All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@kiwiinmelb difference is, back then they never got flogged by 30 points. And had a series of record losses prior.
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@antipodean “Until the ball is thrown in, and has touched the player or the ground, the offside line for players is the mark of touch.”
So you can close the metre gap once the ball is thrown, but you risk being offside if you make contact another player beyond the line of touch.
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@Stargazer surely they have to have a look at them (blade boots) now? Given player safety it seems like an easy one.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@antipodean “Until the ball is thrown in, and has touched the player or the ground, the offside line for players is the mark of touch.”
So you can close the metre gap once the ball is thrown, but you risk being offside if you make contact another player beyond the line of touch.
Yes. You can't cross it, hence throwing players over the line is penalised, but you can close the gap after the ball is thrown.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kev Yeah, especially because players also risk getting hit by a boot in the face/head. Imagine that being one of those boots.
calm yourselves guys, i bought my first pair of blades in like 2000, this is not some new and dangerous technology
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@mariner4life Lomax might not agree with you about it not being dangerous.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@antipodean Look at 18:30 and 18:32.
Can't be bothered continuing once someone identifies they don't know wtf they're talking about. The law is clear; you can close the gap after the ball is thrown.
Perhaps that's something that needs to be looked at
No closing of the gap until the ball passes the 5m line
No closing of the gap until the ball is touched (by either team)Suggestions on a postcard to the usual address
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I can't recall the last time I had a ref inspect boots. I've had blades since forever and have never seen an injury like that. Perhaps refs should start again if they're worn into something akin to a flying keel.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Not sure whether this has been posted yet, but I found the bit about the studs and bench interesting.
Loose Pass: Footwear choices, variations, TMO skills, unbroken ground
In his week's Loose Pass footwear choices, strategic variations, TMO skills and some unbroken ground as we head into the World Cup.
Think it might be time to go back to subs for injuries only
or at least enforce the 5-3 split
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@mikedogz and the ref running his hands over the studs to check for sharp edges.
While Lomax's one is awful and seems nasty, it also would seem rather rare?
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
While Lomax's one is awful and seems nasty, it also would seem rather rare?
I think the B Barrett injury v the Reds was similar boots? It was another freakish one, a decent gash on his achilles through the socks
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I remember those blades were banned at schoolboy level in the early 90s in Aus. Boots were always checked properly before every game. Shit like this should not happen if they have the proper routines.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kev Yeah, especially because players also risk getting hit by a boot in the face/head. Imagine that being one of those boots.
calm yourselves guys, i bought my first pair of blades in like 2000, this is not some new and dangerous technology
Would like to know exactly what these new blades are, and if they are different.
Seems BB dodged a bullet early this year.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
No closing of the gap until the ball is touched (by either team)
I like the vision of the ball sitting perfectly in the middle and no team allowed to close the gap to touch it.
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@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kiwiinmelb difference is, back then they never got flogged by 30 points. And had a series of record losses prior.
Yeah I get all that, none of us have been happy with all the records that have tumbled and the inconsistencies
But this team and their chances for doing well at the cup itself, not so sure that game means that much.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kiwiinmelb difference is, back then they never got flogged by 30 points. And had a series of record losses prior.
Yeah I get all that, none of us have been happy with all the records that have tumbled and the inconsistencies
But this team and their chances for doing well at the cup itself, not so sure that game means that much.
I think it does, it shows they crumble under pressure. If they get away to a great start, then they're good. Any real pressure and they're fucked. And they will get real pressure on at least one knock out game of three and will crumble and lose. Even the GOATs of '15 had that in the semi, and they turned the pressure around. '11 had the self induced pressure of the final. Funnily enough the B team pulled through under pressure vs Oz, but that is only Oz
