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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3503686, member: 8215"] And instead of living off-side, they just leave early. They only ping it if one or two players leave before the others. Bit if the whole line goes early the ref lets it go. The rule is the line must hold until the ball "clears the ruck". As it's often messy, the indicator for this is when the player touches it with their foot. But that was from the day where you had to plant the ball (rolling it would be considered losing control), and roll it back with the foot. You never see that these days, most players just roll it and make a vague flick of the foot to signify an attempt to play at it with the foot. Or if you're a hyphen player (JWH, NAS, JFH), don't even bother with the foot, the ref lets it go. So the "touch it with the foot" trigger is gone. So defensive lines start moving when the player begins to move the ball-carrying arm towards the ground, which is vague as ****, and because you can' baulk, even if there is a slight movement of the arm, but not an immediate PTB, the ref calls "baulking" and the defence gets a one second head start. It's a clusterfuck, and I reckon half of the leaving-early, tunnel-ball, lottery that is the ruck would be negated if they enforced the original play-the-ball technique. [/QUOTE]

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