Steamers v Counties Manukau

[taniwharugby]

@crucial is more of an issue in recent times due to the sheer size of the padding which protrude about 6inches or so onto the park, which effectively means there is an arear of maybe ~20inches that is undefendable...although TBF we still don't see huge amounts of tries scored there.

Pulu just highlighted a bit of an issue as the pads are there for safety, so removing them he has created an issue, for which I don't expect they thought would be an issue or consideration to go through a players mind.

[Crucial]

Max padding size is 300mm protruding . So, if square, the 'undefendable area' is 600mm plus width of post.

[taniwharugby]

So 300mm is 11 inches short of the line.

[Crucial]

@taniwharugby said in Steamers v Counties Manukau:

So 300mm is 11 inches short of the line.

Not sure what you mean by this but have amended my post to be clearer.

This is what the Laws say

When padding is attached to the goal posts the distance from the goal line to the external edge of the padding must not exceed 300mm.

So with the post on the line the depth of the pad can be 300mm max. That would mean that the square type of pad would be 300+300+gap for post wide along the try line. Probably close to say 800mm of target for grounding at the base