Crusaders v Stormers
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Watching the highlights now, and Mo’unga looks every it the 22 we’ve been looking for. Funnily enough, he might have shown enough that if he can get back in time, he’s probably shown enough.
Goodbye also looks like the 13 we’ve been looking for. I notice that Laumape was awesome for the Canes too...
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@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Stormers:
interesting that a deliberate knock back is seen different to a failed intercept knock forward, in that case was no way he was going to get the ball and was only slapping back to stop the pass.
I need to jump in here TR. This is a bugbear of mine.
It IS different as you're allowed to propel the ball backward at any time. It is not only legal it is encouraged.
You're actually allowed to propel ie., knock, the ball DOWN.
You are NOT allowed to propel the ball forward.
If you do so by accident it's a scrum. If you do so deliberately it's a penalty.
There's been a bit of someone saying something so often it becomes truth. Commentators go on about "deliberate knock downs" being penalty offenses. They're not. Deliberate knocks forward are.
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@damo said in Crusaders v Stormers:
@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Stormers:
@damo the action was deliberate knock, we see some genuine intercepts penalized yet he was never going to get the ball, IMO is just as bad as the other way.
Yes but it was a deliberate knock backwards, which is totally fine and within both the laws and spirit of the game. Playing the ball backwards is an integral part of rugby.
Might seem wrong, but it shouldn't.
Can I like this twice. Well at least the first paragraph. It seems and is 100% right to me.
