Rd 2 2024: 8pm Penrith v Eels GAME DAY THREAD @ Bluebet Stadium March 15th

[JokerEel]

Does he though?

If he's 30+metres out from the tryline and he starts haring downfield it's obvious what he's trying to do. Maybe not to you but to everyone else anyway.

If he's running toward the man fielding the kick then he is involved in the kick chase. What else would he be doing?

Going to answer the first question only.

Yes ref blows a penalty as soon as a player is Infront of the play the ball and the ball is kicked.

That basically null invoids everything else in your post.

 

[JokerEel]

Yeah it's very hard. Hopefully the refs have seen a couple of games of rugby league before going out on the field.

You are new to the NRL?

Klein yesterday missed a knock on when he was in the bunker and had plenty of replays....

 

[JokerEel]

It was to prevent teams from getting their kick chase perfectly in position ten metres away from the receiver and limiting the kick return. This way they don't get a twenty metre head start.

Probably need to update the rule book?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Going to answer the first question only.

Yes ref blows a penalty as soon as a player is Infront of the play the ball and the ball is kicked.

That basically null invoids everything else in your post.

Well that would be dumb and I don't think the refs will do that.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You are new to the NRL?

Klein yesterday missed a knock on when he was in the bunker and had plenty of replays....

Or did you see a knock on that wasn't there, despite plenty of replays?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Probably need to update the rule book?

They never do that!!!

 

[JokerEel]

Well that would be dumb and I don't think the refs will do that.

What that's what they have been doing

 

[JokerEel]

They never do that!!!

Well stop making up rules? And follow the ones they just made up on the fly..

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Bring back Esi Tonga and Vai Toutai

 

[Poupou Escobar]

What that's what they have been doing

No they haven't. You're complaining because they're enforcing the intent of the rules rather than the letter ffs

 

[JokerEel]

No they haven't. You're complaining because they're enforcing the intent of the rules rather than the letter ffs

Yes they have been doing it... Hence why I wrote the post.

 

[JokerEel]

Bring back Esi Tonga and Vai Toutai

Yes agreed!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yes they have been doing it... Hence why I wrote the post.

I thought you were whinging about Yeo's 'involvement' in the Edwards try on Friday.

 

[JokerEel]

I thought you were whinging about Yeo's 'involvement' in the Edwards try on Friday.

No you are!

 

[Noise]

How do you differentiate?

It doesn't say anything in the rules...

The same you differentiate if a player is passive when determining offside from a kick. It’s very easy to tell if a player is chasing for the ball , getting out of the way or doing nothing

 

[JokerEel]

The same you differentiate if a player is passive when determining offside from a kick. It’s very easy to tell if a player is chasing for the ball , getting out of the way or doing nothing

But rules don't say passive players.

 

[Chipmunk]

Yeo wasn’t a chaser.

Did he play the ball?

 

[JokerEel]

If it happened on the halfway line it would have been a penalty Yeo moved past the point where the play the ball was played.

The rules do not say if you are on the oppositions try line or if you are getting out of the way of the play.. (he moved forward when he saw Cleary run not to get out of the way of the kick).

It doesn't say if the player is passive in the rules.

 

[Noise]

But rules don't say passive players.

They sure do:

Offside A player is offside if he has one foot (either on or off the ground) in front of a teammate who ‘last touches, is touched, held or kicked the ball’.

Section 14 (1) In relation to kick, an active offside player shall not encroach within 10 metres of the ball, when there is an opponent waiting for the ball.

ACTIVE OR PASSIVE:

Active is: An offside player who takes part in and/or influences the course of the game.

Passive is: An offside player who does not influence the course of the game.

Page 9 https://www.nrl.com/siteassets/operations/documentation/nrl_laws_interpretations_2020.pdf

 

[JokerEel]

They sure do:

Offside A player is offside if he has one foot (either on or off the ground) in front of a teammate who ‘last touches, is touched, held or kicked the ball’.

Section 14 (1) In relation to kick, an active offside player shall not encroach within 10 metres of the ball, when there is an opponent waiting for the ball.

ACTIVE OR PASSIVE:

Active is: An offside player who takes part in and/or influences the course of the game.

Passive is: An offside player who does not influence the course of the game.

Page 9 https://www.nrl.com/siteassets/operations/documentation/nrl_laws_interpretations_2020.pdf

Yeah that's not for the downtown rule