SOO call

Player offside inside the 10 from a kick, no influence on the play- decision; play on. Passive offside I think they call it. Video ref let it go and allowed the try.

Great call

It's the rule AFAIK. You can be offside from the kick if you don't get involved, but we always seem to penalise it over here if you're within 10 of the defender even if you're just stratching yourself.

Exactly, how often do our Refs and VR call offside on someone not involved but in the 10- needs to stop

It's stupid, because if he picks it up clean and you let him run 10 before getting involved it's play on. I don't see what difference him dropping it makes.

We have the exact same interpretation here.

The idea is that the offside player being within 10 metres of the catcher may have put him under pressure, leading to the error.

i've seen them chalked off over here

Good call, for once common sense applied.

I appreciate that, but I disagree especially with a contest in the air.

you've also got a player a lot closer than he should be if the fb drops the ball, someone within the ten could scoop it up as you're still recovering, if they were further back it gives them a chance to get up.

Anyway, a catcher isn't going to know/pay attention to who has been called offside, they just know there's a presence there,

He isn't a batsman looking where the fielders are. He will have eyes solely on the ball. If one of the players challenging him is offside then fair enough, but if he is stood 8 yards away minding his own business (as with Wednesday) then it won't be his fault if the fullback drops it.

Of course you're right that he is then still offside so can't pick it up, but it shouldn't stop someone who was onside from doing so.

If you are offside, you are offside, it shouldn't be open to interpretation because that leads to unfairness as one day it is a try, another it is not.

If you are a player and believe you are not interfering with play, then feel free to sit on the bench instead.

I agree, offside is offside, no interpretation available.

Thats not true as you get accidental offside.