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   As a now retired referee I refer to the game principle at the start of law 13 “ Players on the ground  in open play”. The game is played only by players on their feet. I would suggest that if players, both attack and defence were penalised for intentionally going to ground yesterday’s incident would be avoided. It seems unfair that the attack may lie all over the play to prevent the defence playing it. Whereas a defender is penalised for being anywhere near the ball,

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Oldman1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List First XV regular Joined: 11 Sep 2019 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 85	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oldman1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1 hour 8 minutes ago at 17:36
	As a now retired referee I refer to the game principle at the start of law 13 “ Players on the ground in open play”. The game is played only by players on their feet. I would suggest that if players, both attack and defence were penalised for intentionally going to ground yesterday’s incident would be avoided. It seems unfair that the attack may lie all over the play to prevent the defence playing it. Whereas a defender is penalised for being anywhere near the ball,

tigerburnie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Location: Scotland Status: Online Points: 4062	Post Options Post Reply Quote tigerburnie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 4 minutes ago at 18:40
	Simple fix, go back to "no hands" in a ruck feet only will stop players laying all over or diving over the ruck.