You Don't See And O G In Rugby Very Often.......

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-66982218

 

[Old_Geezer]

True. I've not played since schooldays.

[Ellipsis]

Very harsh! I would have thought the rule was around trying to block the conversion and it tipping the hands and still going through - not this travesty ...

[ToraToraTora]

They can block the goal attempt but all he had to do here was let it go, it was missing anyway.

[Ellipsis]

Ah, now I've seen, rather than just read it, I agree it's an obvious conversion.  When I read this ...

> "But as Hawick are running out to cheer a win in the local derby, their number nine kicked the ball - it hadn't hit the ground - and it went wellying over the post."

... I thought the number nine had caught it and then kicked it in celebration and it went over the post. Now, would that be an own goal?

[ToraToraTora]

it was an OG, a converted try in rugby is called a goal andthe guy that kicked it on the volley made it a goal when it would otherwise have just have been an unconverted try.

[Ellipsis]

Yes I get that.

My question was ... If the conversion was kicked, fell short, the number 9 caught it, then kicked in celebration, sliced it and it went over the posts, all in one movement without hitting the ground since the conversion started ... what would that be?

[ToraToraTora]

Law 8 (17) seems to indicate that as it would count as a conversion.

https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/law/8