ddjamo
Referees in Canada
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lets get a thread going on the subject of refereeing rugby....
I have two areas of play in mind that I feel will become areas or emphasis within the next year.
1 - the "flop" as I call it. defending/side not in possession arrives at tackle, flops over the ball, feet and hands on the deck in a "downward facing dog" position, takes contact THEN pulls at ball OR acts as if he's pulling at the ball.
2 - tackler gets to the "right" side of the ball but gets to his feet in a manner where he takes away space/buys time for the tackled ball carrier. also, tackled ball carrier lays the egg and stays in a position where there's no way the opposition could win ball...etc...
those are my two that I see get handled differently by different referees. I don't allow #1 at all and even at the higher levels I hear grumbling about it. #2 takes many different shapes.
I have two areas of play in mind that I feel will become areas or emphasis within the next year.
1 - the "flop" as I call it. defending/side not in possession arrives at tackle, flops over the ball, feet and hands on the deck in a "downward facing dog" position, takes contact THEN pulls at ball OR acts as if he's pulling at the ball.
2 - tackler gets to the "right" side of the ball but gets to his feet in a manner where he takes away space/buys time for the tackled ball carrier. also, tackled ball carrier lays the egg and stays in a position where there's no way the opposition could win ball...etc...
those are my two that I see get handled differently by different referees. I don't allow #1 at all and even at the higher levels I hear grumbling about it. #2 takes many different shapes.