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https://rugby365.com/countries/south-africa/rip-paul-dobson/ I always enjoyed his law discussions.

Two "controversial" penalty tries during Week 2 of Super Rugby sparked some discussion on the forums. 1. In the Crusaders v Chiefs game Ryan Crotty was diving for the try when a Chiefs player tackled him from the side and into touch with a "high tackle" around the neck/head even though Crotty...

During the Stormers vs Lions Super Rugby game yesterday the TMO "awarded" a try saying "there is compelling evidence that the ball was grounded" "Compelling evidence" was a term I haven't heard used before. What is meant by "compelling evidence" and how does that compare to "clear and obvious"?

Two offences deemed to be not serious, only mistimed - Penalty only https://youtu.be/9Ar9enc9J_4 Sanchez was subsequently cited for the "mistimed" jump

USA vs SA - tackle becomes a ruck (I think) and the ruck clean out moves players off the ball. USA player comes from the side picking up the ball lying in the open and is blown for side entry https://twitter.com/USASevensRugby/status/839628626538680325 Correct?

During the Super Rugby season we saw a number of knock on tries given by the TMOs because there wasn't "clear and obvious separation", often due to camera angles. The "worst" was Dillyn Leyds's try https://youtu.be/fPgA9lmE8Dw But there were others, which I cannot specifically remember. From...

During the Stormers vs Brumbies game the Stormers (Blue) "scored" a try where the blue player "lost" the ball during the dive but according the TMO there was "no clear separation" of the ball from his arm and the try was awarded. https://youtu.be/ZytbA9CoIQw at about 2:00 (full version not...

During yesterday's Currie Cup match between the Golden Lions and the Sharks a Lions flanker was replaced in the 72nd minute by a starting lock who had himself been replaced in the 57th minute. The replaced flanker didn't seem to be in distress and it didn't seem to be blood replacement or a...

These pro wrestle style tackles are becoming more and more common in the game and when cited the players, and management, claim that they didn't "lift" the player even though the tackle was obviously dangerous Skelton on Whitelock: http://www.smh.com.au/cqstatic/gh8a4k/lwd1f.gif Speight on de...

At a meeting in April 2015, the Laws Representation Group (LRG) considered the areas of the Game where, it had been agreed that Law amendments were not required but that current Law was to be enforced by match officials including: Foul play (tackles), scrum feeds, mauls Link with videos...

http://www.supersport.com/rugby/super-rugby/news/150611/Sanzar_investigate_refs_bunker

At the end of the Lions vs Bulls game on Saturday the Lions quickly restarted the game after a Bulls penalty in the 78th minute. The Bulls captain now says that the Lions did the quick restart with a new ball where they should have used the same ball the penalty was kicked with. While the...

3 yellows reduced the Crusaders to 12 men on the park, then Jean Deysel (Sharks) decided a knee to the head was a good idea. The third yellow card (cynical play near own tryline) is causing some debate https://youtu.be/qF4eCM79KsA 1st (no arms) at 3:48 2nd (no arms) at 4:40 3rd (kicking ball...

It seems as if the choke hold isn't a much penalised area of rugby. In virtually every game players hold opponents round the neck in rucks and mauls without penalty and when they do get penalised punishment is relatively light. Only if the victim gets injured does anyone look at the incident...

According to Jonathan Kaplan: Quote: Once again, I have issues with the way the Crusaders and Crockett achieve their ascendency. I do not doubt their power, but I’ve never been convinced that the angles used are always legal. http://ratetheref.co.za/2015/03/17/kaplans-comments-no-action-taken/...

The 2015 Varsity Cup innovations: - the return of the White Card that allows coaches/captains to refer decisions to the TMO for review - The introduction of the Defensive Scrumhalf where the scrumhalf defending the scrum will not be allowed to pass the mouth of the scrum once the ball has been...

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/RugbyChampionship/SANZAR-to-trial-review-system-20140912 Full Aricle: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx

More: http://www.rugby365.com/article/61103-ep-refs-go-on-strike

Looks like an attempted tackle to me. Video: http://youtu.be/Oicg-a1t-nc Where does Bray say that Berry's decision was wrong because it was a tackle or that the Stormers player wasn't attempting a tackle? All he says is that Piutau's action wasn't deliberate and the Stormers player's was...

In the Lions vs Crusaders match the Crusaders scored what seemed to be a certain try and referee Marius van der Westhuizen awarded the try. The replay on the stadium screen then showed it might not have been. As the Crusaders kicker was lining up his conversion kick the referee stopped the...