Re: George Williams : Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:10 pm
Pieman wrote:
but you said - Metres are only gained once the player gets past the point of the last PTB, anything less is a loss of metres.
Correct, but in your example, the last PTB is irrelevant as the ball has been played at by the opposition who have forced play backwards 20 metres. The tackle count has now been wiped clean and the moment the attacking player picks the ball up is essentially like the first PTB. Any metres run forward from this point are now metres gained. If the defending team pushes the attacking player back behind the point he picked the ball up, this would be metres lost.