Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2
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@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:
insert Bill Cosby meme here ^^^^
after searching rugby laws all morning and failing, I have no energy to find a meme lol
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Despite TJP's slow delivery, the MABs have created enough opportunities to win this game by +20. At this level, when you miss so many opportunities, a win is not conceivable. Don't blame Dickson's very poor refereeing for this defeat, the Maoris should have won this one easily. I am among those who think that Zarn Sullivan and Suafoa's absences did not help their cause.
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@antipodean said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:
@ACT-Crusader said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:
@Crucial @antipodean this situation is problematic on several fronts because of how other the ruck is officiating more generally.
He joins the ruck from an onside position. He leans on bodies in that ruck so that means he is part of the ruck / off his feet so can’t play the ball. He doesn’t play the ball but makes a play for the halfback in an attempted tackle (there’s no other way to describe that because he isn’t driving over the ball).
In all my knowledge of the game a player needs to come from an onside position to make a tackle in that situation.
I believe I covered that earlier - he's always onside. What I find contentious is the perception he can't play the ball which is out of the ruck.
What constitutes being part of the ruck? Isn't he "unbound" therefore offside? Or is that only mauls?
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@cgrant said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:
Despite TJP's slow delivery, the MABs have created enough opportunities to win this game by +20. At this level, when you miss so many opportunities, a win is not conceivable. Don't blame Dickson's very poor refereeing for this defeat, the Maoris should have won this one easily. I am among those who think that Zarn Sullivan and Suafoa's absences did not help their cause.
The MAB looked more dangerous but they played dumb rugby and as already posted did not play territory and force Ireland to create something.
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@chimoaus said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:
What is the law about not playing the ball he is referring too? If the ruck is over, and he is onside then why can't he go for the ball?
I thought the ruck is only over once the ball is picked up by the "halfback".
