Umpiring divergence across the world

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Umpiring divergence across the world

Authored by: Niels Schønnemann
on Thursday, September 18 2008 @ 04:21 pm ACST

One of the issues with the high tackling, seemed to me that most of these "controversiel" calls were made when a player in possesion would duck their heads/upper body into an oncoming tackle, thereby making it extremely hard for the tackler to avoid contact above the shoulders. I personally think this (dangerous) action should be on the ball carriers risk as he is the one to intentially put his head in danger. In Denmark we are taught to lift our arms and upper body for the tackle, so that if we get caught, we still can dispose of the footy.

Another thing was when to pay a 25m penalty. Now I dont know how the rest of the better teams acted, as I didnt see many play much, but in Denmarks games against the USA and South Africa, whose players clearly knew the rules fairly well, it wasnt uncommon to see them standing over the mark after free´s and not giving the ball directly back to the receiver of the free. The umpire would urge them several times to go back or hand it back. This time wasting lead to their team mates to have time to get back in their positions and man up. In Denmark, this would have resulted in 25m if they didnt comply within the first or second call from the umpire.

Umpiring divergence across the world

Authored by: Ash Nugent
on Thursday, September 18 2008 @ 06:48 pm ACST

Interesting how you note 25 metre penalty not being paid in Denmark's matches. Obviously paying the 25 metre penalty in the Ireland vs. South Africa match contributed to the result being so "controversial", especially considering that the man on the mark didn't seem to be aware he was over his mark.

Umpiring divergence across the world

Authored by: Niels Schønnemann
on Friday, September 19 2008 @ 06:16 am ACST

In the instances I noticed, the offending players made the offence and was by then already over the mark and just stood there looking a bit "what to do", seemingly acting as if they didnt know what had happened.

Regarding Ireland, from what I understand in the reports and video. The player on the mark doesnt move until the south african actually moves away from the line of the mark (and thus plays on after the sirene). From that point of view, I totally understand the Irish being unhappy.

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