Tackled in a Ruck

[BZHopenside]

I was playing this weekend, and took the ball into a tackle. After properly placing this ball, I tried to push myself to my knees to get the other team off me and get my team more time to ruck over. Is that legal?

 

[lucky number 7]

It's the quickest way to a stretcher if you are not careful...if you've your back turned and on your knees and blocking opposition you're going to get opened up...similar thing happenned in a game I was playing today and we reckon yer man now has whiplash..

It's a bad idea IMO

 

[Ziggy]

Yeah definitely not a good idea, legal or not. You leave yourself open to having the snot belted out of you by the opposition and a right toyal ribbing from your own team mates due to you more than likely slowing the ruck down and thence your teams go forward.

Think about it: You're tackled, play the ball back towards your side of the ruck, you attempt to get up, get rucked and pushed back onto the ball, gets tied up in the ruck and becomes an opposition scrum feed.

 

[smartcooky]

It's the quickest way to a stretcher if you are not careful...if you've your back turned and on your knees and blocking opposition you're going to get opened up...similar thing happenned in a game I was playing today and we reckon yer man now has whiplash..

It's a bad idea IMO

Yep, bad, bad idea, and very dangerous for you!

Make the attempt to roll away, or drag yourself away but do not try to get on to your knees.

 

[lynam1104]

Het cooky I have quick question as the tackled player are you required to roll away after releasing the ball?

 

[smartcooky]

Het cooky I have quick question as the tackled player are you required to roll away after releasing the ball?

Yes you are....

[TEXTAREA]15.5 THE TACKLED PLAYER
(b) A tackled player must immediately pass the ball or release it. That player must also get up or move away from it at once.
Sanction: Penalty kick[/TEXTAREA]

....but the referee is also expected to manage that situation.

Clearly, there will be times when you become trapped through no fault of your own, so as long as you are making the effort to roll away or are not acting in any way to stop the ball from coming back or prevent an opponent from gaining possession.

In this regard, the tackled player is allowed more latitude than the tackler, because the tackle player generally has less control over where he ends up

 

[lynam1104]

Thanks for clearing that up as i've seen the call go both ways.