Geoff the Ref
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Yeah, OK, well, there's two.
There's two where he rules, Ben O'Keefe rules twice, and both times we're disagreeing.
He's the referee, he called it.
And also, for everyone who sat through that game, who paid to sit through, and I'm talking about those who went, congratulations to you.
For those of us who had the benefit of remote control in our hands, it was a very easy game to watch in about 10 minutes, that game.
Let's go to the Canes versus the Blues.
And old Mr. Finicky here...
Pointed this one out.
26 minutes.
Zion Sullivan, left foot kick into touch.
His toe is on the 22.
Now, again, it didn't matter in the end because the scoreline blew out.
It was 42-14.
But if this was a close game, and that would be the difference between a line-out in the Hurricanes' half or a line-out on the Blues' 22, what exactly is the rule?
Now, I'm going to ask you this because...
Your interpretation of it and your actual rule is different from what Lachlan Googled this before we went.
And Google AI told us that, oh, no, the foot has to be behind the line.
When you freeze frame that, as you can see, the toe is on the line.
Now, if the toe is on the line, you're out.
So rugby, it should just be one blanket rule, shouldn't it?