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I just wanted to canvas opinion on the advantage Wayne Barnes played at the end of the first half in the Wales v Australia match. The video is attached but, to summarise, time was up when Wales gained a penalty advantage from a scrum on the half way line. Play continues and they run the ball...

I was speaking to a South African mate yesterday, big rugby fan, who was at Twickenham on Saturday. Said he'd forgotten how little time the ball is in play in international rugby and how often the crowd spend wondering what is going on. So many stoppages, resets, TMO referrals, injuries etc...

Was looking for better coverage but these are the best I can come up with so far. Watched the highlights of both games last night and am struggling with what the difference is between these two tackles which resulted in different card colours. Any explanation much appreciated.

https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1393294776003448835 The more guidelines are issued the less it all seems to make sense. I think Iain Henderson articulates the situation perfectly.

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/watch/full-match-northampton-saints-v-gloucester-rugby-round-18 Apologies but I cant mark the time on the video as the premiership site doesnt seem to have the facility but I'm interested in the lineout at around 30:50 game time or 105.30 video time. I saw...

https://youtu.be/F02lv57wPoY?t=1770 Three questions spring to mind 1. Without referring to seagulls, how far beyond the back foot of the last player in a ruck does a ball have to be before it is out? 2. How long can a scrum half keep his hand on a ball despite it being beyond the back foot of...

https://youtu.be/-KkwT1qPYX4?t=177 I'm having trouble with this one. What I'm seeing here is 3 Bath players shearing off the original maul with the ball at the back of the formation. The Bath 17, one of the 2 players in front of the ball carrier engages/is engaged by a Wasps player who was not...

To come straight to the point I don’t think this has been a good week for the 6 Nations or rugby in general. Whether it was Matt Carley in Cardiff or Jaco Peyper at Twickenham, the level of abuse has been unacceptable. We long ago lost the moral high ground but if referees are being spoken to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kioj0_7WCxk Interesting explanation from NO (starting at about 1.05 about the ruck at the very beginning of the clip) which has confused me almost as much as it appears to have confused Tomos Wiliams. I appreciate the main thrust is telling him to use his feet to...

In all the fuss over the sending off of Scott Barrett I cant help feeling that Kurtley Beale was lucky to stay on the field for his cheap shot on Goodhue in the lead up to the All Black's first try. As the try was reviewed to check sequence of events I cant help feeling that this was overlooked...

I saw most of the Edinburgh v Munster game at the weekend but didn't see Keith Earls' 1st try. Having seen it for the first time today I'm surprised it hasn't warranted comment on here. The Edinburgh scrum half has a penalty awarded against him for a deliberate knock-on, Conor Murray then takes...

From my game at the weekend, White 9 box kicks from the base of the scrum outside his 22. Blue 7, whilst attempting to charge down, clearly touches the ball in flight but it continues in the direction of the kick and lands in touch some 20-30 metres downfield (closer to the Blue goal line)...