I remember when wingers threw in. Not when I played, but early 70s eg John Bevan Wales. Bevan was a contemporary of Bobby Windsor (Hooker) who also threw in so God knows what happened then?? Perhaps Bevan moved to Warrington RL to save a fight with Windsor! I know I would.
I never knew that.
Because the lineout throw is straighter?
I never knew that.
What goes around comes around.
McKechnie looks less happy in the 2nd video???
I always thought Chappell (both) was lucky not to get McKechnie's bat round his ear never mind thrown angrily down the track.
Just watched it to the end. I forgot what a top bloke Richie Benaud was!
Sorry but this bit is nonsense. Cardiff and Wales had a guy Called Bob Norster who although not the tallest was pretty dominant for a number of years The ball was thrown to him and he caught it!
yes, and more difficult?
Whilst Norster was not the tallest Wkipedi suggests he was as tall as lots of his international contemporaries eg Donal Lenihan, Gary Whetton, Alan Tomes, Jean Condom etc. His team mate Huw Richards who replaced him in 1987 RWC was the same height although everyone on the field was taller than Richards after Wayne Shelford laid him out in the semi-final
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Without looking at LotG there appears to be no 15m line before (late?) 70s and participants do seem rather congaesque in terms of how they line up.I remember throwing to either Front, Middle or (rarely) Back - not sure I was aiming at a specific player (looking back, perhaps that was where I went wrong
I am I right that in those days all the players had to stand a 1m apart? This meant that 'back' was rather a long way away.
Yes Wheel was illegal at the front and a clear dive in the middle. The ref saw the front and not the middle.
Are you claiming the dive was illegal?
Yes.
which one was material? ;-)
Why?
If I saw both today, I’d strongly consider “reversing” and awarding the penalty to the team who didn’t dive.
Because Haden dived out of the line out to try to con the referee.
