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NKW brought this up in January but the thread didn't get much traction then. So now that the trials are in the 2018 Laws I'm wondering what the impact on the game is.
[LAWS]
2017 Laws
(d) At a tackle or near to a tackle, other players who play the ball must do so from behind the ball and from directly behind the tackled player or the tackler closest to those players’ goal line.
2018 Laws
6. Tacklers may play the ball from the direction of their own goal line provided they have complied with the above responsibilities and a ruck has not formed.
8. Other players must :
c. Arrive at the tackle from the direction of their own goal line before playing the ball.
[/LAWS]
So, in 2017 we had the virtual 'gate' as a reference. Now we have "from the direction of their own goal line".
I recall that 'coming in from the side' being applied at a tackle in the 2018 World 7s. I wasn't sure if the 2018 trials were in force.
With the new season under way have y'all given this much thought? Any instructions from your societies?
As a coach I'm going to stick to 'behind the ball' until I get a sense of what the parameters are. Didds, any thoughts?
[LAWS]
2017 Laws
(d) At a tackle or near to a tackle, other players who play the ball must do so from behind the ball and from directly behind the tackled player or the tackler closest to those players’ goal line.
2018 Laws
6. Tacklers may play the ball from the direction of their own goal line provided they have complied with the above responsibilities and a ruck has not formed.
8. Other players must :
c. Arrive at the tackle from the direction of their own goal line before playing the ball.
[/LAWS]
So, in 2017 we had the virtual 'gate' as a reference. Now we have "from the direction of their own goal line".
I recall that 'coming in from the side' being applied at a tackle in the 2018 World 7s. I wasn't sure if the 2018 trials were in force.
With the new season under way have y'all given this much thought? Any instructions from your societies?
As a coach I'm going to stick to 'behind the ball' until I get a sense of what the parameters are. Didds, any thoughts?