No im asking what are the actual laws when A player hits A player when attempting to charge down a kick. With regards to pens, YC's ect...
Im quite confused by your response? If advantage is on then should have been played(dont remember). I want that whistle blown as little as possible and i want Pen advantage over quicker when a real advantage has been taken...
But my question was on the rules,
Scotty,
Regarding the laws ,yes no player can play the man without the ball so Tompkins committed an offence punishable by a penalty.
As a retired ref from down in weeds level 7.
This applies to all levels and its called materiality.
In your case, Tompkins plays a man off ball so could be a penalty, Luke Peirce is a ref who wants game to flow so didn't call it as it didn't matter to him.
Every ref at every level can ping an infringement but the but and is a biggy does it matter?
In this case it didn't as ball went away from infringement for me Sale had players but didn't make of it.
Every game, every breakdown, every maul, every tackle there will be most likely someone who breaks the laws.
It's easy as a ref to blow the whistle but harder to guess if it doesn't matter.
However fans will always pick up on something from level 12 to international rugby.
Players want to play however.
LP is ref who let's game's flow and they are better for it.
Strip point we have Laws not rules in rugby.
NB. That's a joke by the way.
