Quote ="SmokeyTA"the gap was already there, the Wigan defender had come in Hauraki had set off on a diagonal line. he continued on that line and the Wigan defender moved into his line. That space does not belong to the Wigan defender. What is hauraki supposed to do at the moment the pass went behind him to Dorn? He can't disappear, its not physically possible to immediately stop dead, he cant cut back in because thats a deviation from his line that realistically will take him into Wigan defender and certainly be obstruction. Hauraki carried on his line and Dorn went through a gap that already existed. It was poor defence from the Wigan defender who left a huge gap in the defensive line, (as well as the player on the outside not coming in because he fell for the dummy) that was rewarded with a penalty. Realistically that entire gap was covered not by good Wigan defence but simply by virtue of Cas using a Dummy runner. Under what you state, there is no legal way for Cas to exploit that Gap simply because they had a dummy runner. '"
The Wigan defender moved into the line of Hauraki? You are joking aren't you? In that case all attacks need is 3 players. 2 blockers and a ball carrier in between them. All 3 run at a gap in the defensive line and then no defender can slide across to stop the ball carrier.
Do you see how silly it is to suggest what you just have?
What can Hauraki do? He can not run that line in the first place, or time it so that he doesn't get in the way of the defender sliding across. Simple. Hauraki was offside, like any offside player it is his duty not to interfere with play. He did.
Quote ="SmokeyTA"Defenders arent rooks. They can move in directions other than straight up and down and side to side. Hauraki was in no way effectively a blocker. He was a Dummy runner who ran in to a gap. The defender moved in to the same gap. Nobody owned that space. '"
So the defender should have to move around an offside attacker? Even though he's directly in between the defender and the ball carrier? You do realise what that is don't you? It's called obstruction.
Quote ="SmokeyTA"What do you want Hauraki to do? He has set off on a line, he can't cut back in or he runs straight into a defender and obstructs him, he cant carry on on his line or the he will have obstructed the defender, he cant move outside because then he would be blatantly shepherding Dorn through the line in the most obvious obstruction and he cant stop dead. '"
Hauraki can not run that line in the first place. I honestly can't believe you're trying to say that a dummy runner can't help where he runs and where he puts himself. It's ridiculous.
Quote ="SmokeyTA"It was poor defence allowing that gap to open. Wigan gave up ownership of that space by not having anyone in it. A dummy runner has every right to run into a gap, if a defender then decides to run into him then that is the defenders mistake. '"
It might well have been poor defence that initially allowed a gap to open up and for Cas to target it, it wasn't poor defence that didn't allow that gap to be closed again. It was Weller Hauraki. A dummy runner doesn't have the right to run into a gap and stay there, he has to get through the line. He also has a duty not to interfere with play when offside. Otherwise, as I said above, tries can be scored very easily with 2 blockers either side of the ball carrier. Hauraki could have done several things differently which would have resulted in there being no obstruction. He could have run through the line, he could have run at the opposite shoulder of the defender thereby still allowing him to slide across, he could have stopped short of the defensive line. It's very easy not to obstruct.
Hauraki ran into the defensive line and stopped a defender from getting to the ball carrier. It's a simple obstruction. If he hadn't done it then Dorn might well have still scored, but the Wigan defender wasn't given the opportunity to try and get to him.
Quote ="SmokeyTA"Hauraki ran in to a gap in the wigan defensive line, Dorn ran into a gap in the Wigan defensive line, the Wigan defender ran in to Hauraki. Im not sure what part of that is poor Cas attack.'"
The part where the Hauraki runs into the defensive line and obstructs defenders. That's poor attack. He doesn't have the ball, he has no business being in the Wigan defensive line.
