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Geoff the Ref

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
254 total appearances

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DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

Yeah, OK, well, there's two.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

There's two where he rules, Ben O'Keefe rules twice, and both times we're disagreeing.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

He's the referee, he called it.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

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.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

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.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

Let's go to the Canes versus the Blues.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

And old Mr. Finicky here...

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

Pointed this one out.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

26 minutes.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

Zion Sullivan, left foot kick into touch.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

His toe is on the 22.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

Now, again, it didn't matter in the end because the scoreline blew out.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

It was 42-14.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

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?

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

Now, I'm going to ask you this because...

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

Your interpretation of it and your actual rule is different from what Lachlan Googled this before we went.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

And Google AI told us that, oh, no, the foot has to be behind the line.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

When you freeze frame that, as you can see, the toe is on the line.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

Now, if the toe is on the line, you're out.

DSPN - Devlin Sports Podcast Network
Jeff The Ref: Should Tip Tacklers in Rugby be Sin Binned?

So rugby, it should just be one blanket rule, shouldn't it?