Hi Refs.
When red is attacking the try line with <10 meters to go, let's say they're 7 meters out. Where exactly do the toes of defending blues need to be at the play of the ball?
To the letter of the law my understanding was toes BEHIND the try line.
Wikipedia: "A defending player is offside if he/she is less than 10m away from the play-the-ball (or, if the play-the-ball is inside his 10m line, closer to it than the try-line is) when the ball is played."
Most recently I'm seeing players leave their trailing foot on the try line while they are stretched sometimes a yard into the field of play.
Can someone please clarify?
Thanks
:ireland:
When red is attacking the try line with <10 meters to go, let's say they're 7 meters out. Where exactly do the toes of defending blues need to be at the play of the ball?
To the letter of the law my understanding was toes BEHIND the try line.
Wikipedia: "A defending player is offside if he/she is less than 10m away from the play-the-ball (or, if the play-the-ball is inside his 10m line, closer to it than the try-line is) when the ball is played."
Most recently I'm seeing players leave their trailing foot on the try line while they are stretched sometimes a yard into the field of play.
Can someone please clarify?
Thanks
:ireland: