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Message: [QUOTE="Anonymous person, post: 2453365, member: 2115"] [b]Re: Finals Week 3 Discussion[/b] where is "true spirit of the game" defined? also, i would assume that stipulation has been in the laws for a long time, yet sliding feet first to make a tackle was legal up until 2011. they didnt amend the international laws document to add it in, so again, what makes it illegal? the referees guidelines. after a bit of research, i found this on wikipedia - now i know its wikipedia, but it has sources/references: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_rugby_league[/url] "The current 17 sections, which include notes, are detailed in fewer than 50 pages and around 17,000 words. The Laws are further clarified through practice and the enforcement by referees of rulings and guidelines issued by their governing bodies. [b]These guidelines, and the referees themselves, may utilise the flexible provisions of the Laws to officiate the Game without the need to amend the Laws[/b], for example Section 15, Law 1 (i) allows a judgement of misconduct to be made against a player for behaviour "in any way contrary to the true spirit of the game".[5] That law was used to combat the incidence of chicken-wing tackling techniques, for example.[6][7]". now i have no doubt youll dismiss that since its wikipedia, but youre fighting an unwinnable battle. there is NO mention whatsoever in the entire laws of the game document about "separation", yet separation regularly comes into play in referees decisions because it has been amended to the laws through the referees guidelines. same with chicken wing, grapple tackle, feet first sliding tackle, and most recently the "cannonball". again, none of these are mentioned anywhere in the laws of the game - they are amended in to the rules via the referee guidelines under the rule of behaving "within the true spirit of the game". [/QUOTE]

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