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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 695392" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>My issue with this is, that because of ambiguities in the laws, the players, coaches and management look at ways to go around the laws. This crocodile roll, which is a wrestling/judo move, is new to rugby. I know the Springboks actually went for Judo and Wrestling classes in 2012, to learn techniques like this. Francois Louw, who used to wrestle when he was younger said, it's the easiest and best way to clear out players at the rucks, because in wrestling you try to take your opponent to the ground.</p><p></p><p>But here I agree with Cooky, the person doing the saddle roll, is also going off their feet when doing this action, so he's basically taking himself out in the process too. At ruck time he could and should be blown for going off his feet.</p><p></p><p>If it's banned, they will just find another way around it. The policing at the rucks are the bigger issue here. And during this EOYT it was clear that the refs are being way too lenient in this area. Maybe there are too many laws to consider at this phase of play, which prevents the ref from making a clear cut decision in split seconds, or maybe his positioning is not correct that he might not see everything going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 695392, member: 40658"] My issue with this is, that because of ambiguities in the laws, the players, coaches and management look at ways to go around the laws. This crocodile roll, which is a wrestling/judo move, is new to rugby. I know the Springboks actually went for Judo and Wrestling classes in 2012, to learn techniques like this. Francois Louw, who used to wrestle when he was younger said, it's the easiest and best way to clear out players at the rucks, because in wrestling you try to take your opponent to the ground. But here I agree with Cooky, the person doing the saddle roll, is also going off their feet when doing this action, so he's basically taking himself out in the process too. At ruck time he could and should be blown for going off his feet. If it's banned, they will just find another way around it. The policing at the rucks are the bigger issue here. And during this EOYT it was clear that the refs are being way too lenient in this area. Maybe there are too many laws to consider at this phase of play, which prevents the ref from making a clear cut decision in split seconds, or maybe his positioning is not correct that he might not see everything going on. [/QUOTE]
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