Quote vikingsmurf="vikingsmurf"the rules them selves are not in any doubt. www.therfl.co.uk/a_guide_to_the_ ... rward_pass seems simple to me. the problem is the standards of officials.'" well said - end of.

Quote vikingsmurf="vikingsmurf"the rules them selves are not in any doubt. www.therfl.co.uk/a_guide_to_the_ ... rward_pass seems simple to me. the problem is the standards of officials.'" well said - end of.

Because it's not that simple. It never ceases to amaze me that so many RL fans don't understand the forward pass rule. There is no 'momentum rule', but the momentum of the players has a lot to do with why the ball might actually travel forwards relative to the ground, or a static object. The ball only has to travel backwards relative to the players.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMlDy2jP9s=#0000FFThis video explains it very well.[/url

Actually, that's a good video, thanks.

surely it does work? nowhere in the 'momentum' rule does it mention the relative velocities of other players being indicative of a forward pass.
regardless of how quickly a passer stops or changes direction after he has passed, if the guy catching the ball is in front of him then the ball must have traveled forward relative to the player who passed it.

Someone has just posted a video which explains it better then i can.

Simply if a player is running at 10mph and passes a ball flat, the ball will still have that momentum of 10mph on it and will therefore end up in front of where it was passed.

which according to the rules is a forward pass isnt it?

No it's not. As i said watch the video from a couple of posts back.

That’s a very informative and well presented video

Nowhere near a funny as when Stevo tries to explain it though!!

That’s a very good idea – and also, any player that makes a mistake that costs his team a try can have their contract cancelled too, that’ll teach ‘em

and the coach for not showing them the right way to pass , and the board of directors for appointing the coach

We wouldn't lose anything if that touch judge wasn't even there. Are you seriously saying he just made a misjudgement of the direction of the pass?

We wouldn’t lose anything if we didn’t have officials at games?... well we would lose our game of course (or are you only suggesting we strike the officials off when they get the decisions wrong against St Helens or is it after every wrong decision)

As for your other point – I would say that he made an error in judgement yes, why, what’s your explanation?