During the Boks' match against Scotland, Boan Venter launched Cobus Wiese forward off a restart — carrying him several metres in the air before releasing him into open space. The move led directly to an offload to Paul de Villiers and Evan Roos touching down. Now the play is under scrutiny: Wiese can't be tackled while airborne, but was the forward momentum and Venter's launching action itself within the laws? The piece canvasses opinion but finds no consensus — even from those close to the game — and puts the question to readers. The try stands, but the lawbook ambiguity is real enough to be worth chewing over.
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Was Venter's mid-air launch of Wiese legal? Rugby's latest grey area
Boan Venter carrying Cobus Wiese forward off a restart before launching him into space — leading to Roos's try — has sparked a genuine laws debate. The piece lays out the competing views but reaches no definitive verdict, inviting readers to assess the footage themselves.
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