[quote=“Mac, post: 865425, member: 109”]@Rocko, could you explain why that NZ try wasn’t allowed yesterday for being ‘held up’? Was it not his own arm underneath the balls?
Also, could you please answer my previous questions on groundings and feet in touch at your earliest convenience?[/quote]
Corner Back has answered this one. Where/what is your other question?
Special Olympics badly exposed here.
The one you mentioned commentators always making a mess of in relation to a player jumping over the line in the air to push the ball backwards into play before he or the ball touch the ground.
Didn’t realise the ball had to touch the ground. Thought having your own arm underneath it was sufficient.
[quote=“Mac, post: 865433, member: 109”]The one you mentioned commentators always making a mess of in relation to a player jumping over the line in the air to push the ball backwards into play before he or the ball touch the ground.
Didn’t realise the ball had to touch the ground. Thought having your own arm underneath it was sufficient.[/quote]
:rolleyes:
Why do you think it’s called a touch down?
For what its worth, Donal Lenihan also thought the try should have been awarded as it was only his own arm underneath
Donal don’t know diddly.
No one knows the rules. They make it up as they go along.
[quote=“Mac, post: 865433, member: 109”]The one you mentioned commentators always making a mess of in relation to a player jumping over the line in the air to push the ball backwards into play before he or the ball touch the ground.
Didn’t realise the ball had to touch the ground. Thought having your own arm underneath it was sufficient.[/quote]
If a ball is kicked towards touch and crosses the plane of the touchline then it is in touch unless a player standing with both feet in play catches it. (Both those things count: you need to be standing, and you need to catch it). If you slap it or if you’re off the ground, the ball is out if it has crossed the toucline and is touched by anyone. So if you jump up and slap the ball back into play but the ball has crossed the touchline then it’s considered out of play. If you go back years to one of those miracle Munster matches it happened on an important lineout near the end from an O’Gara penalty and Munster benefited. There was a small bit of controversy in the English media at the time but they were wrong.
The ball has to touch the ground (or the base of the post which I guess is the ground also).
[quote=“Rocko, post: 865416, member: 1”]But Umaga was born and raised in New Zealand. He has Samoan roots but it’s a ridiculous stretch to say he was poached by NZ. Why wouldn’t be play for the country where he was born, raised, schooled and had played all his rugby?
The Bachops were also born in New Zealand. The fact that Steve switched to Samoa to play representative rugby is an example of players transferring from NZ to the islands, not the other way around.[/quote]
Is the “well clamped” button broken or something? This post should be adorned with winners, well clamped, agree and various other medals.
He didn’t. He just said it was his hand holding it up.
Sickening result yesterday. The more I think of it the more I’d put most of the blame on Sexton for missing a relatively easy kick, especially galling after his repeated hissy fits in the paper about not being offered a big enough salary by the IRFU
[quote=“corner back, post: 865459, member: 1572”]He didn’t. He just said it was his hand holding it up.
Sickening result yesterday. The more I think of it the more I’d put most of the blame on Sexton for missing a relatively easy kick, especially galling after his repeated hissy fits in the paper about not being offered a big enough salary by the IRFU[/quote]
+1. Fuck him and all belonging to him. The big bitch.
I gave a “badly exposed” nod in your direction… what more the fuck do you want, you needy cunt?
I meant to acknowledge receipt of same. That was very gracious of you.
[quote=“corner back, post: 865459, member: 1572”]He didn’t. He just said it was his hand holding it up.
Sickening result yesterday. The more I think of it the more I’d put most of the blame on Sexton for missing a relatively easy kick, especially galling after his repeated hissy fits in the paper about not being offered a big enough salary by the IRFU[/quote]
he missed a conversion as well. yeah u would expect a player who thinks he is worth such a high salary to be slotting bread and butter goal kicks.
the other way of looking at that is that maybe he thinks he should be paid the same as the lads beside him who are making just as many mistakes as him…
I know fuck all about rugby but I do know that O driscoll was badly exposed for the first NZ try though you will do well to see it mentioned in many places…
just reading there that an Italian player had to have his spleen removed after recent game with Fiji after suffering internal injuries and an English player suffered a bruised lung
When is the clamour for rugby to be banned going to start? Or at least make the players wear seatbelts before driving into each other.
[quote=“scumpot, post: 865525, member: 182”]the other way of looking at that is that maybe he thinks he should be paid the same as the lads beside him who are making just as many mistakes as him…
I know fuck all about rugby but I do know that O driscoll was badly exposed for the first NZ try though you will do well to see it mentioned in many places…[/quote]
sure look at the hulabuloo when Gatland decided he seen enough to leave Drico out of the pick of 4 nations. Woody, Wardie et al got into an awful state over it. Hook does point out Drico is slipping in his newspaper articles.
Eddie O’Sullivan on RTE’s “Drivetme” said that he thought that Luke Marshall should have been picked instead of Gordon D’Arcy on the basis that it would have been good experience for him.
Clearly the former Ireland coach is of the opinion that this was a friendly match and not a “test”.
Who is that aimed at? I wouldn’t be too clued in about rugby matters