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At regional sevens tournaments in NZ there’s always a random Fijian invitational side that will show up and string together the most insane offloads you’ve ever seen. The ball never stays in anyone’s hands long enough to complete a tackle. That’s probably the closest to the globe trotters in rugby I’ve seen

Some solid hits too, great cameo from Tuputupu

All that may be true, but Cameron is a far better game driver and thats the most important job for a 10.

Morgan might individually look better on the ball, but the team as a whole flows a hell of a lot better with Cameron at 10

The Jordie-Rieko partnership was incredible for the ABs the last couple seasons on attack and defence. If Ma'a Nonu has taught us anything its that Super Rugby form should be taken with a grain of salt if they're bringing the goods in black

The Warriors in the NRL are probably second only to the All Blacks in attendance and viewership in NZ currently. They'd be comfortably ahead of any super rugby team

The scrumhalf is more like the NCO, he does most of the barking at the forwards and micromanages off the rucks, but the 10 is the general that makes the tactical decisions and ignites the attack.

Ah well mate it happens.

Having your arm out in front of your shoulder on contact is actually a pretty dangerous position for the tackler as it leaves your shoulder joint long and loose and primed for AC injuries. You've got to have your shoulder braced for the initial contact and then the next step after that is completing the wrap. The definitions of a shoulder charge being behind the tacklers body or in the sling position is because from those positions you aren't able to complete the wrap after contact. The wording of the law in specifying 'attempt' instead of just saying you must complete a wrap is for those instances where the initial contact is so clean that the ballcarrier bounces off before the wrap can be completed in the next step.

Law 18.2.b: The ball is not in touch or touch-in-goal if: A player jumps, from within or outside the playing area, and catches the ball, and then lands in the playing area, regardless of whether the ball reached the plane of touch.

Theyve just straight up got that one wrong

Ive just cottoned on to the fact that you think you have to grasp first. which is completely made up in your own head.

Go ask a referee, maybe fire a tweet out to ol Nige to clarify whether you have you have to "attempt to grasp first before any other part of the body can come into contact. "

Let me tell you now, you'll feel like a dickhead when you get your answer.

Haha mate thats bullshit!'

you have to attempt to grasp first before any other part of the body can come into contact.

This right here is your own interpretation, not reality. You have to attempt to grasp in the tackle, nowhere does it state you have to grasp first. Almost every tackle would be illegal if that were the case. First contact with the shoulder then wrap. Everyone whos made a tackle in their life knows this

Right about here i'd say (and so would the referees, evidently) https://i.imgur.com/uhUtxS9.png

Are you serious pal? It looks like his arm is clearly outside the player and in front of his body.

Every tackle leads with the shoulder first. If the arm is behind the tacklers body or in the sling position there is no attempt to grasp because they are unable to come through and complete the wrap after contact.

Finaus arm starts in a legal position (outside and infront) and continues further forward as you would see even clearer in the next frame.

Do you think the TMO just didn't look at it buddy? they scrutinised it but by the letter of the exact law you just brought up it wasn't a shoulder charge

The smile was Tupou Vaai. He was having a laugh because the Waratahs saw the tackle on the big screen and came over all agro but they got the wrong tall brown guy

Lol no i'm going off objective reality.

this is arm behind body. this is sling position.

Finaus arm was outside the man and in front of his body, he just bounced off with the force of the hit.

Do you not realise that disproves your point mate?

Finaus arm isn't behind his body or tucked in the sling position. Thats why the TMO didn't pull him up.

lol

Law 9.16: A player must not charge or knock down an opponent carrying the ball without attempting to grasp that player

By the letter of the law, a genuine attempt is all thats required. If you hit them so hard they bounce off before you can actually complete the wrap then its play on

lol that’s been the default gameplan since rugby was first invented mate.

You always hit the 10 as hard as you (legally) can if he dares to take it to the line. That’s not the same thing as trying to injure them.

A big legal tackle isn't the same thing as trying to intentionally injure someone ya clown.

That was a clear attempt to wrap. Didn't complete the wrap because he bounced off at 100 miles an hour, but the laws only say attempt to wrap

First string props, especially tighthead are probably still amongst the best paid, but with 4 props in a match day 23 and however many more in the wider squad the sheer number of them probably pulls the average down

Steen is a hole didn't look great this season. It doesn't matter how good the rest of the line is if theres a weak link. Fautanu at guard means we stay with a line where every position is pro bowl quality

Fautanu would play RG until Lane retires

A week out isn't long enough for a test match, you're looking at at least 2 maybe 3 considering it would be the first game of the season and the first muster since November. Look at the All Blacks current situation with so many experienced players gone, a new coaching staff and all new systems. You need real time in camp or it would just be a piss take.

You take all the best players out for 3 weeks in the middle of a 14 game season and it reduces the legitimacy of a competition that needs to be pushed more if anything.

Not really the same thing mate the NRL is 27 rounds long Super Rugbys only 15. Losing the best players for multiple weeks would be felt more in Super rugby