Playing the ball on the ground

breako


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Diving on a loose ball is ok. But if a player goes to ground and doesn't fall on the ball but instead falls beside it and then he reaches out 3 seconds later, that is playing the ball on the ground, right? how do we differentiate between ok and not ok?
 

Balones

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Question 1 - yes.
Question 2 - up to the referee to assess the situation and be consistent.
 

tim White


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"Going to ground to gather the ball" is OK -tends to be one flowing movement. Reaching out after 3 seconds is completely different; You KNOW IT when you see it. I am visualising a wagging finger at this point.
 

didds

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... but as oft discussed here, you'll be watching TV rugby and in one game a player will be pinged for it, and in the next game an hour later in very suimilar circumstances ... they wont.

so you takes your pick basically.
 
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