Quote: FoD FC Army "You are allowed to head the ball forward, so there was nothing wrong with the try - just unlucky.
Gaskell was as surprised as us to be hit on the head by the ball when he was about 2m in front of Barron who was stationary with his arms out to catch the ball.'"
Actually if you Google the laws of rugby league and look at rugby-league.com website.
Go down to knock on and forward pass it clearly states:
“Heading the ball 4. It is illegal to head the ball in a forward direction.”
Is this wrong or do 2 referees clearly not know a basic rule?