GeoffN posted:
Fropm the RFL rules, section 8
"6. A player who kicks off or drops-out shall be penalised if he
(b) kicks the ball on the full over the touch line, touch in-goal, or over the dead ball line."
No mention of any player being involved, but in the Notes it says...
"Should a kick be made dead by a defending player
straddling the dead ball line or touch in-goal line, play will restart with a goal line drop-out."
Not limited to any particular type of kick. I'm interested to see which rule SC is looking at, if he is, in fact saying Silverwood was wrong.
I am eager to see what SC has to say about this one too. I read his comments in League Express this morning but his interpretation as you point out Geoff isn't written into the rule. Therefore, is the rulebook available to download an incomplete version or is SC just interpretting it as he sees it?
Also if you read Section 8, Rule 4...
The game is restarted with a drop-out by a defending player from the centre of the goal line if:
(i) where a kick is made dead by a defending player straddling the dead ball line or touch in goal line.
In the glossary a 'kick' is defined as...
means imparting motion to the ball with any part of the leg (except the heel) from knee to toe inclusive.
Therefore, their own glossary of terms does not differentiate between different types of kicks.
