Marko
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- Joined
- Aug 3, 2015
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- Current Referee grade:
- Level 15 - 11
New Under 11 rules...
1. Can anyone throw any light on the thinking behind a FP being awarded for a high tackle but a FK for every other offence.
It seems to me that a FP is a more restricted advantage than a FK because all you can do is pass. It doesn't seem to make sense that a serious offence is penalised with a less advantageous award.
2. On a point of clarity, what award are other officials giving if a team commits too many players to the ruck or maul or doesn't pass from the base of ruck, maul or scrum? There does not seem to be any definitive statement other than the general one that foul play leads to a FK... but my instincts would be that this should only be a scrummage offence.
3. Whilst on the theme of scrums, this is my biggest concern over the new rules. When a team is awarded a scrum they should reasonably expect to win the ball from that as the other team have offended; but the inability to select an individual who is able to carry out the skill of hooking means that the scrum is little more than a 50:50 restart, and hugely open to manipulation by a canny coach or slightly one-sided referee. Surely it cannot be in the coaching interests of the children to spend time teaching all of them skills associated with hooking which most will never use. Surely if you are going to have uncontested scrums this must follow through to the team awarded the scrum being guaranteed the ball without a contested strike. What do others think?
1. Can anyone throw any light on the thinking behind a FP being awarded for a high tackle but a FK for every other offence.
It seems to me that a FP is a more restricted advantage than a FK because all you can do is pass. It doesn't seem to make sense that a serious offence is penalised with a less advantageous award.
2. On a point of clarity, what award are other officials giving if a team commits too many players to the ruck or maul or doesn't pass from the base of ruck, maul or scrum? There does not seem to be any definitive statement other than the general one that foul play leads to a FK... but my instincts would be that this should only be a scrummage offence.
3. Whilst on the theme of scrums, this is my biggest concern over the new rules. When a team is awarded a scrum they should reasonably expect to win the ball from that as the other team have offended; but the inability to select an individual who is able to carry out the skill of hooking means that the scrum is little more than a 50:50 restart, and hugely open to manipulation by a canny coach or slightly one-sided referee. Surely it cannot be in the coaching interests of the children to spend time teaching all of them skills associated with hooking which most will never use. Surely if you are going to have uncontested scrums this must follow through to the team awarded the scrum being guaranteed the ball without a contested strike. What do others think?