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From that still (a second before the "incident"), it is Clear & Obvious to you who takes who out? From the video itself, without taking into consideration who catches the ball, it is Clear & Obvious to you who takes who out? From the still, there's 1 Red and 2 Blue (or in a bigger circle: 2...

Hi All, I did have a look but didn't find this exact subject. So accept my apologies if it's already somewhere. That could happen in open play, but most often than not in a line out, so that's the scenario I'll describe. Blue vs. Red Line out, Blue throw in. Blue Second pod jumps and catches...

Dear Fellow Referees, What do you make of this one? I know the precept of: "you bring him up, you're responsible for him" And I agree with it. But, I have two questions here: 1. Does anyone (else) believe that it really looks like Giteau is "diving" to make sure he falls on the head? 2. If...

Something struck me tonight as I was AR'ing and I'd like to run it through the eminent members of this community. Quick Throw In: Restriction of same ball, not being touched, etc... Can be taken backwards Taken anywhere between where the Line Out would take place and the try line. That's my...

Hi All, This is something that should never be seen in our game. I'm stunned that Barnsey only gave a penalty for this... Has anyone got any further information? Article and short video...

Am I really the only to see there is no knock-on there? I know you can't really see the ball clearly on this kind of screen-shots, but have a look at the White player's head and where he is looking: on the third pic, his head turns backward (after he touched the ball). On pics 4, 5 & 6, it...

Because of the referee outfit I could have added that at the end of the (in?)famous "leggings" thread but I thought it was worth a new one... A few infringements in the video below, but a good laugh nevertheless: Some more on USA Seven's Facebook page: Facebook :biggrin:

I came across this: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yoKdJb5Rbr0 It's the full game with only the crowd and the ref as sound track! Great watch and great listen. Was wondering: does anyone here has more of these? Cheers, Pierre.

Hi All, Highlights of the game HERE. The weird Yellow Card is discussed HERE. I'm interested in the 2 Penalty Tries on scrums... First one, at about 3:20 in the highlights above Clear dominance from the Chiefs (in Black), the full Highlanders Scrum (in Green) collapses. C&O, no problem with...

Hi All, The last 5 minutes of the France Argentina game last Saturday saw France hammering Argentina's line while the later displayed an awesome defense. You can see it here, from 1:54:00 on the video's timeline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAv83Dps7c4 The sequence is roughly as...

Guys and Gals, I've highlighted in the U19 Law variation below the points which make me wonder how to manage the situation when one team is down to 14. Example: Blue vs. Red. Red forward yellow carded. Next scrum 20.1 Forming a scrum (e) In an 8 person scrum the formation must be 3-4-1, with...

Hi All, Saw the below video on our Society FB page: I'm a bit surprised here and I think I'm missing a few things. I'd love your understanding of what actually happened... Here are the points I'd particularly like clarification about: 1. What did the player actually say, literally...

Dear All, I was lucky enough to ref a pretty good 7's tournament last weekend and even luckier to get a DVD for all my games. I've extracted the 4 decisions below as I would like your views on them. All are for the same infringement (tackled player not releasing the ball) and I'd love to...

Alright, I was looking for something else but stumbled onto this in the law book: 21.4.(g) Kick taken in the in-goal. If a player retires into in-goal to take a penalty or free kick awarded in the field of play and a defending player by foul play prevents an opponent from scoring a try a...

Hi All, Have you all seen this? Clarification - 1 – 2014 Union - SARU Law Reference - 12 Date - May 9, 2014 Request Law 12 – Knock-on Law 12, definition states, “a knock-on occurs when a player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, or when a player hits the ball forward with hand...