07-14-2024, 06:09 AM
(07-14-2024, 04:19 AM)RiverRat link Wrote:Bulldogs' tackling of an opponent who hasn't had prior opportunity (i.e. taking one arm out of the equation and swinging the player off balance) was first class and indicative of some excellent coaching to take full advantage of the changed rule interpretation.
It was brilliant.
Especially when you realise that part of the rule interpretation didn't change.
There was no change to prior opportunity. Yet the umpires are umpiring in a way that makes out it did.
We never received that memo it appears.