Re: Offside inside the 10- play on : Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:03 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

you've also got a player a lot closer than he should be if the fb drops the ball, someone within the ten could scoop it up as you're still recovering, if they were further back it gives them a chance to get up.

Anyway, a catcher isn't going to know/pay attention to who has been called offside, they just know there's a presence there,

He isn't a batsman looking where the fielders are. He will have eyes solely on the ball. If one of the players challenging him is offside then fair enough, but if he is stood 8 yards away minding his own business (as with Wednesday) then it won't be his fault if the fullback drops it.

Of course you're right that he is then still offside so can't pick it up, but it shouldn't stop someone who was onside from doing so.

Re: Offside inside the 10- play on : Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:42 pm  

If you are offside, you are offside, it shouldn't be open to interpretation because that leads to unfairness as one day it is a try, another it is not.

If you are a player and believe you are not interfering with play, then feel free to sit on the bench instead.

Re: Offside inside the 10- play on : Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:31 pm  

Hopie wrote:

If you are offside, you are offside, it shouldn't be open to interpretation because that leads to unfairness as one day it is a try, another it is not.

If you are a player and believe you are not interfering with play, then feel free to sit on the bench instead.

I agree, offside is offside, no interpretation available.

Re: Offside inside the 10- play on : Sat Jun 12, 2021 1:40 pm  

reffy wrote:

I agree, offside is offside, no interpretation available.

Thats not true as you get accidental offside.