Quote: Barnabus "It's an example, that's all. Read it again, it's not part of the rule, the RFL have added the example on there to help out gormclopses who don't understand what the first line means.'"
It's the definition of the rule. It is in the laws of the game. It takes momentum into account. The rule is what it is due to momentum. It's not there for the sake of it. (For the record, when I say momentum, I'm using RFL definition of the word).
Quote: Barnabus "The players body shape, hands, direction of the pass relative to the pitch is all that counts. That's it.
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Hands me be part of the body, but they aren't THE body. You've used body and hands separately in that sentence, so I'll assume you're looking at them differently. Other than the hands, the rest of the body is irrelevant.
And you clearly still don't understand the rule, as the direction of the pass relative to the pitch is completely irrelevant! It's the reason the rule is there!