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Not just Souths, though. Storm, Roosters, Broncos are all allowed to creep another 2-3 metres after the refs have called "held". Same as they can stand offside in defence, hold down, and all be in touching distance of the attackers from the play the ball when defending on their goal line.most of the tackles that appeared to be slow in the ruck were as a result of souths trying to take advantage and trying to walk off the mark.... At what point should the tackled player stop his forward momentum ?????? the call of held is made by ref and the tackler is expected to drop off, but the player with the ball wants to pinch another 2-3 metres ???
this is an area that referees really struggle with especially with teams like souths..