On Field Trainers : Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:39 pm  

Can anyone outline the rules regarding Trainers being on the field during play ?

At Sundays game against Hull, their Trainer was on the field for long periods, presumably coaching and advising.

At times he was in their line of defence and could have caused confusion even though he was wearing a yellow shirt.

He was completely ignored by the ref so presumably it was legal, but he must surely have been pushing the limits.

He appeared to spend more time on the field than some of their players, particularly the one who did 10 minutes in the bin.

Re: On Field Trainers : Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:25 pm  

Been annoyed about this myself for a long time,shouldnt be allowed imo.

Re: On Field Trainers : Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:43 pm  

At one point he was just behind their defensive line waving his arm in the air appealing for another set of six.

Re: On Field Trainers : Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:48 am  

I don't get when people say the trainer fills a hole in the defensive line. You can see him because of his yellow shirt so surely the attacking team should just send people to run at him all the time? I bet he wouldn't have the balls to make a tackle if you ran at him and by standing there he's created a space in the line, when he scampers out of the way to avoid contact then there will be a space.

Re: On Field Trainers : Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:49 am  

As far as I am aware they are only allowed on the pitch during period of attack from their team. They are given a grace to get of the pitch once a hand over occurs. I just think it noticed it more this weekend for him trying to get the tackles refreshed when one of the Warrington lads touch the ball (or not) in the pass

Re: On Field Trainers : Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:31 pm  

I remember it getting particularly bad a few years ago with water carriers spending far too long on the pitch effectively coaching

Re: On Field Trainers : Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:11 pm  

Big Ask wrote: I remember it getting particularly bad a few years ago with water carriers spending far too long on the pitch effectively coaching Henry Fa'afili v water carrier Huddersfield 26 - 20 Warrington .. Feb 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/fe ... gue.sport1

Big Ask wrote: I remember it getting particularly bad a few years ago with water carriers spending far too long on the pitch effectively coaching Henry Fa'afili v water carrier Huddersfield 26 - 20 Warrington .. Feb 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/fe ... gue.sport1

Re: On Field Trainers : Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:18 pm  

Big Ask wrote:

I remember it getting particularly bad a few years ago with water carriers spending far too long on the pitch effectively coaching

There's a difference between effectively coaching and coaching effectively. Which top teams did it? The worst culprits were teams at the lower end like Cas with Gary Mercer constantly on the field shouting orders and pointing and Cas got relegated

Re: On Field Trainers : Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:11 pm  

I remember getting particularly annoyed at Hull KR one year. There was this little curly haired bloke behind the defensive line, waving his hands about. Although he didn't make a tackle all day and had no impact on the game at all he was quite distracting. Ben Cockayne I think his name was.

Re: On Field Trainers : Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:31 pm  

This has never annoyed me as much as it seems to annoy others.