I agree. I called it as it happened, and then had an argument with my old boy about it.

I was referring to when Webb was stood in the Bulls line at a Leeds ptb, and then backed up the break to give the final pass to Burrow to score. The try was ruled out because Webb was offside at the ptb and made no attempt to get onside before his team-mates passed him. I'm not sure on the ruling for this.

Webb does this a lot, he follows the plays right up the middle waiting for a break (well Tony Rea pointed this out on Boots n All last year) He's very effective at it. Shaun Edwards made a career of it! even when there used to be a rule that the attacking side had to be 5m behind the play the ball.

Keith Senior is an adept at it. Although, KS usually stands next to the markers and not in the defensive line.

Ironic then that Keith Senior was supporting that play but gave up when he say Webb was in support, if Senior had taken the pass the try would have stood.

From the rule book

Retire at play-

(g) players of the side not in possession other than
the-ball the player taking part in the play-the-ball and the
acting half back are out of play if they fail to retire
ten (10) metres from the point at which the ball is
played or to their own goal lines. Players of the
side in possession other than the player taking
part in the play-the-ball and the acting halfback
must retire behind their players involved in the
play-the-ball or to their own goal line.
(h) having retired the distance prescribed in the
preceding paragraph no player of the team not in
possession may advance until the ball has
cleared the ruck. A player who is out of play may
again take part in the game when the advantage
gained by not retiring has been lost.



“Out of Play” as 3. Players who are out of play at a play-the-ball (Section 11), a opposed to “off side” scrum (Section 12), a kick off or drop-out (Section 8 ) a penalty kick (Section 13) or a free kick (Section 13) are not
put “on side” in the manner described in para 3 above. (See
appropriate Sections).

Thank-you. I suspected it was something like that, but I couldn't be bothered to look it up. Just chillin' this weekend.

we need to concentrate on our own teams progress

As sickening as it is to say, I actually wanted Bradford to win yesterday...

I need a whiskey

Not so much sickening as just sick

Yuk!

I remember the end of the Thrum Hall Era, the year we competed against the 3 aussie club teams, we played Bradford up there, there were about 20 people waiting for the 514 bus to MIXENDEN after the game