100% that was rubbish. He can big note all he likes about his superior knowledge of the intricacies of the game and exactly how the ruck is refereed, even though there's nothing in writing about it, like in a rule book. Can he explain why rules that are in a rule book, like a forward pass that every fool can detect, are not enforced? Or why some rules, like a "roll ball" only enforced very occasionally?
Butler is our ref with noyen VR..unsmiling belinda one touchy
I think the tinkering with the rule book has created the problem. Defenders not being allowed to tackle the attacking team in the air is in my opinion the main reason why we are steadily seeing more bombs and likely to see more still. Though there are other contributing factors over the years, syntho balls, defences are better, 7 tackle sets for poorly weighted grubbers and the rise of the short drop out to name a few.
As soon as the rule was announced I thought this would happen. I’m surprised it’s taken so long to be an issue.
Cheer the Tigers you space cadet. Don’t sit there sulking like a loser.
Simples , defending player can be brought to the ground in a legal manner ,even when the attacking team plays the man ,not the ball
Should be the case but the NRL usually to scared to walk back any rules that were put in place due to player safety. Even if in the opinion of many they have that rule wrong.
Obvious difference is the body position when diving. It's more horizontal than vertical, so contact doesn't result in the flipping motion.
Yes although they are still in the air? It’s an unlikely hypothetical but a defender could dive horizontal to catch a ball and that’s ok to be tackled?
Technically running is a motion that sees the both feet off the ground at the same time. So every second tackle is potentially a mid air tackle.
Thanks for posting this. Makes it much clearer for me 👍🏻
