More problems, it seems with the 2018 Law Book.
When the ball is touched down by a defender , or otherwise goes dead in goal , how do you decide whether it's an attacking 5m scrum or a drop out ?
Its a question that frequently confuses newbies and even many players , but every referee knows the answer : I don't need to give you the Law References it's NOT about who made it dead or how it went dead, it's about who put the ball into the in goal. Right ?
Well, not so fast as 2018 Laws say something different
[LAWS]12.9 If the ball is kicked into the kicking team’s own in-goal and is made dead by a defending player or it goes dead through in-goal, the non-kicking team is awarded a five-metre scrum.[/LAWS]
And conversely
[LAWS]12.10 Apart from at a kick-off or restart kick, if the ball is played or taken into in-goal by an attacking player and is made dead by an opponent, play is restarted with a 22-metre drop-out.[/LAWS]
Is it a mistake ? Or did the authors consider this change to be more intuitive and simpler ?
Challenge to everyone , using the 2018 Law Book alone what is the restart when
1 an attacking player carries the ball into the opponents in goal and, trying to score under the posts, steps over the DBL
2 a defending team pass the ball back into their own in goal and make it dead
3 a defending team pass the ball back into their own in goal , kick, but an attacker in goal charges it down and knocks the ball over the DBL
When the ball is touched down by a defender , or otherwise goes dead in goal , how do you decide whether it's an attacking 5m scrum or a drop out ?
Its a question that frequently confuses newbies and even many players , but every referee knows the answer : I don't need to give you the Law References it's NOT about who made it dead or how it went dead, it's about who put the ball into the in goal. Right ?
Well, not so fast as 2018 Laws say something different
[LAWS]12.9 If the ball is kicked into the kicking team’s own in-goal and is made dead by a defending player or it goes dead through in-goal, the non-kicking team is awarded a five-metre scrum.[/LAWS]
And conversely
[LAWS]12.10 Apart from at a kick-off or restart kick, if the ball is played or taken into in-goal by an attacking player and is made dead by an opponent, play is restarted with a 22-metre drop-out.[/LAWS]
Is it a mistake ? Or did the authors consider this change to be more intuitive and simpler ?
Challenge to everyone , using the 2018 Law Book alone what is the restart when
1 an attacking player carries the ball into the opponents in goal and, trying to score under the posts, steps over the DBL
2 a defending team pass the ball back into their own in goal and make it dead
3 a defending team pass the ball back into their own in goal , kick, but an attacker in goal charges it down and knocks the ball over the DBL