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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2021 Six Nations] Wales vs England (27/02/21)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1024573" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>The argument that can be made is that every time a player drops the ball onto their boot, it is the ball travelling forward but not a knock on. Whilst LRZ obviously didn't intend for it to do that, it did still hit his leg below the knee after he knocked it forward and therefore could be deemed a "kick". That would require a decision on if you knock it forward and then hoof it before it touches the ground if that counts as a kick or a knock on. If it's a kick then his try is legal but weird, if it's a knock on then his try is a knock on. It's yet another area of ambiguity.</p><p></p><p>Personally I'd argue that for it to be classed as a kick, the ball would have to be deliberately dropped directly downwards with a clear intent to kick. Any circumstance where it is knocked forward rather than intentionally dropped on the boot should be a knock on.</p><p></p><p>I can't actually find anything that defines how a kick in open play should be taken...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1024573, member: 56232"] The argument that can be made is that every time a player drops the ball onto their boot, it is the ball travelling forward but not a knock on. Whilst LRZ obviously didn't intend for it to do that, it did still hit his leg below the knee after he knocked it forward and therefore could be deemed a "kick". That would require a decision on if you knock it forward and then hoof it before it touches the ground if that counts as a kick or a knock on. If it's a kick then his try is legal but weird, if it's a knock on then his try is a knock on. It's yet another area of ambiguity. Personally I'd argue that for it to be classed as a kick, the ball would have to be deliberately dropped directly downwards with a clear intent to kick. Any circumstance where it is knocked forward rather than intentionally dropped on the boot should be a knock on. I can't actually find anything that defines how a kick in open play should be taken... [/QUOTE]
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