VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, [2], 3 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: Mon, August 20 2007, 14:59:44 GMT-10
Author: Mick Stone
Subject: Re: Kicking the ball whilst it is being held
In reply to: Gregory Pfeiffer 's message, "Kicking the ball whilst it is being held" on Sun, August 19 2007, 15:39:15 GMT-10

>Just watched Amos Roberts (Roosters) go over the line
>and almost score. As he was about to ground the ball,
>Mat Rogers (Titans) has kicked the ball and caused
>Roberts to lose the ball backwards. Reviewed by video
>referee, no-try the ruling, no action taken.
>
>I believe that kicking the ball from a player's
>possession is dangerous play and against the Laws of
>the Game. On that basis, I would have ruled penalty
>try to Roosters.
>
>From the above ruling, can we conclude that it is
>considered OK to kick a ball that is being held by a
>player?
>
>It is commonly seen that players come ion with the
>boot or the knee in an attempt to dislodge the ball
>from a player who is in the act of scoring, yet no
>action is taken on either act.
>
>I recall Matthew Ridge (Manly) kicking at a ball in
>the same situation many years ago and action was
>taken, but now it appears is accepted in the NRL? (And
>hence filters down to park level!)

Certainly kicking at the ball whilst it is in the possession of another player is dangerous and should be penalised. However if the defending player is merely getting a foot under the ball to prevent its grounding, then that may well be another matter altogether. Perhaps Chris read the situation that way.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT+10
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.