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[2019 Rugby Championship] Round 2: New Zealand vs. South Africa (27/07/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 950980" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I get that. But the whole purpose of rugby is to go forward, and earn metres to get to the tryline to score points. Now a kicker is "stealing" metres they didn't earn. It's not the same as a lineout thrower not throwing straight.</p><p></p><p>I have seen many instances where kickers does this, and yeah usually the referee will tell them to go back to the mark, or sometimes they just didn't place it on the right mark, and even ask the referee for the mark. But IMHO this was a bit different than that. Barrett's intention was to get closer, he waited and anticipated until the ref's back was facing him, and then did that tap of the ball ahead. The deception and the manner in which he did this, is a lot different from other kickers, and that's where the issue is.</p><p></p><p>Maybe citing or suspension is a bit harsh, but you have to start somewhere to stop this from happening, so perhaps acting harsher to players doing this, will be the only way to stop them from doing this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 950980, member: 40658"] I get that. But the whole purpose of rugby is to go forward, and earn metres to get to the tryline to score points. Now a kicker is "stealing" metres they didn't earn. It's not the same as a lineout thrower not throwing straight. I have seen many instances where kickers does this, and yeah usually the referee will tell them to go back to the mark, or sometimes they just didn't place it on the right mark, and even ask the referee for the mark. But IMHO this was a bit different than that. Barrett's intention was to get closer, he waited and anticipated until the ref's back was facing him, and then did that tap of the ball ahead. The deception and the manner in which he did this, is a lot different from other kickers, and that's where the issue is. Maybe citing or suspension is a bit harsh, but you have to start somewhere to stop this from happening, so perhaps acting harsher to players doing this, will be the only way to stop them from doing this. [/QUOTE]
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