Quote: SmokeyTA "I think I possibly wasnt clear in my use of specifically, which was referring specifically to what i said, not specifically to the drop goal.
Magic Superbeetle said that this [iGoal – 6. A goal is scored if the whole of the ball at any time how scored during its flight passes on the full over the opponents’ cross bar towards the dead ball line after being kicked by a player [/i meant that a ball over the post couldnt count as the whole ball wouldnt have gone over the cross bar.
I said this wasnt the case, that this rule was a provision for a ball for whatever reason crossing the crossbar before coming back out. This is specifically confirmed with [iBall blown back 6. If, after passing completely over the cross-bar the ball is blown back, a goal is still allowed[/i'"
Right, now I get what you mean. I still attach relevance to the wording that specifies that the
whole of the ball must cross the crossbar, irrespective of what consequently happens to it.
Quote: SmokeyTA "I think the international law phrasing is saying the same thing in a different way, phrasing it as one law rather than one law and a clarification, and it isnt a provision for the ball going over the post but for a ball being blown back out. Otherwise it would make mention of the posts rather than simply assume that the crossbar ends where the post begins, because there is also no clarification that this is the case.'"
I saw your crossbar conundrum earlier. Look at the diagram on this page
rlhttp://www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/rules/official_laws/1_playing_fieldrl . The crossbar on the bottom set of posts is 5.50 m wide measured from the
inside of each post thus no part of a post is crossbar. If any part of the ball passes over a post, the whole of the ball has not passed over the crossbar.
I read another explanation which may resolve the confusion about the posts; when the rules mention the ball going "over the posts" they actually mean that the ball is just higher than the height of the posts, not that it has passed through an imaginary extension of the posts.
Having just read through that, I need a drink.
