England vs All Blacks
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@tordah said in England vs All Blacks:
I think it's well past time the lawbooks are updated regarding what constitutes a ruck and offside rules at it. It's obviously not ruled the way it's written
A ruck is formed when at least one player from each team are in contact, on their feet and over the ball which is on the ground.
No, that's not how it's ruled, one player over the ball and an opposition player (often the tackler) lying on the ground is usually ruled a ruck.
At a ruck or maul, the offside line runs through the hindmost foot of the player of the same team
Once again, not how it is refereed. Ruck offside lines are usually deemed to be at either end of the ruck, no matter the body part or team.
Additionally, sometimes players, who are bound in to the ruck, ofte detach and pick up the ball, even though they are not behind the offside line, as they are in front of the hindmost part of the ruck when picking up the ball. This is especially egregious, when there's another player behind the player picking up the ball. This often results in easy metres as the defence is unaware of a player in the middle of the ruck suddenly being part of play again - should be ruled illegal by referees, almost never is.In short: rucks are a mess and the most difficult thing to referee, but the laws are far behind of what is being played, it's a bit annoying
Jackson ruled out an Italian try in the Georgian game for a guy not last in the ruck picking up the ball and crashing over.
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@chester-draws said in England vs All Blacks:
How many penalties did the ABs give?
A couple on the line when we were desperate, but almost no mid-field soft stuff. That's game winning in the rain.
Thought Garces was excellent.
We made it hard by dropping ball with the line in sight a couple of times, and Beauden consistently hitting it too hard early, so giving them 22s.
As pointed out, the backs entering a maul before the lineout has moved off the line is illegal. That's why the tactic isn't used very much.
Thanks Chester.
Was going to come back to that. I was wondering if the law had changed at all because to me that was bleeding obvious.
My memory of the law is from the 1980s so wondered if it was still right.
Summary of my recollection is that players not in the lineout shall stay 10m off the line of touch until the lineout ends as follows:
- ball is tapped or fed to the halfback (receiver)
- ball or maul travels beyond 15m line or into the 5m
- last foot of maul travels beyond line of touch
If that hasn't changed, why
a. The deliberate disregard for the laws by England? Cynical much?
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@paj said in England vs All Blacks:
Thought BB kicking was off in first 10-20mins due to trying to push ball a little more than useual because of wet conditions. Glad Crotty coming on and possibly getting call to keep ball in hand.
If England secured more lineout ball it may have been a different result.Paj, you're alive!
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@jc said in England vs All Blacks:
My hope is that TJP and AS both look at the disallowed try as a near missed disaster and reevaluate the whole box kick strategy. I get that they want to try and make the opposition second guess themselves to depower the rush defence but jesus your execution has to be top notch. At the very least there needs to be competition for every one, especially in your own half otherwise it’s just giving away possession.
You think the individual players decide on the strategy? That's a coaching call.
In saying that Ima hate the box kick
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assuming SBW is fit next week, does he start again?
Thought Crotty looked good when he came on, as did Goodhue (although TBF we had more ball then too so makes it easier to look better)
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@booboo no I don't think so, the lineout is over when "A ruck or maul forms and all of the feet of all of the players in the ruck or maul move beyond the mark of touch." mark of touch being the point at which the back was caught, so once England moved forward a few metres the backs could join.
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@taniwharugby SBW had not been to ABs standard for a while and playing him back into form in tests is not working. He can get back in form with the blues, maybe as some experience vs Italy, but he should not be playing against Ireland
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@machpants said in England vs All Blacks:
@taniwharugby SBW had not been to ABs standard for a while and playing him back into form in tests is not working. He can get back in form with the blues, maybe as some experience vs Italy, but he should not be playing against Ireland
That call has been made for the coaches with his injury. Starting Crotty and bring on ALB certainly strengthens that area
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@machpants said in England vs All Blacks:
@booboo no I don't think so, the lineout is over when "A ruck or maul forms and all of the feet of all of the players in the ruck or maul move beyond the mark of touch." mark of touch being the point at which the back was caught, so once England moved forward a few metres the backs could join.
Sorry can you confirm the "mark of touch" being the point on the touchline where the ball was thrown in?
If yes then my point stands. Maul never moved past that point before the backs encroached the 10m and infact bound themselves to the maul.
Unless I am missing something?
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Not quite sure what we are expecting from Dubs.
He was playing when we had no ball, or were kicking it away, or at best were getting it flat footed.
Made at least one break for Ioane with trademark offload. Made some crunching tackles.
I suspect the selectors will analyse things a lot closer than we do based on 25mins when the team was achieving nothing and the most obvious memory for us fans was a poor decision to grubber, which was obviously an instruction from the coaches.
We fans judge him as we require him to be a match winner.
Thought he was solid given the match situation.
But yes, would like to see him rev it up in Super Rugby.
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Sonny Bill Williams expected to be out a week or two with shoulder injury
“We haven’t had time to discuss that, we’ll see how he pulls up tomorrow morning and we’ll have a bit of chat about it later,” he said. Williams’ latest injury must add further doubts about his durability heading into the Rugby World Cup next year and what will be his 16th year as a professional athlete. Should the selectors opt for a replacement, Hurricanes midfielder Ngani Laumape looms as the likely candidate after his starring role in last week’s big win over Japan. -
@stargazer said in England vs All Blacks:
Should the selectors opt for a replacement, Hurricanes midfielder Ngani Laumape looms as the likely candidate after his starring role in last week’s big win over Japan.
Really? The obvious answer for most would be Crotty to start, either with Goodhue or ALB, IMO Laumape only comes in to the bench if they start Crotty-ALB, if it is Crotty-Goodhue, ALB is the bench man
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@machpants said in England vs All Blacks:
Mark of touch being the point the ball was caught. I thought they'd moved forward a bit before the backs joined but I maybe remembering incorrectly.
Thanks again. Essentially the same it appears.
When I watched the replay of the first one I looked specifically to see where the maul was, cause it was suspicious. And then watched specifically at the second. Think they transgressed both times.
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@taniwharugby I think they mean his replacement in the touring squad, not the playing squad.
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@taniwharugby said in England vs All Blacks:
@stargazer said in England vs All Blacks:
Should the selectors opt for a replacement, Hurricanes midfielder Ngani Laumape looms as the likely candidate after his starring role in last week’s big win over Japan.
Really? The obvious answer for most would be Crotty to start, either with Goodhue or ALB, IMO Laumape only comes in to the bench if they start Crotty-ALB, if it is Crotty-Goodhue, ALB is the bench man
Is Laumape in the squad post Japan?
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@stargazer I thought he was with them anyway? this 51 man squad is dumb!
