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Rugby World Cup 2015
An open letter to World Rugby.
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<blockquote data-quote="ncurd" data-source="post: 766689" data-attributes="member: 72205"><p>I don't really want to play *** for tat on this subject of who knows who.</p><p></p><p>The reality is a lot of ex-rugby players don't know the laws that well and even get the basics wrong. [USER=20605]@smartcooky[/USER] is an ex-level 2 referee and has access to private referee forums, just accept if he's telling you something is the law in rugby he's 99% going to be right unless you really know what your talking about.</p><p></p><p>The simple side of this argument is it's the direction you pass the ball in not the direction it goes that matters if you read the laws.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>On the physics side without any Maths, </p><p></p><p>1) You are travelling by boat and are passing some whales.</p><p>2) In the time it take you to complete any jump the ship passes a whole whale.</p><p>3) If you jump vertically the boat does not travel beneath you and the boat still pass the whale.</p><p>4) If you jump backwards you go backwards relative to the boat (but only a small amount) but you and the boat pass the whale.</p><p></p><p>Number 4 is what happens when you pass the ball backwards but it still travels forwards.</p><p></p><p>So change replace that entire example into a rugby analogy, the boat is the player with the ball, a jump is pass, you are the ball and whale is the 22 yard line.</p><p></p><p>As you/the boat have jumped/passed the ball backwards it doesn't matter that you/the ball have passed the whale/22 yard line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ncurd, post: 766689, member: 72205"] I don't really want to play *** for tat on this subject of who knows who. The reality is a lot of ex-rugby players don't know the laws that well and even get the basics wrong. [USER=20605]@smartcooky[/USER] is an ex-level 2 referee and has access to private referee forums, just accept if he's telling you something is the law in rugby he's 99% going to be right unless you really know what your talking about. The simple side of this argument is it's the direction you pass the ball in not the direction it goes that matters if you read the laws. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] On the physics side without any Maths, 1) You are travelling by boat and are passing some whales. 2) In the time it take you to complete any jump the ship passes a whole whale. 3) If you jump vertically the boat does not travel beneath you and the boat still pass the whale. 4) If you jump backwards you go backwards relative to the boat (but only a small amount) but you and the boat pass the whale. Number 4 is what happens when you pass the ball backwards but it still travels forwards. So change replace that entire example into a rugby analogy, the boat is the player with the ball, a jump is pass, you are the ball and whale is the 22 yard line. As you/the boat have jumped/passed the ball backwards it doesn't matter that you/the ball have passed the whale/22 yard line. [/QUOTE]
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