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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 561615" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Heineken</p><p></p><p>I think the refereeing this year has been better than last year. Certainly, the use of the TMO to confirm/overturn tries and to catch foul play has been a good initiative.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I think you guys were robbed by a very poor decision at the end against the Brumbies. </p><p></p><p>At the ruck prior to the one at which the Bulls gave away the penalty that won the match, there were two clear and obvious material offences by the Brumbies, right in front of the referee, and he missed both of them.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, there were clear offsides by the Brumbies right side midfield. Despite what some people will tell you, <strong>the ball is NOT out of the ruck when the (acting) scrum-half has his hands on it; the ball is out when it is OUT, i.e. completely clear of bodies of players that form the ruck.</strong></p><p></p><p>Secondly, a Brumbies player illegally came into the ruck from the side, and knocked a Bulls player over to the scrumhalf's left.</p><p></p><p>The combination of these two forced the Bulls scrumhalf to go right when he was clearly looking to go left, therefore these offences had a material effect on play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 561615, member: 20605"] Heineken I think the refereeing this year has been better than last year. Certainly, the use of the TMO to confirm/overturn tries and to catch foul play has been a good initiative. Having said that, I think you guys were robbed by a very poor decision at the end against the Brumbies. At the ruck prior to the one at which the Bulls gave away the penalty that won the match, there were two clear and obvious material offences by the Brumbies, right in front of the referee, and he missed both of them. Firstly, there were clear offsides by the Brumbies right side midfield. Despite what some people will tell you, [B]the ball is NOT out of the ruck when the (acting) scrum-half has his hands on it; the ball is out when it is OUT, i.e. completely clear of bodies of players that form the ruck.[/B] Secondly, a Brumbies player illegally came into the ruck from the side, and knocked a Bulls player over to the scrumhalf's left. The combination of these two forced the Bulls scrumhalf to go right when he was clearly looking to go left, therefore these offences had a material effect on play. [/QUOTE]
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