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Except the couple of older-timers behind me then pointed out something I had seemingly missed, which was that apparently at least one of our players had dragged the guy over the line (I'll take their word for it cos it didn't register at the time). And their understanding was that it was the dragging that led to the penalty cos that's what Rot Hall are trying to stamp out. In which case, on that occasion (although I doubt that many others) I may have used some inappropriate adjectivetry on the official...
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Pushing/dragging..........if the momentum doesn't stop in my opinion it shouldn't matter.
I don't think a team should be punished for putting in effort.
Its like the rules surrounding quick taps from penalties and if a kick to the in goal goes dead and a player gets to the ball to the 20 quickly and wants to tap it quickly. If a team is sharp and uses their initiative to make that play so quickly, why should they be punished? Its the defending teams fault for not being sharp enough to get back and set their line quick enough.
Those sort of decisions spoil the entertainment of a game.