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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 719886" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>What O'Driscoll is saying is right on the money. He is one of the few players and ex-players who really does understand the Law</p><p></p><p>Here is the Law, and I have emphasised the bit that BOD is talking about...</p><p></p><p>[TEXTAREA]Law 15.6</p><p>(d) At a tackle or near to a tackle, other players who play the ball must do so from <strong>behind the</strong></p><p><strong>ball</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000"><u><strong>and</strong></u></span> from directly behind <strong>the tackled player or the tackler closest to those players’ goal</strong></p><p><strong>line.</strong></p><p>Sanction: Penalty kick[/TEXTAREA]</p><p></p><p>In pictures that translates to this (lifted from the WR's old <em>"Rugby Ready"</em> publication</p><p></p><p><img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98915197/RugbyRefs/TackleGate.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>A Green player must not step across the lower legs of the blue player, if he does so, he is not approaching from between that player and his own goal-line and therefore is entering the side of the tackle zone. He has to go around the legs of that player. This seems very technical and very pedantic, but the whole rationale for forcing players to do this sort of thing is to create time and space at the breakdown. It might only take an extra fraction of a second for the player to go around the legs of the tackler, but that fraction of a second can be the difference between the first player at the tackle being able to secure possession or not. This is what I was on about in the RWC referees thread; if referees allow a free-for-all at the breakdown, the time and space becomes constrained and the breakdown becomes a mess and either a series of scrum unplayables, or players are unfairly able to win turnovers that they would not have had they been made to comply with the Law.</p><p></p><p>So, to go back to your question <em>"they are effectively saying the gate is ball carrier only... is that right?"</em> IMO no, and that is not what they are saying. The tackler is part of the gate, but you have to go around the part of him that is closest to your own goal line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 719886, member: 20605"] What O'Driscoll is saying is right on the money. He is one of the few players and ex-players who really does understand the Law Here is the Law, and I have emphasised the bit that BOD is talking about... [TEXTAREA]Law 15.6 (d) At a tackle or near to a tackle, other players who play the ball must do so from [B]behind the ball[/B] [COLOR=#ff0000][U][B]and[/B][/U][/COLOR] from directly behind [B]the tackled player or the tackler closest to those players’ goal[/B] [B]line.[/B] Sanction: Penalty kick[/TEXTAREA] In pictures that translates to this (lifted from the WR's old [I]"Rugby Ready"[/I] publication [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98915197/RugbyRefs/TackleGate.jpg[/IMG] A Green player must not step across the lower legs of the blue player, if he does so, he is not approaching from between that player and his own goal-line and therefore is entering the side of the tackle zone. He has to go around the legs of that player. This seems very technical and very pedantic, but the whole rationale for forcing players to do this sort of thing is to create time and space at the breakdown. It might only take an extra fraction of a second for the player to go around the legs of the tackler, but that fraction of a second can be the difference between the first player at the tackle being able to secure possession or not. This is what I was on about in the RWC referees thread; if referees allow a free-for-all at the breakdown, the time and space becomes constrained and the breakdown becomes a mess and either a series of scrum unplayables, or players are unfairly able to win turnovers that they would not have had they been made to comply with the Law. So, to go back to your question [I]"they are effectively saying the gate is ball carrier only... is that right?"[/I] IMO no, and that is not what they are saying. The tackler is part of the gate, but you have to go around the part of him that is closest to your own goal line. [/QUOTE]
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