Comments for Spilling Over the Try Line http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com Rugby News, Views and Results Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Chris Boulay by Wendy http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/about/#comment-35 Wendy Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:52:50 +0000 #comment-35 Please consider adding my rugby blog to your Links section! Your Scrumhalf Connection http://yourscrumhalfconnection.com Thanks! Wendy Please consider adding my rugby blog to your Links section!

Your Scrumhalf Connection
http://yourscrumhalfconnection.com

Thanks!
Wendy

]]> Comment on Rugby Laws Explanation: The Pitch by Wendy http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/2007/11/26/rugby-laws-explanation-the-pitch/#comment-9 Wendy Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:44:03 +0000 http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/2007/11/26/rugby-laws-explanation-the-pitch/#comment-9 I added a link to my sidebar for your blog. Would you do the same and add mine to your blog? It's http://westrugby.blogspot.com Thank you! Wendy I added a link to my sidebar for your blog. Would you do the same and add mine to your blog?

It’s http://westrugby.blogspot.com

Thank you!
Wendy

]]> Comment on How to Watch Rugby in the USA by Rory http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/how-to-watch-rugby-in-the-usa/#comment-8 Rory Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:08:17 +0000 http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/how-to-watch-rugby-in-the-usa/#comment-8 You can sometimes get rugby matches on p2p on mininova - just wait till the 6 nations, super 14 or tri-nations kick off and the aussies and kiwis start uploading, not that i condone such things - plenty on the telly here! All the best with the blog. Rory You can sometimes get rugby matches on p2p on mininova – just wait till the 6 nations, super 14 or tri-nations kick off and the aussies and kiwis start uploading, not that i condone such things – plenty on the telly here!

All the best with the blog.

Rory

]]> Comment on Rugby Laws Explanation: Scoring by cmbnd10 http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/rugby-rules-explanation-scoring/#comment-5 cmbnd10 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:25:07 +0000 http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/rugby-rules-explanation-scoring/#comment-5 No, it has to be downward pressure. I play rugby for my school and have seen it on many sites that that is the rule. I have seen one too many tries not awarded because there wasnt downward pressure. Officials have stressed it as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_rugby_union#Scoring It is in there. "if the ball is already on the ground over the opponents' goal line, by pressing it down (with downward pressure) with any point on the body from the waist to the neck (including the hands and arms)." Thank you for your comment, and you are correct about "laws." I will fix that. No, it has to be downward pressure. I play rugby for my school and have seen it on many sites that that is the rule. I have seen one too many tries not awarded because there wasnt downward pressure. Officials have stressed it as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_rugby_union#Scoring

It is in there.

“if the ball is already on the ground over the opponents’ goal line, by pressing it down (with downward pressure) with any point on the body from the waist to the neck (including the hands and arms).”

Thank you for your comment, and you are correct about “laws.” I will fix that.

]]> Comment on Rugby Laws Explanation: Scoring by Jon Hayward http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/rugby-rules-explanation-scoring/#comment-4 Jon Hayward Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:27:40 +0000 http://spillingoverthetryline.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/rugby-rules-explanation-scoring/#comment-4 Not quite true. For a try to be scored, the ball has only to be touched while on the ground in the in goal area by an attacking player in an onside position. Full possession is not needed; neither is downward pressure. It's a complicated lawa and not one that is well understood; even in Australia TV commentators keep on blathering on about downard pressure (which is required in Rugby League bit not in Rugby) Oh - and another thing - Rugby doesn't have rules, it has Laws. Nice job though. J Not quite true. For a try to be scored, the ball has only to be touched while on the ground in the in goal area by an attacking player in an onside position. Full possession is not needed; neither is downward pressure.

It’s a complicated lawa and not one that is well understood; even in Australia TV commentators keep on blathering on about downard pressure (which is required in Rugby League bit not in Rugby)

Oh – and another thing – Rugby doesn’t have rules, it has Laws.

Nice job though.
J

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