Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?
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@Bones said in Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?:
@Snowy oh and...about that "struggling to understand the meaning of advance".... what now?
It's "approach". It's in the laws and it still pisses me off when a kicker moves away from the ball and the oppo charge. O.K?
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@Bones no that was in relation to you walking past your entrance to approach it (another poorly worded one?)
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@taniwharugby said in Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?:
@Bones no that was in relation to you walking past your entrance to approach it (another poorly worded one?)
Nope, just poorly understood. Let's say your front door is on the middle of the front of your house. You have a driveway down the side and a fence in front. If you walk to where your driveway is on entering the property, you've walked away from your front door. Pretty simple stuff.
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@Snowy said in Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?:
So you guys reckon it is a change of interpretation since 2014? Or did Owens get it wrong and it should have been a draw with Ireland?
What @Bones said
Cruden has a couple of "steps" to steady himself at the back of his run up before he settles. Much like Foxy used to shake his hands. This fooled the Irish into charging early.
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@Bones righto, see that is different to your first statement...
when I approach the entrance to my flat, I walk past it.
anyway, think we'll leave it here aye...
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Personally i think the interpretation of the conversion charge down is stupid as well. IMO It should be clarified and interpreted as "moving towards the ball" or better still fuck the whole concept off. It adds very little to the game but can lead to situations like against ireland which are a bit of a farce.
By the way you aren't approaching your front door if you are walking away from it. You may think you are or be on your way there along the easiest route but it is incorrect use of the word. Just because it is commonly used doesn't make it right. Just like people using the word average to say something is bad.
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@taniwharugby said in Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?:
@Bones righto, see that is different to your first statement...
when I approach the entrance to my flat, I walk past it.
anyway, think we'll leave it here aye...
Tell me how you get to an entrance on the other side of a wall, oh studly wall smasher.
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@Rapido said in Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?:
My thread! My precious thread! What have you guys done to my thread! Flats and aeroplanes?!
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@antipodean was that how he approached the airport?
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@taniwharugby said in Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?:
@antipodean was that how he approached the airport?
Think that was more a "beginning his approach" situation so fair game for whoever charged it down.
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@taniwharugby said in Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?:
@antipodean was that how he approached the airport?
Maybe he was approaching the flat and the door was in the wrong place. Once you've started and all that?
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@Rapido said in Rugby rules (or lack there of) that grind your gears?:
My thread! My precious thread! What have you guys done to my thread! Flats and aeroplanes?!
Really sorry about all this Rapido. My fault.
If it's any consolation the next time DMac smiles before he kicks, you can be safe in the knowledge that the opposition are allowed to charge. -
my biggest gripe with rugby rulings lately:
"Taking out the scrumhalf".
I am pretty sure this rule was created to prevent players grabbing or interfering with ACTING scrumhalves who are behind a ruck trying to clear the ball.
Nowadays it is interpreted as anytime a player with a "9" or "21" on his jersey is sacrosanct and can't be cleaned out, as long as the ball is on his side of the ruck. This is utter bullshit, if the team in possession can't protect the ball at the ruck and the scrumhalf is cleaned out, that's their problem.Fuck this fucking fuckshit.
Otherwise, great game, yeah.
