Post subject: Re: Rugby League no credibility left anymore !!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:12 pm
Derwent
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Joined: Feb 25 2004 Posts: 2874 Location: Sometimes Workington, Sometimes Warrington, Often on the M6
Milly wrote:Leeds got the scrum because they were the defending side at the time! Hodgson was carrying the ball in so Wire were the attacking side.
I understand why you would think that but technically Leeds were the attacking team. The definition of the attacking team in the laws of the game is the team which has territorial advantage regardless of who has possession of the ball. The incident happened in Warrington's half, so Leeds had the territorial advantage.
Post subject: Re: Rugby League no credibility left anymore !!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:52 pm
Wellsy13
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Joined: Feb 03 2004 Posts: 10000 Location: Hull
Derwent wrote:I understand why you would think that but technically Leeds were the attacking team. The definition of the attacking team in the laws of the game is the team which has territorial advantage regardless of who has possession of the ball. The incident happened in Warrington's half, so Leeds had the territorial advantage.
Where is this definition, just out of interest?
I've always been under the illusion that the attacking side is the team with the ball.
RL International Laws of the Game wrote:SECTION 2 GLOSSARY
ATTACKING TEAM is the team which at the time has a territorial advantage. If a scrum is to be formed on the halfway line the team which last played at the ball before it went out of play is the attacking team.
Well, guess you learn something everyday. Seems an odd rule though, possession would appear to be a better definition unless I'm missing the obvious reason for it.
Wellsy13 wrote:Where is this definition, just out of interest?
I've always been under the illusion that the attacking side is the team with the ball.
RL International Laws of the Game wrote:SECTION 2 GLOSSARY
ATTACKING TEAM is the team which at the time has a territorial advantage. If a scrum is to be formed on the halfway line the team which last played at the ball before it went out of play is the attacking team.
Well, guess you learn something everyday. Seems an odd rule though, possession would appear to be a better definition unless I'm missing the obvious reason for it.
Well, guess you learn something everyday. Seems an odd rule though, possession would appear to be a better definition unless I'm missing the obvious reason for it.
It's the theory that if you have the ball close to your own line you will play more conservatively and of a less attacking nature. If you are the team not in possession you gain more of an advantage for forcing the error by being more aggressive in the tackle.
The call on Saturday was Scrum Defence which suggests that it was a Leeds feed. Not sure if that was the case, as I had lapsed into a coma due to the time it took to make the decision, but Warrington ended up with the ball after the scrum.
Well, guess you learn something everyday. Seems an odd rule though, possession would appear to be a better definition unless I'm missing the obvious reason for it.
It's the theory that if you have the ball close to your own line you will play more conservatively and of a less attacking nature. If you are the team not in possession you gain more of an advantage for forcing the error by being more aggressive in the tackle.
The call on Saturday was Scrum Defence which suggests that it was a Leeds feed. Not sure if that was the case, as I had lapsed into a coma due to the time it took to make the decision, but Warrington ended up with the ball after the scrum.
Post subject: Re: Rugby League no credibility left anymore !!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:47 am
Wellsy13
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Joined: Feb 03 2004 Posts: 10000 Location: Hull
Mild mannered Janitor wrote:It's the theory that if you have the ball close to your own line you will play more conservatively and of a less attacking nature. If you are the team not in possession you gain more of an advantage for forcing the error by being more aggressive in the tackle.
The call on Saturday was Scrum Defence which suggests that it was a Leeds feed. Not sure if that was the case, as I had lapsed into a coma due to the time it took to make the decision, but Warrington ended up with the ball after the scrum.
Why does it suggest it was a Leeds feed? If it goes by territorial advantage, then surely Leeds would be the attacking team as they were closest to the Warrington line?
Post subject: Re: Rugby League no credibility left anymore !!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:09 pm
JB Down Under
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Joined: Apr 29 2004 Posts: 14082 Location: The Sunniest City in the World
getdownmonkeyman wrote:Has the game ever had any credibility in the eyes of the fans?
no but then I've never met sports fans who can whinge about the game they supposedly love like RL fans! RL fans remind me of them blokes you meet down the pub who complain about their bosses, hate the company they work for, slag off their wives, yet spend 50 years staying with them all!
WEST COAST PIRATES NRL expansion? Sometime soon, maybe......
Post subject: Re: Rugby League no credibility left anymore !!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:14 pm
wrencat1873
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Joined: Apr 24 2011 Posts: 17980
JB Down Under wrote:no but then I've never met sports fans who can whinge about the game they supposedly love like RL fans! RL fans remind me of them blokes you meet down the pub who complain about their bosses, hate the company they work for, slag off their wives, yet spend 50 years staying with them all!
Hey, dont bring us into your domestic situation, I heard she was a lovely lass
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