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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 464738" data-attributes="member: 13739">People are missing the point of this rule completely. It isn&#039;t there to make ref&#039;s lives difficult, it&#039;s there to allow the game to flow and make players lives easier. I urge anyone who is sceptical of the rule to go out and experiment, by running at full pelt and passing the ball to see just how hard it would be to not have the ball travel forwards relative to the ground. Rangers scenario with the wind also makes allot of sense, because if you couple forward momentum with wind, it would make it even more difficult, and almost impossible for players to judge how to pass the ball without it travelling forwards in relation to the ground. All this would also make support running nigh impossible, because the support runner would need to take into account how fast the ball carrier is running, and how far away his is and then work out how far behind sais ball carrier he&#039;d need to be so that he receives the ball without it travelling forwards in relation to the ground.Surely the way it is now makes perfect sense? It might be difficult for ref&#039;s, but that&#039;s just something the ref&#039;s will have to deal with, because anything else would make the game of rugby incredibly difficult to play, with play getting called back for forward passes every over minute!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 464738, member: 13739"] People are missing the point of this rule completely. It isn't there to make ref's lives difficult, it's there to allow the game to flow and make players lives easier. I urge anyone who is sceptical of the rule to go out and experiment, by running at full pelt and passing the ball to see just how hard it would be to not have the ball travel forwards relative to the ground. Rangers scenario with the wind also makes allot of sense, because if you couple forward momentum with wind, it would make it even more difficult, and almost impossible for players to judge how to pass the ball without it travelling forwards in relation to the ground. All this would also make support running nigh impossible, because the support runner would need to take into account how fast the ball carrier is running, and how far away his is and then work out how far behind sais ball carrier he'd need to be so that he receives the ball without it travelling forwards in relation to the ground. Surely the way it is now makes perfect sense? It might be difficult for ref's, but that's just something the ref's will have to deal with, because anything else would make the game of rugby incredibly difficult to play, with play getting called back for forward passes every over minute! [/QUOTE]

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