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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3421156, member: 9853"] OBSTRUCTION Obstruction [INDENT]The indicators for an obstruction include:[/INDENT] [INDENT]1 (a) ‘Block’* or ‘Flat’ runner (who do not receive the ball) must not stop in the middle of the defensive line[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT](b) ‘Block’ or ‘Flat’ runner (who do not receive the ball) must not run at (chest or outside shoulder of) defender and initiate contact[/INDENT] [INDENT](c) The Referee or Review Officials can determine the significance of contact initiated by[/INDENT] [INDENT]the ‘Block’ or ‘Flat’ runner (who does not receive the ball) in impeding a defender’s involvement in a try scoring play[/INDENT] [INDENT]2 Ball Carriers must not run behind an active ‘Block’ or ‘Flat’ runner and disadvantage the defensive line[/INDENT] [INDENT]3 It will be deemed obstruction if the attacking players who run a ‘Sweep’^ line clearly[/INDENT] [INDENT]receive the ball on the inside of the ‘Block’ or ‘Flat’ runner[/INDENT] [INDENT]4 Defensive decisions that commit defender to initiating contact with an attacking player(s) will not be deemed obstruction[/INDENT] [INDENT]5 Defensive decisions that commit defender to change their defensive line will not be deemed obstruction.*Block runners run lines towards an opposition goal line and are committed to receiving the ball close to the defensive line[/INDENT] [INDENT]^Sweep runners run lines in an arc across the field behind a block runner[/INDENT] The Wall [INDENT]If two or more players form a wall (side by side) next to the play the ball and don’t allow the[/INDENT] [INDENT]opportunity for a defending player to move directly towards the player in possession, the referee[/INDENT] [INDENT]will penalise for obstruction.[/INDENT] Escorts [INDENT]A player is not to ‘deliberately obstruct an opponent who is not in possession’ Section 15 (j)[/INDENT] [INDENT]It will be interpreted to be an obstruction in regards to a player catching the ball from a kick if:[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]1 A player arrives at the same time as an opponent and obstructs him deliberately; or[/INDENT] [INDENT]2 Deliberately runs an opponent off the ball.[/INDENT] [INDENT]This applies to both the kicking and non-kicking teams.[/INDENT] [INDENT]It will NOT be considered an obstruction in regards to a player catching the ball from a kick if:[/INDENT] [INDENT]1 A defending player moves directly towards the ball; and[/INDENT] [INDENT]2 Takes up a position prior to the ball being caught.[/INDENT] Diving Through the Ruck [INDENT]If, in the process of scoring a try an attacking player dives through the ruck or into a teammate including the player who played the ball and impacts on the defence, he will be penalised for an obstruction.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] Sleeper [INDENT]An attacking player who loiters next to the play the ball area and who causes an obstruction will be penalised[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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