The field goal tonight....

[Roosterphin1]

Just a thought on this. To me it looked like the Dragons had 3 players next to the play the ball in an attempt to block chasers. Are these guys offside or not?

 

[beave]

only if the ball is kicked into them...............

 

[aussie7798]

every side that has time for a set up for the FG does it

 

[Fui!!!]

Not offside.

And not obstruction unless they move into the path of the defender.

 

[Marshall_magic]

only if the ball is kicked into them...............

Accidental offside then as they wouldn't be playing at the ball (scrum not a penalty).

 

[Loudstrat]

An old Bennet ploy that dates back to the days of Greg Dowling

 

[Slackboy72]

They were onside when the ball was played.
They were in an offside position the moment Soward touches the ball.
From that moment they cannot interfere with a defender or else that will be obstruction.

 

[attila_the_gorilla]

They were onside when the ball was played.

If I'm ahead of my team's play-the-ball, is that a penalty?

 

[Slackboy72]

Not necessarily.

 

[dragon_around]

You see tired forwards walking back all the time, or even players who over ran a play.

They never get penalised unless the player with the ball runs behind them.

 

[aussie7798]

If I'm ahead of my team's play-the-ball, is that a penalty?

you would have like 7 players offside on the first tackle of every kick return set if that was the case

 

[The Engineers Room]

By the rules the defenders can't stand in the way. That is obstruction no matter if they move or not but this is never called that way so I have no problem with it here, the problem is the knee in the back by Jeremy Smith that could have given the Tigers another set and the 5-0 penalty count early when the same indiscretions later in the game committed by the Dragons weren't penalised.

 

[saint_marto88]

Only an idiot would suggest that Jeremy Smith's knee was a penalty

 

[beave]

^ this.

People whinging about it need to pull their heads out of their ass. It's a contact sport, sh*t happens and it was not a deliberate set of knees in the back.

 

[SET2JT]

Re: the field goal tonight: It was awesome!