fckn forward pass !!!!!!!
They are so inconsistent with the forward pass it is embarrassing.
They seem so bad at it nowadays I think that would be better. Or even just a 'forward pass challenge' separate from Captain's Challenge.They are so inconsistent with the forward pass it is embarrassing. Surely having them reviewable and calling the obvious ones and letting the ones go that are not obvious is better than not at all?
The one Doueihi threw on Thursday night was atrocious.
It’s not about straight lines on the field. The rule is ‘backward out of the hands’. If a player is running forward and throws it back it can still travel forward due to momentum - hence the straight lines thing wouldn’t work.This is what I don't get.
The bunker is allowed to rule on off-side, but not forward passes.
Isn't it all just about straight lines across a field?
Surely if they can see and review a player off-side, they can see and review a forward pass?
Correct but you've still gotta ask, who is better at judging them, the onfield refs or the bunker? Maybe just a challenge to correct howlers.It’s not about straight lines on the field. The rule is ‘backward out of the hands’. If a player is running forward and throws it back it can still travel forward due to momentum - hence the straight lines thing wouldn’t work.
The problem with that is how do you determine what’s a howler? It becomes too subjective. It’s either forward or it’s not.Correct but you've still gotta ask, who is better at judging them, the onfield refs or the bunker? Maybe just a challenge to correct howlers.
It’s not about straight lines on the field. The rule is ‘backward out of the hands’. If a player is running forward and throws it back it can still travel forward due to momentum - hence the straight lines thing wouldn’t work.
Which is why we can’t use the straight lines, which was my point.I completely understand that mate. They then just need to take the appropriate rules into account in making their decision. That Manly pass from Tom Turbo wasn't forward. It was clearly passed backwards and floated forward and should have been a try, but wasn't. Then there was that other one in another game that was clearly thrown forward and should have been pulled up.
It's really not that hard.
It doesn't actually have to be a howler to be overturned. It's just a chance to have another look at it from multiple angles and deciding if it's a legal pass or not. And if it's like a captain's challenge then we don't have to have them do it every time. But you can pretty much guarantee it would reverse some howlers.The problem with that is how do you determine what’s a howler? It becomes too subjective. It’s either forward or it’s not.
This is what I don't get.
The bunker is allowed to rule on off-side, but not forward passes.
Isn't it all just about straight lines across a field?
Surely if they can see and review a player off-side, they can see and review a forward pass?
Which is why we can’t use the straight lines, which was my point.
Wah? Do you mean at the point the passer released the ball or where the passer is when the receiver catches it?Well, not quite. A pass legally can go forward in the sense of travelling towards the opposition goal (under the 'momentum' 'direction of the hands' stuff). If you're running at 5m/second a lot of passes to support will go forward relative to the oppositions try line. But offside is much simpler. If the bloke ultimately touching the ball was in front of the last team mate to touch the ball he's offside (as long an he is not in his own in-goal).
Wah? Do you mean at the point the passer released the ball or where the passer is when the receiver catches it?
Whilst they’ll probably still win today, the panthers have been bog average for 2 weeks struggling to win against poor teams. As soon as they come up against a challenger they will lose.
Not saying they’re a bad team but they are absolutely due a loss