It was more a counter to the "why would teams kick at the ref and risk a wierd bounce off him" question above.
beacsue if it did do that they wouldn't really lose out. That's all.
England v Canada
Canada collapse maul at 13mins
Referee Craig Evans runs off away from the action in order to award the PT
England v Canada
Canada collapse maul at 13mins
Referee Craig Evans runs off away from the action in order to award the PT
Your point? This is getting tiresome and advancing discussion not a jot.England v Canada
Canada collapse maul at 13mins
Referee Craig Evans runs off away from the action in order to award the PT
Your point? This is getting tiresome and advancing discussion not a jot.
just so we can get a head's up ... every time you see a PT on telly, are you going to post?
You are right i think I have provided enough evidence now to show conclusively that it is normal practice to run off quickly , away from the action, to get under the posts
So we all accept that now ?
So then it's just a question of how often this leads to negative consequences.. more examples of that required. I will keep my eyes peeled
I agree with Flish.
You are right i think I have provided enough evidence now to show conclusively that it is normal practice to run off quickly , away from the action, to get under the posts
So we all accept that now ?
So then it's just a question of how often this leads to negative consequences.. more examples of that required. I will keep my eyes peeled
It's entirely possible that the absence of readily-to-hand evidence suggests that there may not actually be a problem?
I notice that he ran backwards, so that he could keep an eye on what happened. He also had two ARs.
I see no reason whatsoever why a referee should not simply blow his whistle to stop play, possibly wait to see if anything untoward develops, and then signal a PT in the usual way.
….the attacking side are left with the impression that there isn't going to be a PT and then they are even more stoked about the foul play ?
How do you get to that conclusion? There’s plenty of ways of communicating it to the players before you make the official signal, me, I tend to verbalise it before deciding next action. Probably the card then posts, but it’s not this great unsolvable problem you’re making out
so exactly as you say : moving away under the posts is not a great signal