Law trials and changes

[Tordah]

@stargazer said in Law trials and changes set for 2017 and beyond:

The ‘on the run’ chat between the match officials and TMO for foul play will be removed with the onus on the referee, who should only refer to the TMO issues that are clear and obvious serious acts of foul play, including penalty kick, yellow card or red card as a potential sanction in order to protect player welfare

I like that. Less power in hands of whoever is responsible for the broadcasting / stadium TV feed

[Stargazer]

@tordah They can still show replays though, trying to get the ref to go to the TMO (with some help from players pointing at the screen and a loud crowd).

[Machpants]

This part makes no sense whatsoever: The "referee, who should only refer to the TMO issues that are clear and obvious..." If it's bloody 'clear and obvious' there is no need for a TMO, because it is clear and fucking obvious! The point of a TMO is to pick up things that are not clear and obvious, like borderline tries. "Clear and obvious", bloody muppets. Just drop the TMO, apart from checking the actual grounding of tries, and the game would be much better. Then have a wider brief for the citing commissioner and sort it out after, show time, so we don't have to sit through boring TMO decisions at the game.

[nzzp]

@machpants said in Law trials and changes set for 2017 and beyond:

This part makes no sense whatsoever: The "referee, who should only refer to the TMO issues that are clear and obvious..."

Nothing quite like dragging back a try for a poxy knock-on a ruck or two before. It's part of modern rugby

[Machpants]

@nzzp vomit

[nzzp]

@machpants said in Law trials and changes set for 2017 and beyond:

@nzzp vomit

you look kind of green. Jealous of the TMO are we? Remember, they are there to help ...

[Machpants]

@nzzp help me to my early grave with boredom and frustration!

[taniwharugby]

@nzzp does the 2 phases rule still apply or have the TMO determined that if something happened to breakdown play multiple phases back still counts?

[taniwharugby]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/108784712/rugby-referees-have-to-show-more-cards-demands-world-rugby-boss

[mariner4life]

Fuck off Gosper you total bell end.

[Tim]

Gosper gives one no confidence that his pronouncements are the result of coordinated analysis of refereeing ...

[mariner4life]

@tim said in Law trials and changes set for 2017 and beyond:

Gosper gives one no confidence that his pronouncements are the result of coordinated analysis of refereeing ...

what the fuck is an Australian pontificating about rugby for anyway? They're fucking hopeless at it...

[Bovidae]

Based on what Gosper and Pichot have said in recent days rugby is in good hands eh.

[Tim]

@bovidae 100% just making it up as they go. Policy making by the pint.

[mariner4life]

@bovidae said in Law trials and changes set for 2017 and beyond:

Based on what Gosper and Pichot have said in recent days rugby is in good hands eh.

what was Pichot's idiocy this time?

[taniwharugby]

@mariner4life pichots idea was the world league or whatever it is.

Make test rugby great again...or still or not friendlies or something

[Bovidae]

@mariner4life said in Law trials and changes set for 2017 and beyond:

what was Pichot's idiocy this time?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/108781087/world-rugby-boss-agustin-pichot-sparks-outrage-by-sharing-xenophobic-squads-list

[mariner4life]

@bovidae pffft haha what a dickhead

And did Barnes really say that "Shields is the same as the ABs and PIs" crap? If so he is even more of a dickhead than i already thought.

[Nevorian]

@antipodean so there goes an upright tackle trying to hold the player and ball up to force a maul and turnover

[taniwharugby]

@bovidae oh yea he did that too...although it is wrong cos the Beast isn't SA born is he?