Re: Melbourne v Gold Coast

pedro · Post by **pedro** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:46 pm

Allowed to tackle over the line I believe

cpwigan · Post by **cpwigan** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:55 pm

I watched a programme from Aus and even one of the experts on there was unaware that the rule had been changed. The incident mentioned is one of several identical ones in recent weeks.

pedro · Post by **pedro** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:36 pm

Think its this country to as if a player jumps and catches the ball it would be a definate try as you wouldnt be allowed to touch them so you can in goal.

cpwigan · Post by **cpwigan** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:05 pm

pedro wrote:Think its this country to as if a player jumps and catches the ball it would be a definate try as you wouldnt be allowed to touch them so you can in goal.

That was the reasoning put forward on the programme.

However, they think flipping the guy catching the ball is dangerous and against the spirit of the game.

pedro · Post by **pedro** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:26 pm

Yep, still has to be a fair and legal tackle but they can still tackle him.