Stripping rule

[The Sack]

From my understanding of the game, you could not strip the ball from a player once on the ground. Is this still the case?

[zac]

Theoretically. But there was a strip on Manu (v Canberra?) where the ball was stripped as he was rolling on the ground and there was no penalty.

[ithepact]

I had a look at the stripping rules and it doesn't mention anything about the attacker being on the ground. If the ref has called 'held' then obviously the strip would be a penalty.
One of the ways a tackle is said to be completed ... Grounded (a) when he is held by one or more opposing players and the ball or the hand or arm holding the ball comes into contact with the ground.

[Waylander]

I wonder if, as soon as one of them wraps around the ball, we subtly just release it and yell out "strip" before their other tacklers can peel off. Try it up their end and see if it works before you take the risk of a cheap turnover in our half.

[Smee]

I wonder if, as soon as one of them wraps around the ball, we subtly just release it and yell out "strip" before their other tacklers can peel off. Try it up their end and see if it works before you take the risk of a cheap turnover in our half.

I suspect some coaches have already been working on that ploy.

[roosterproud]

i reckon there are a few ways to counteract the strip.
1: when you find out the release word from the first strip from the faiders, use ithe word every time one of our boys has a run.
2. when the do strip it and thier on the ground smash the prick and give him something to reflect on before he tries it next time. worth a penalty every day.
3 hold on to one of the tacklers keeping them in the tackle
4 hia the fuk out of hodges.

another threat is the Papali lose are off loads and solis offloads

[Hawkeye]

Yes learn their strip call ..then our player with the ball yells it out ..all the tacklers think its the other teammate in the tackle and they all release the ball carrier ...and our boy continues on up field after breaking the tackle ! ...sounds good to me !

[ism22]

Theoretically. But there was a strip on Manu (v Canberra?) where the ball was stripped as he was rolling on the ground and there was no penalty.

Theoretically:
- You can't put a 'hand on the ball' during a tackle involving multiple players (so you can't wrap it up then peel off, you've gotta peel off then grab).
- Once the player's tackled, you can't strip the ball (whether it be 1-on-1 or multiple players). I woulda thought that once a player's going nowhere and defenders have peeled off you could safely assume the tackle's already been completed.

IMO the trouble the NRL's put everybody in is that have they accepted the strip tactic as being a stroke of genius from day 1 (I suspect Bellamy called up the refs pre-season and was like 'hahaha so I can just do this? Wonderful!' and they said 'hmmm... yeah I suppose you can, yes' thinking very little more of it).

Only the Storm and Raiders have been actively attempting it (I think we got penalised for doing it last week?) so I reckon it's just one of those things that the NRL has quietly told clubs 'it's too late to change now, but we'll consider submission in regard to changing it for next season'.

As it was introduced as a drafting error when clarifying another rule, I think it's highly probable that the NRL will just get rid of it in the off-season as it was never their intention to introduce it in the first place. Rather, they wanted to enable the 2nd man into a tackle to drop-off a tackle, defend their line and later strip the ball 1-on-1 if need be.

One more game to go and they only do it once or twice a game (as we saw last week, this comes at the cost of them mis-timing 1-on-1 strips because they've actively practiced stripping after the completion of the tackle). IMO good footy will win the game, not some stupid strip. Hopefully they clarify that you can't do this in a small, uncontentious, off-season clarification of the rules.

[Spirit of 66]

The other way of responding is to allow a dominant tackle - just go to the ground the minute you think you're being set up for a strip. This is less than ideal because it slows down the momentum in attack, but when the strip is on the tackle becomes a very slow play in any case, as Robinson observed.

I think Tetevano has been the most frequent victim of the tactic so he in particular needs to prepare a response.