RU and the ruck : Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:40 pm  

Not saints related but did anyone see the England Italy game? In a nut shell Italy choose not to contest any of the rucks and where beating England going into the 2nd half by using this tactic. Could this make RU more like RL from today onwards? Watch the video on the BBC website as the video is better than my description. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39096603 Looks like this could create huge issues in RU now https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... ugby-union

Not saints related but did anyone see the England Italy game? In a nut shell Italy choose not to contest any of the rucks and where beating England going into the 2nd half by using this tactic. Could this make RU more like RL from today onwards? Watch the video on the BBC website as the video is better than my description. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39096603 Looks like this could create huge issues in RU now https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... ugby-union

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 7:24 am  

Made the game a lot faster! Only watched a little. There was a point in the game where there were 7 kicks from side to side of the field, two tackles then another 4 kicks- I stopped watching at that point

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:26 am  

I liked the quote "I am a referee not a coach" when the england players questioned the validlty of the tactic.

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:39 am  

Judder Man wrote:

I liked the quote "I am a referee not a coach" when the england players questioned the validlty of the tactic.

haha same here! Fair play to the ref to be honest

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:48 am  

Agree with the referee, Italian coach did what was best for his team and players! that's reacting!

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:59 pm  

I don't claim to understand Union, but when they don't commit to the ruck, why can they then mark the receivers in the line? Surely they are ahead of the ball and offside?

If that rule doesn't exist, it seems a rather easy change to make?

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:09 pm  

I am surprised that particular brand of rugby is allowed on this site.

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:20 pm  

redex113 wrote:

I am surprised that particular brand of rugby is allowed on this site.

yea sorry in terms of the uncontested ruck its boarding on league rules. it will be interesting to see what comes of this.

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:29 pm  

theblondebomber wrote:

yea sorry in terms of the uncontested ruck its boarding on league rules. it will be interesting to see what comes of this.

A rule change

Re: RU and the ruck : Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:25 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

I don't claim to understand Union, but when they don't commit to the ruck, why can they then mark the receivers in the line? Surely they are ahead of the ball and offside?

If that rule doesn't exist, it seems a rather easy change to make?

In Union rules it's the player in the ruck that dictates offside , no player , no offside , funny isn't it , to hear an Aussie complain about somebody else pushing the rules to their advantage