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So having read all these responses I confess to still being slight confused….. not hard !! I do think that when, for example the jumper ( who doesn’t jump ) catches the ball with 2 feet on the ground and is not bound to anyone HE CAN BE TACKLED. I totally disagree that he can’t happen at U15...

I know what you mean, I’m not saying I’m a fan of it, but I just wanted to know ‘exactly’ what the law book thought of it. For me i agree that he can go round in this scenario…… until I read the next feed 😂

EXACTLY my point !!! 👍🏻

Mmmmmm I’m not sure about that. When you say ‘contested’ surely this refers to in the air or what’s the point of this age grade progression ??

Thanks CROSS ref… very helpful …… 🙄

Morning, yes UK. I don’t LIKE the tactic, but as I said, if teams are going to use the ‘ground based’ line out as an attacking option then I feel it’s important that players have all options in their armoury.

So, here’s a Sunday morning puzzler I’m having that I need help with. Despite trawling the web I still can’t find any real help with this one so here goes…. The U’15’s lineout. Before I go on, I know lifting is NOT mandatory at this age but I also know that progression is vital, so for me as...

Can I have some advice on this senerio please : Blue attacking and form a ruck. Red player comes through the gate and drives through the middle of the ruck and kicks the ball. Up to now I am happy that the player is legal and no issues. At exactly what stage can that red player go to ground...

Ref'd a game on Saturday and advanced a free kick forward 10 metres for what i said was preventing a team from taking a free kick quickly. The circumstances were that team 'A' were committing a good number of offences and were having penalties or free kicks awarded against them. I was being...

Gents, can someone clear this up for me. Providing the ball is hooked back beyond the front row is it legal for a flanker to pick the ball up ?

Gents, this has happened twice in 2 weeks (again yesterday)for me and I am beginning to question my judgement. On both occasions I awarded a full penalty to the attacking side virtually on the opposition try line (1 metre out) - I made the mark which was 1 metre from the line - the defending...

Hi - Watched a game last week - attacking side kicked the ball into the defending sides in goal area - whilst the ball was still moving the defending winger placed one foot over dead ball line and applied 'downward pressure' on the ball, clearly expecting the ref to offer a scrum back at the...

I ref'd my 4th game on saturday. The home side were reasonable ( no more ) but the away side were very poor. They arrived with 15 players and no subs, which in itself is not too much of an issue. They had a player injured and were down to 14. They were committing offence after offence and I...

I did my 4th game of my ELRA Part 3 yesterday, Gravesend 4th versus Old Gravesendians 2's and made a couple of offside calls which I am not entirely convinced were correct - although having said this I made them firmly and stuck to my decision at the time. Scenerio 1 = Black versus Blue. Black...

Advice please - I have looked everywhere but can't seem to find an answer to my question. When a maul is formed and moving forward at what point does a player have to leave the maul and rejoin ? Secondly, if the maul is formed can the 1st defending player stay where he is throughout the maul...

Can anyone help me out on two points please : Firstly, can anyone point me in the direction of the law in relation to jumpers going up early in the lineout. It came up at the weekend and there was a mixed view point - some were saying its when the ball leaves the hookers hand and other saying...

Had my first senior game yesterday which I thought went very well, or at least far better than I'd expected. One issue was my positioning, I found myself a bit lost if I'm honest around at was my positioning, both in open play and at set pieces. Although I never actually got in the way of...

Gents, I have finally made the plunge to take charge of a match this saturday down at my club,where I have played since 1993, to be honest I would rather it was somewhere else where I am not known. Any advice for your 1st game would be very much appreciated