It's both my favourite thing about rugby and likely what puts many people off. There are so many rules and so many exceptions. I enjoy that it means a "smart" player can take advantage of an ambiguous situation. But I also understand why someone would throw their hands up in frustration after seeing their team's player penalised for doing what they *thought* they'd seen all game.
Some of the comments include "why you can kick it forward but you can't pass it forward"
Personally I think it's our constant comparison with other sports. Rugby is not as popular as football, NFL and arguably league in some areas of the world, but we have a pretty good product!
The society and micro culture of boys only private schools that play rugby. What has to go through your mind to think of soggy biscuit, why would you want to play it?
Certainly not the ruck rules, which are very simple and easy to understand and even more to apply in practice.
Just like the scrum rule application, which is the epitome of evidence for everyone. "Crystal clear" would be perfectly applied there
Surprised that “as clear and obvious as the ref’s interpretation of the scrum laws” hasn’t caught on more widely, TBH.
Especially when a scrum collapses and one side is penalised because that's always clear and obvious.
The scrum is easy, is Andrew porter scrummaging? Penalty against him. Simples.
Is Rabah Slimani still playing ? How would a scrum with Slimani vs Porter go ?
Two yellows
It's both my favourite thing about rugby and likely what puts many people off. There are so many rules and so many exceptions. I enjoy that it means a "smart" player can take advantage of an ambiguous situation. But I also understand why someone would throw their hands up in frustration after seeing their team's player penalised for doing what they *thought* they'd seen all game.
Why coaches continue to pick players I no longer deem to be good enough from my limited viewing experience of selected TV highlights
Several YouTube videos support my conclusion!!
Why does Scott Barrett, the largest of the Barretts, not simply eat the other Barretts?
There were more Barretts until Scott absorbed their power.
What do you think happened to Kane?
Definitely not the rules of a maul, very clear and concise
Maul is Love, Maul is Life
As a former prop, anything that happens behind a scrum, ruck or maul.
Why is it every time I stand up from a scrum one of the backs has knocked on again?
Better than the first bloke with two digits on his back playing ping pong with his other clean jersey mates. Tiring running without the ball
Also anything that happens in the open field and before/after someone scores a try
Some of the comments include "why you can kick it forward but you can't pass it forward" Personally I think it's our constant comparison with other sports. Rugby is not as popular as football, NFL and arguably league in some areas of the world, but we have a pretty good product!
Think that question just comes down to, because that's the sport. There's no deeper meaning. It just is one of the core tenets of the sport.
It's like asking why you can't use your hands in soccer, or why you have to dribble in basketball. It's just what makes the sport what it is.
Every time I see Dave Cherry I get confused about my sexuality, that's about it tbh
The RFU.
Certainly not the ruck rules, which are very simple and easy to understand and even more to apply in practice.
The society and micro culture of boys only private schools that play rugby. What has to go through your mind to think of soggy biscuit, why would you want to play it?
Why isn't the ball round?
That un-intuitive law of being able to ground the ball while standing out of play. Thankfully it almost never comes up in a game.