Unusual move for try.
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Unusual move for try.
The Bridgend full back pulls off an unusual move. Sensible, I think, as if he'd caught the ball conventionally he would have been tackled.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-union/59453849
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-union/59453849
Last edited by Old Hob on Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:56 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Unusual move for try.
Now that's what I call using your head
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Semper in excretia
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Re: Unusual move for try.
Used to play with an old scrum half who used to practice that in every warm up. Don't think he ever pulled it off though.
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Oddly, I played with a scrummie in Swansea who headed the ball over opposition a couple of times. would not be surprised if it used to happen a lot in lower leagues.sam16111986 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:57 am Used to play with an old scrum half who used to practice that in every warm up. Don't think he ever pulled it off though.
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Nope never seen that done on purpose before.
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Re: Unusual move for try.
surprised you don’t see it more often to be honest
Last edited by Jimmy Skitz on Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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How soon before its called a Knock on, or forward pass?
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Contra to Rugby concussion protocol and player welfare, including self harm??
Certainly one for Question of Sport.
Certainly one for Question of Sport.
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I only saw it once in game - and I was the winger who got beaten by it. I thought he should have got double points for chutzpah…and I recall he bought me a pint as well
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Re: Unusual move for try.
Saw Wells do it accidentally a few weeks back but the referee (I forget who) wrongly called it a knock on and didn’t award the try sadly.. completely accidental and not in the same league as the lad in this video but still a header leading to a try (well should have been a try)
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Torso has to be a knock on.Jimmy Skitz wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:45 pmIs it a knock on if it comes off your torso? To me a knock on has to at least come off the arm anything else should be play on
As an ex-fullback I unfortunately can remember a few incidents when fielding the highball when I misjudged it and missed the arms and popped forward off the torso, those need to be knock on's.... fortunately for me those instances were rare.....
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Does no-one remember Andy Goode 'fielding' the ball with his ample torso at Welford Road towards the end of his time with us? Entirely intentional and thoroughly enjoyed by all those present, including said Mr Goode, who as I remember it had a huge grin on his face as he did it. Cant specify the match and I dont remember it leading to a try...
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Must admit my experience has always been hands/arms knock on. Legs and torso OK, hence ref shouting "Off the Leg".
Everytime you control a bouncing ball with chest and spread arms should you expect a knock on?
Everytime you control a bouncing ball with chest and spread arms should you expect a knock on?