Quote: Gotcha "There has being no inconsistency at all this season with the obstruction ruling. They have it spot on at the moment, unlike other seasons. They are quite clear on the rules, and it is much easier to interpret. If the man passing the ball is on the left shoulder of the dummy runner, and the man receiving is on the right, or vise versa on the on the left side of field,then it is not obstruction. As long as no player runs behind the runner.
They have applied that all season so far, and it is working. Last nights, especially the first, were not even close to pushing that ruling.'"
It's not the man behind the player I'm questioning, though, I would point out that both Leeds tries were behind the man, exactly the same as Dorn versus Saints when his try was disallowed. So that was disallowed wrongly (costing us possibly the game), or Leeds were given wrongly (impacting on the outcome of the game possibly).
What I'm questioning is that twice Leeds ran into the line straight into a Cas player and affected his movement across. That's obstruction, regardless of what happens after. Had the Cas player moved towards the man then it would have been fine but Leeds just ran into him.
