Quote: Red John "Bradford were taking so long over those drop outs that I swear Sammut grew that beard during the match. By the time he did his bouncy ball trick, the ref had stopped the clock, so he was doing it while time was off. However, on one occasion, the ref had waved play on again as he was in the process of bouncing. Should have been a knock on over the line, but since the 'punishment' for that is a drop out, it wouldn't really have changed anything.'"
I don't see it as time wasting issue, more a ploy to delay the kick out to allow the bulls players more time to get some air in their lungs. Perhaps someone needs to look at the rules and introduce a time limit of x number of seconds. Failure to kick out in the time limit resulting in a penalty to the opposition.