Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:17 pm  

Just a quick question, which may have been well covered elsewhere (links appreciated) but for Watmough's second try, when Williams kicked for Stewart in the build-up (lovely kick if he meant it by the way) was Stewart offside? Not asking in the interests of feling hard done by, just the angles on the footage I have seen were pretty inconclusive, and my curiosity needs satisfying.

Re: Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:18 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

Just a quick question, which may have been well covered elsewhere (links appreciated) but for Watmough's second try, when Williams kicked for Stewart in the build-up (lovely kick if he meant it by the way) was Stewart offside? Not asking in the interests of feling hard done by, just the angles on the footage I have seen were pretty inconclusive, and my curiosity needs satisfying.

Yes he was, well that's assuming the 'cutting lines' in the grass are parallel to the try line. I checked it a couple of times myself.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:21 pm  

On first viewing it certainly looked so as he seemed to come from nowhere, second time around I wasn't so sure.

Re: Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:21 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

Just a quick question, which may have been well covered elsewhere (links appreciated) but for Watmough's second try, when Williams kicked for Stewart in the build-up (lovely kick if he meant it by the way) was Stewart offside? Not asking in the interests of feling hard done by, just the angles on the footage I have seen were pretty inconclusive, and my curiosity needs satisfying.

I didnt think he was offside but it was a tough one to call.

Re: Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:30 pm  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

Yes he was, well that's assuming the 'cutting lines' in the grass are parallel to the try line. I checked it a couple of times myself.

When i looked i thought he was level!

Re: Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:32 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

:?
When i looked i thought he was level!

Called it Offside in real time ..on replay looked level

Isnt level offside. I thought the rulling was "behind" the kicker.

Re: Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:34 pm  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

Which is onside is it not? Is that not what the op asked in his text (not in the thread title).

Yes but you said he looked offside!!

Re: Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:35 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

Yes but you said he looked offside!!

I apologise, teach me from misreading and being on here in my lunch break.

When I said yes, I meant yes he was on ONside.

As I said earlier it's clear if you use the grass cutting lines as a guide.

Re: Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:37 pm  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

I apologise, teach me from misreading and being on here in my lunch break.

No probs mate i re-read it after your post

Re: Offside : Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:37 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

Yes but you said he looked offside!!

Well done on quoting Lenny before he deleted another major gaffe.

Makes a change from him editing his posts just after someone has quoted him I suppose.

Oh, too late