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2024 R3 Sun - Parramatta 28-24 Manly @ CommBank

Round 3: Parramatta v Manly

  • Parramatta Eels

    Votes: 8 61.5%
  • Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

    Votes: 4 30.8%
  • Draw after Golden Point

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Total voters
    13
  • Poll closed .

skeepe

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Correct interpretation.

But that's not an obstruction.
You could argue that the reason the defender stops is because he knows he’s not going to get around Jurbo.

He’s denied the opportunity to move through and then Turbo took the space Moretti could have been in if Jurbo wasn’t in the way.

I really don’t think we should be asking referees to guess what defenders might or might not do if an obstructing player isn’t there.

The key is in the wording the bunker uses too - he is denied the opportunity. Whether he would or wouldn’t have moved there or whether he would or wouldn’t have made the tackle is irrelevant.
 

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