Dropgoal says...

The amendment to Law 10 4.(f) tells us absolutely nothing about illegal hand offs.

It completely dodges the issue of the hand off with references to

cleaning out players at scrums, rucks or mauls. The issue is plain and simple,

players are not allowed to use the forearm to fend off a would-be tacklers. So

why won't the IRB come out and tell us in plain English that you cannot use

the forearm to the high chest or collar bone area to fend off a tackle. This is

a blatant and reoccurring dangerous tactic used at will and condoned by refs at the

highest level of rugby today.

This is a blatant disregard for the safety of the players. IRB in this case refuses to

address it in language that refs could perhaps understand and exercise on the field. Now if you want to see a piece of IRB Law that is clearly written in the Queens English but never ever called on the field check out Law 21 (J) The player

in the tramlines at the line out marking the guy throwing in is supposed to stand

2 meters back from the line of touch and 2 meters in form the 5 meter line.

However, they never do and its never called. The result is #9s get killed

by this guy when a bad ball in knocked back from the front of the line out because

he usually is let stand in front on his first man in the line out. Would somebody

perhaps a qualified ref tell me why this blantant transgression is allowed to take

place while we practically endorse the forearm hand off as matter of course.

Posted 07:22 22nd December 2010

AnsheeSahuka says...

Drunkards, Trinats will say anything anti Richie. Truth probably is that he loves all these overseas players in the wannabies, but at the end of the day the just don't stack up with the AB's so cheap shots are all he has left.

Posted 09:29 25th November 2010

muklin says...

Hey TriNats,

Why all the hate for McCaw? Thes has even less to do with McCaw than the standard rules... You're obviously not Irish, else you'd be complaining about the infamous Nonu BOD tackle a few years ago.

And as to the rules before World Cup, these are purely to give the refs more power when they see a dangerous tackle, they are hardly game changing rules.

Amd if you think you can do a better job than the refs we already have, why don't you head out and do it?

Posted 08:53 25th November 2010