Mikko wrote: :: Is hand-off / fend-off (ball-carrier pushing defender) legal to the :: opponents head / face according the laws of the game? :: :: No hitting I guess? Just pushing? :: Yes, one of the best examples of this was by Paul Anderson handing-off Gary Connolly in a Bradford/Leeds match a while back [1]...Anderson was 7 - 8 yards from the line and Connolly came at him from the side at some speed, he hit his hand at full force and his legs actually came off the ground! - Anderson scored and I don't think Connolly knew what had happened...I suppose it happens regularly, it's just that this was a perfect camera angle and a brilliant piece of Rugby League.
In message <mV_Vd.28334$8B3.27070@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Phil L <neverchecked@hotmail.com> writes>Yes, one of the best examples of this was by Paul Anderson handing-off >Gary Connolly in a Bradford/Leeds match a while back [1]...Anderson was >7 - 8 yards from the line and Connolly came at him from the side at >some speed, he hit his hand at full force and his legs actually came >off the ground! - Anderson scored and I don't think Connolly knew what >had happened...I suppose it happens regularly, it's just that this was >a perfect camera angle and a brilliant piece of Rugby League.
I remember that! I was amazed. It was the only time I have ever seen that fat knacker Anderson do anything worthwhile. If he could have reproduced that kind of thing consistently I would be a fan. -- Pete Devlin [{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}] "Mind the oranges Marlon!"
