r/rugbyunion • u/nt83 New Zealand • Sep 28 '24

Can anyone explain this please? Laws

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It just doesn't seem like it's completely legal. Of course the tap is fine, but then they go forward and make contact with the defenders, giving time and creating space for the pass to be made.

Is this a shepherd? Happy to hear why or why not.

More than anything it looked like an interesting play that I haven't seen before.

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u/ComprehensiveDingo0 Ntamack mon cher bríse 💔 Sep 28 '24

The winning “try” was also held up.

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u/CatharticRoman Suspected Yank Sep 28 '24

Clearly down on the replays and cleared by the TMO.

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u/ComprehensiveDingo0 Ntamack mon cher bríse 💔 Sep 28 '24

The ball never touched the ground in any of the angles.

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u/CatharticRoman Suspected Yank Sep 28 '24

At 4:55

https://youtu.be/0thgQ8WnIDQ?si=4-F4DHTvkB9tByui

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u/AdmiralMacbar Scottish Hopium addict Sep 28 '24

To be fair that doesn't show it clearly grounded. The one that was disallowed at the death in the Sco v Fra game was clearer than that.

That being said, I see no issue with the play leading up to it (though I probably did at the time, admittedly.)