Round 2, 2012 NRL Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Newcastle Knights @ Toyota Stadium, Sunday, March 11, 2:00pm

[slide rule]

Are there any Referees on here?

I was curious about the Double Movement rule and found a copy of the ARL rules from 2010.

http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au/files/ARL International Laws of the Game 2010.pdf

I’ve found this (Section 6 Pg 12):

Sliding try (c) a tackled player’s momentum carries him into the opponents’ in-goal where he grounds the ball even if the ball has first touched the ground in the field of play but provided that when the ball crosses the goal line the player is not in touch or touch in-goal or on or over the dead ball line.

And I’ve also found this in the notes section on Pg 24:

Second movement after tackle

When an attacking player is tackled within easy reach of the goal line he should be penalised if he makes a second movement to place the ball over the line for a try.

If an attacking player in possession is brought down near the goal line and the ball is not grounded it is permissible to place the ball over the line for a try. In this case the tackle has not been completed.

Here is the definition as to when a sliding tackle is completed Section 11 (5) Pg24:

Sliding tackle 5. If a tackled player, because of his momentum slides along the ground, the tackle is deemed to have been effected where his slide ends. (See Section 6, 3(c).)

So putting those together, I’d say that it was actually a try. Are there any other sections in the rules that address Double Movements? Because if this is it, I think it's quite different to the way that it is usually explained and interpreted.

PS. I’m not being a smart arse. I’m genuinely interested.

 

[Mark^Bastard]

Me too, it's an interesting subject.

He had momentum the whole time, it's just that he did outreach his arms after the initial 'bounce'.

I get that people think the point of bouncing is when the tackle occured. No doubt if he bounced by didn't extend his arms, and scored, it would be called a try though. Right?

If anyone can watch it in full speed and say he didn't have any momentum I'll eat a bag of human turds.

 

[goodbyepenrithhellosharks]

make sure you take plenty of photos MB cause you will only ever do that once

 

[Mark^Bastard]

Do you know from experience mate?

 

[goodbyepenrithhellosharks]

no, but seen someone loose a bet and do something similar(wont go into details) but left me sick for a week, just watching