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Message: [QUOTE="Art Vandelay, post: 2669501, member: 8304"] The rule that a ball that is dislodged/punched out by a defender is ruled to have been knocked on by the defending team is the worst rule currently implemented in the NRL. Never mind the argument that the onus of ball security should be much higher than it is now, it still makes no sense from a technical standpoint. In 95% of these instances the last body part to touch the ball before possession is lost is still the ball carrier's arm - the defender's contact with the ball is what initiates the ball's downward/upward trajectory, but the actual time in contact with the ball is brief and easily outlived by the ball's contact with the ball carrier's arm on it's way out of their grasp. To chain that ruling with the second worst rule in the NRL (the torso grounding) to come up with a try is a bridge too far, even if it is consistent with other (abysmal) interpretations. [/QUOTE]

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