Lifting jumpers while ball still in play.

[ranger]

Correct. John Eales jumped up and caught a long range penalty goal attempt before it could go over the posts whilst playing for the Reds I think. They changed the rules after that so you couldn't do it. He wasn't being lifted though, just jumped by himself.

There were a few incidents other incidents of people actually using lifters to get up and block kicks though.
I can't remember if it was for the All Blacks or the Blues, but one time Troy Flavell was lifted up and caught a penalty kick. Then he threw the ball down as if the act of him catching it had caused play to stop, everyone looked at him like he was a retard and the opposition got a scrum right on the 5 metre inthe middle of the field. I think it got banned after that game because they had been lifting Flavell at every penalty.

 

[frenchie851]

it is defiantly allowed. But this is what you have to be careful of in any situation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_wDrU0Hm1k

when you lift a play if you get infront of him when you put him back to the ground then your offside, obstructing the opposition from forming a maul.

I am 25 have just started refing after playing since I was 9, got a bad injury so decided to ref for a year in order to rest the injury. Came on here to test my self and field a few questions.