[Law] New Law Variations

[Richard smith]

How is everybody finding the new law variations??????

 

[Christy]

hi richard
generally no issues .

even with ball crossing line , or catcher jumping & knocking back etc .
all my line outs have thank fully been clear cut .

the only law i think was a pointless & a step back wards in terms of safety { especially at youth matches }
is the not advising scrum half when to put ball in at scrums .

 

[crossref]

in grass roots games there is only one change that I think made a significant and important impact : tackler has to get back on the right side of the tackle and come through the gate. That made a lot of difference, and IMO has improved the game (and, as a bonus, made it easier to ref)

The other changes were interesting in theory - but in practice are bit meh.

 

[Rich_NL]

Additionally, not kicking the ball out of the ruck has made breakdowns a little less scrappy. It's the one I've blown for most.

 

[crossref]

yes, I've blown for that three times I think, which is three times more than I would have expected !

 

[Dixie]

yes, I've blown for that three times I think, which is three times more than I would have expected !

This was penalised in the internationals over the weekend. But ref called Ball's out, ex-rucker kicked it forward (not out of receiver's hand) and SH ref seemed to get a late nudge from the AR leading to penalty. Commentators correctly identified the relevant variation but made no mention of the preceding call of "out".

 

[Decorily]

This was penalised in the internationals over the weekend. But ref called Ball's out, ex-rucker kicked it forward (not out of receiver's hand) and SH ref seemed to get a late nudge from the AR leading to penalty. Commentators correctly identified the relevant variation but made no mention of the preceding call of "out".

I felt that 'out' or not there was still a hand on the ball and therefore kicking the ball was a penalty offence.
Referee seemed a little timid when explaining his decision....which by the way was nothing to do with kicking the ball while a player had hands on as I refer to above.

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

I felt that 'out' or not there was still a hand on the ball and therefore kicking the ball was a penalty offence.
Referee seemed a little timid when explaining his decision....which by the way was nothing to do with kicking the ball while a player had hands on as I refer to above.

If that was in the Ire v RSA game then a combination of it being new to Kolisi and the Saffas AND the referee Ben O'Keeffe probably made for the lack of decisiveness.

 

[Richard smith]

hi richard
generally no issues .


the only law i think was a pointless & a step back wards in terms of safety { especially at youth matches }
is the not advising scrum half when to put ball in at scrums .

I tend to agree to he extent. Would love to hear World Rugby's rational behind this