Re: Ulster v Emirates Lions Friday October 15th 7:35pm KO
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:54 am
How can you blow for advantage over , if a try is scored .
The whole point I was making is that if a penalty occurs between the 10 metres line the team being awarded the advantage has basically no advantage at all in the area of the field so why play advantage --- award the f--king penalty instead of playing on --- your going to come back that point anyway -- thus any play between the decision and the penalty being awarded is a total waste of time -- as is the time taken to get back to the place were the penalty occurred --- referee is basically guilty of time wasting -- plus frequently both players and spectators have forgotten exactly what offence was committed for the penalty to be awarded --- confusing everybody and occasionally the referee himself.
The other factor is of course at no point when play goes on can the referee call advantage over unless a try has been scored or another penalty offence has been committed by the defending side any offence by the attacking team will not be penalised.
Therefore the team defending is playing at a continuous disadvantage --- and if so is the referee being unbiased and equally fair to both teams in the play that follows his original decision ?
Which also raises the question if the team being awarded the penalty had possession was the offence for which the penalty is being awarded worthy of a penalty in the first place --- ie a penalty is to reward a team who have been DENIED possession by illegal play or (denied timely possession or space to play ) -- offside offences should be awarded immediately because other wise the player offside becomes a forgotten identity and the offence blurred in the memory of everybody but the referee .
The whole point I was making is that if a penalty occurs between the 10 metres line the team being awarded the advantage has basically no advantage at all in the area of the field so why play advantage --- award the f--king penalty instead of playing on --- your going to come back that point anyway -- thus any play between the decision and the penalty being awarded is a total waste of time -- as is the time taken to get back to the place were the penalty occurred --- referee is basically guilty of time wasting -- plus frequently both players and spectators have forgotten exactly what offence was committed for the penalty to be awarded --- confusing everybody and occasionally the referee himself.
The other factor is of course at no point when play goes on can the referee call advantage over unless a try has been scored or another penalty offence has been committed by the defending side any offence by the attacking team will not be penalised.
Therefore the team defending is playing at a continuous disadvantage --- and if so is the referee being unbiased and equally fair to both teams in the play that follows his original decision ?
Which also raises the question if the team being awarded the penalty had possession was the offence for which the penalty is being awarded worthy of a penalty in the first place --- ie a penalty is to reward a team who have been DENIED possession by illegal play or (denied timely possession or space to play ) -- offside offences should be awarded immediately because other wise the player offside becomes a forgotten identity and the offence blurred in the memory of everybody but the referee .