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Referees in-game coaching i.e. their constant commands
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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1032082" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>In football, the offside line is your position in relation to a real thing (the backmost opponent) - it's also rarely important when it's a matter of a foot or so.</p><p>In rugby, the offside line is your position in relation to an imaginary line Xm back from the hindmost involved player (interpretation as to who that is) - it's always important, a matter of a foot or so 80 times in a match is absolutely huge.</p><p></p><p>In football, it's absolute with no real confounders.</p><p>In rugby, it's interpretive with several steps of margin for error.</p><p></p><p>Basically, too much of the laws of rugby rely on interpretation (exactly where is the offside line? when is it a tackle or a maul? when is the ruck over? did I clearly release the ball carrier in the tackle?) and honest differences of opinion happen all the time. It's the ref's opinion that matters, but until humans develop the capacity to read each other's minds; the only way of knowing his interpretation is for him to tell you.</p><p></p><p>There are times when the ref really shouldn't need to say anything ("hold 5" when the FH has just kicked forward directly over the lock's head); but there are others where there's a genuine difference of opinion between player and ref (has the winger timed his run right when chasing a kick towards the corner?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1032082, member: 73592"] In football, the offside line is your position in relation to a real thing (the backmost opponent) - it's also rarely important when it's a matter of a foot or so. In rugby, the offside line is your position in relation to an imaginary line Xm back from the hindmost involved player (interpretation as to who that is) - it's always important, a matter of a foot or so 80 times in a match is absolutely huge. In football, it's absolute with no real confounders. In rugby, it's interpretive with several steps of margin for error. Basically, too much of the laws of rugby rely on interpretation (exactly where is the offside line? when is it a tackle or a maul? when is the ruck over? did I clearly release the ball carrier in the tackle?) and honest differences of opinion happen all the time. It's the ref's opinion that matters, but until humans develop the capacity to read each other's minds; the only way of knowing his interpretation is for him to tell you. There are times when the ref really shouldn't need to say anything ("hold 5" when the FH has just kicked forward directly over the lock's head); but there are others where there's a genuine difference of opinion between player and ref (has the winger timed his run right when chasing a kick towards the corner?) [/QUOTE]
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