Is it really necessary to distinguish a ruck from a so-called post-tackle contest? I do not know about other countries but in Japan, most of the players and audiences do not know the difference and are still happily enjoying rugby. :)
This is a clip from Japan league one. My impression is this is not ruck since no red player is standing and contesting the ball. So the blue player can pick up the ball and go. The actual decision was the blue player who picked up the ball was considered offside and the try was declined after...
I am wondering why we have 11.3 intentional knock-on rule for a long time and want to know the origin.
The background of my questions is I personally think that this rule is not necessary since very often it is not applied correctly. For example, this is the clip from the Japanese top-league. I...