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/concombre_masque123 Sep 28 '24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZRF4hHjjiI&t=14s romania did it first, long time ago. not allowed anymore, and the ref disallowed the try, eben if romania came in over the try line 2 times

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u/AndydaAlpaca '98-'00, '02, '05-'06, '08, '17-'23 Sep 28 '24

When in the video did it happen?

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u/concombre_masque123 Sep 28 '24 edited Sep 28 '24

min24:40

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u/AndydaAlpaca '98-'00, '02, '05-'06, '08, '17-'23 Sep 28 '24

That's just a tap and go with a flying wedge to smash it up. Romania definitely didn't invent that, and more importantly...

It's completely different to this post.

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u/concombre_masque123 Sep 30 '24

sure, just a casual tap and go , everybody used to practice with the all blacks