Playing the ball 'in' to an opponent
https://www.rugby-league.com/article...referee-policy
Playing the ball 'in' to an opponent
https://www.rugby-league.com/article...referee-policy
Yes but there is no such thing as common sense. So we will move from criticism of referees for being consistent and strict.
To criticism of referees for a lack of consistency as some players will get penalised were as others won't as it will be down to interpretation.
How long until defenders up their gamesmanship now to try and get a penalty the other way?
Its a good start but the tackler still needs to roll away, if they want a clean PTB they have missed the opportunity for the marker to have no contact at all when the player puts the ball to floor to play, how many times have we seen the marker still interfering to slow things down.
Its another positive for teams like us who have lots of mobility in the side.
Might take a few games for Gigot to get use to this ruling so we could see a few penalties go our way on Sunday.
Last edited by STIDDY; 23rd April 2019 at 18:56.
The Castleford Catalans game was an absolute embarrassment concerning this style of cheating. No doubt it was this the "last straw" that made the RFL take action.