Cape Town – In an attempt to simplify the laws surrounding the rolling maul, IRB Referee Manager, Paddy O’Brien, has issued a list of instructions to be coached, played and refereed with immediate effect.
The changes will be implemented in all South African competitions from the weekend of August 28/29.
The changes are as follows:
1. When a maul is formed originally, the ball carrier must be in contact with the ball and in front of the maul formation. In other words, at this time the opposition must be able to contest the possession at the formation.
2. The player at the back of the maul, must be bound – AS PER LAW, FROM HAND TO SHOULDER – at all times. Should he detach or not be bound as per above, then the players in front of the ball carrier is obstructing the opponents
3. When the maul stops GOING FORWARD in the first instance, the referee is to call “restart or use it”. When it stops going forward in the second instance, the referee is to call “use it or loose it”. The maul may not move backwards or side ways!
Maul Janne, maul !!
2. The player at the back of the maul, must be bound – AS PER LAW, FROM HAND TO SHOULDER – at all times. Should he detach or not be bound as per above, then the players in front of the ball carrier is obstructing the opponents
The player at the back of the maul is not necessarily the guy with the ball.
Why can’t you detach to fall back into a defensive roll ?
@Boelie – roll = role
2@Boelie – I suppose it is meant to say “The player, with ball in hand, at the back of the maul….
Puke Kotsen gaan baie strafskoppe afstaan. Hy is lief daarvoor om soos ‘n hommelbui daar agter te hang.
Item 3 will not necessarily be an improvement.
I quite like those scores from mauls, worked up in huffs and puffs, sometimes crablike, sometimes one step back….five steps forward.
It makes for a magnificent show of brute force, real contest.
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