The ref's interpretation of the rules? The rule for offsides at the ruck is explicitly clear, a player must be behind the heel of th farthest back foot, or else a penalty shall be conceded. How can you interpret that? That is implicitly clear, I oughta know because my coach drilled it into us to the point if we got five offsides calls we did extra laps, push-ups, etc. There's no excuse for that kind of reffing, there really isn't.
SA was impregnable because they hung out infront of the farthest back foot of their own ruck, and just waited for Carlos Spencer, Justin Marshall, or anyone really to get the ball and they were able to get there quickly, why? Because they were offsides, that's why. Even the announcers were like, wtf? That's a missed call, so is that, and that, I don't understand that call..... Oh well, at least the All Blacks got the win.
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"This ain't no Ice Cream Social!"
"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."
"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
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