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Message: [QUOTE="Twiztid, post: 2667142, member: 2144"] This is why the NRL need to fix up their rule book. But from the Referree's Guidelines - [url]http://www.nrl.com/portals/nrl/RadEditor/Documents/2014NRLLawsandInterpretation.pdf[/url] I have looked through NRL Rulebook 2015 but some information does mirror again. ([url]http://www.nrl.com/portals/nrl/RadEditor/Documents/ARL_Rules_book_2015_Media.pdf[/url]) This is the closest thing I can find. It doesn't cover the topic of charge down's gone wrong. It is generally about a tackle. PLAYER MISCONDUCT A player is guilty of misconduct if he: 5. Unnecessarily contacts a player not in possession or a kicker (see Tackle and Play the ball) 6. When a defender forcefully spears at the legs of a player in possession exposing him to unnecessary risk of injury (6 is more so to do in regards to the cannon ball tackles, but it is the first sign of protecting the legs). TACKLE AND PLAY THE BALL A player in possession is tackled: Tackling a Kicker When affecting a tackle on a kicker, the defender must make a genuine attempt to tackle which is not: 1. Late 2. High or 3. Dangerous This is from the Rule Book. Obstruction after kick (j) A common form of obstruction occurs when a player, after kicking the ball forward, is tackled or impeded by an opponent. However, a tackler cannot be expected to delay making a tackle because the player in possession might decide to kick the ball. The onus is on the kicker to get his kick in before his opponent commits himself to the tackle. So to me reading that. If Graham went to put a hit on Reynold's he has every right to do so, which I said earlier. However, due to the fact, he was going for the ball and not the man, he must not make contact with the player. As there is no real wording in regards to the actions from a charge down they must treat charge down and tackle as 2 different terms. [/QUOTE]

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