting the bomb will wrap their arms around the opposition player when the opposition catches the ball. The other method has been to catch the player and try and hold up the ball or get the player over the sideline. These will now be a penalty, wingers will also have been training to catch the ball and ground it at the same time as the contact with the ground. This rule will be exploited!
You actually think players are going to be catching the ball above their heads then trying to dive head first into the ground to try and ground the ball before their feet touch the ground?? This would be an incredibly dangerous and reckless move, risking serious injury everytime.
They're not diving over in the corner where they can fling themselves about a bit. They have to catch the ball above their heads first and a split second later they'll be touching the ground.
And no, players don't try and cuddle during a bomb. If both players go for the ball by the time one has it and the other realises they don't they've already touched the ground and the player is open game to be wrapped up, barged into touch.
Do you actually believe players try to push the opposition player over the sideline while both players are still in the air? In that one split second? Have you actually ever seen this happen? Ever?? No, they push the player out after they have touched the ground...!
Who said anything about diving head first into the ground? Catching and flopping was what I read.
That's what everyone already does though.
Do you think players catch the ball over the try line and then intentionally take longer than necessary to put the ball down?
That's not the point. The point is nowhere did he say players would intentionally dive head first to the ground.
Well that's the only way you can score without your feet touching the ground first...
