Wedgie
Referees in England
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5m attacking scrum to red. Red win the hook, and ball stays in their second row as they push forward a metre or so. All of a sudden the ball squirts out of the second row sideways and the first person to react is the red flanker, who falls sideways on the floor to secure the ball such that his body is lying parallel with the try line. Pretty much immediately he realises that no-one is challenging him for the ball and so takes one roll forward and places the ball over the try line to claim the try. For clarity on the distance moved, if the 'one roll' had been in after being held and brought to ground in a tackle situation nobody would be complaining and it was not all that different from the example shown here (taken from IRB Law 14 webpage) excepting the ball was placed forward over the try line and not backward as BOD(?) does.
Try? Penalty against Red flanker for playing the ball off his feet? Other?
Try? Penalty against Red flanker for playing the ball off his feet? Other?