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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 713922" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Fair enough, and player safety should be a concern. But in all fairness, there should be a responsibility on both players who jumps in the air to collect the ball. Why is the onus only on the chaser?</p><p></p><p>As an example, let's take a player like Bjorn Basson for instance. He has a 70% success rate to retrieve the ball when chasing. in other words the opposing player, who is the defending player, only has a 30% success rate that when he jumps against Basson, that he will:</p><p>a) Be in a better position than Basson when jumping</p><p>b) Catch the ball in the air.</p><p></p><p>If both of them jump, then all of a sudden there is a 100% onus on Basson to secure the safety of both players. To me that has to change. It has to be 50/50 and each instance should be judged on merit. Basson for instance has no malice in him, and whenever he chases, he tries to win the ball back and score tries, it's what made him such a good weapon for the Bulls a few seasons ago.</p><p></p><p>Sure not all chasers are like Basson, and forwards especially make silly attempts at some stage. And they are rightfully punished. But it's these other times when its clear that the chaser attempted to get the ball, was in a better position, and then the defending player is touched in the air and all of a sudden the chaser has to go to the bin for 10 minutes.</p><p></p><p>If they stay with this stupid way of interpretation. The up-and-under will dissappear completely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 713922, member: 40658"] Fair enough, and player safety should be a concern. But in all fairness, there should be a responsibility on both players who jumps in the air to collect the ball. Why is the onus only on the chaser? As an example, let's take a player like Bjorn Basson for instance. He has a 70% success rate to retrieve the ball when chasing. in other words the opposing player, who is the defending player, only has a 30% success rate that when he jumps against Basson, that he will: a) Be in a better position than Basson when jumping b) Catch the ball in the air. If both of them jump, then all of a sudden there is a 100% onus on Basson to secure the safety of both players. To me that has to change. It has to be 50/50 and each instance should be judged on merit. Basson for instance has no malice in him, and whenever he chases, he tries to win the ball back and score tries, it's what made him such a good weapon for the Bulls a few seasons ago. Sure not all chasers are like Basson, and forwards especially make silly attempts at some stage. And they are rightfully punished. But it's these other times when its clear that the chaser attempted to get the ball, was in a better position, and then the defending player is touched in the air and all of a sudden the chaser has to go to the bin for 10 minutes. If they stay with this stupid way of interpretation. The up-and-under will dissappear completely. [/QUOTE]
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