The Rocky Mountain Rugby (formerly ERRFU) had their AGM today. We got called out specifically for our technical zone infractions (with possible financial sanctions being brought up for future infractions). We all need to do a better job of policing our technical zone. When we set up the ropes, we need to try to make sure they are actually 5 meters off the line (and we need to make sure the rope pushers actually stay back the 5 meters originally marked off by the rope). Also, the only people on the other side of the rope are supposed to be the coaches and the guys running water (who then are not allowed to be in a jersey). Only 4 total people from our team (not counting the touch judge, if we have to have someone do that) are supposed to be in the technical zone. This means that if we have two guys running water, we aren't even supposed to have all of our coaches in the technical zone. In addition to that, those in the technical zone are not allowed to step onto the actual field during play (our name was specifically mentioned in regards to that as well). Players are not supposed to be in the technical zone unless about to IMMEDIATELY go into the match. Again, we were called out specially on this aspect (with some of our players called out by name as habitual offenders). While we don't have a history of issues with it, it was also reiterated that coaches (or anyone else) are not allowed to observe the match from the try zones (or even behind the try zones). It wasn't all bad news though. We were commended for our excellent scoreboard which set the bar for the rest of the league. Cook Park was also praised as a much better location for Summer Sevens than Jacob's. -- Aaron C. Bennett acbenett@umich.edu 720-256-0447

I think that the other teams lack of fans is what allows them to comply with these rules so easily, just saying. Kregg On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Aaron Bennett via Rhino < rhino@lists.denverharlequins.com> wrote: > The Rocky Mountain Rugby (formerly ERRFU) had their AGM today. We got > called out specifically for our technical zone infractions (with possible > financial sanctions being brought up for future infractions). > > We all need to do a better job of policing our technical zone. When we set > up the ropes, we need to try to make sure they are actually 5 meters off > the line (and we need to make sure the rope pushers actually stay back the > 5 meters originally marked off by the rope). > > Also, the only people on the other side of the rope are supposed to be the > coaches and the guys running water (who then are not allowed to be in a > jersey). Only 4 total people from our team (not counting the touch judge, > if we have to have someone do that) are supposed to be in the technical > zone. This means that if we have two guys running water, we aren't even > supposed to have all of our coaches in the technical zone. In addition to > that, those in the technical zone are not allowed to step onto the actual > field during play (our name was specifically mentioned in regards to that > as well). > > Players are not supposed to be in the technical zone unless about to > IMMEDIATELY go into the match. Again, we were called out specially on this > aspect (with some of our players called out by name as habitual offenders). > > While we don't have a history of issues with it, it was also reiterated > that coaches (or anyone else) are not allowed to observe the match from the > try zones (or even behind the try zones). > > It wasn't all bad news though. We were commended for our excellent > scoreboard which set the bar for the rest of the league. Cook Park was also > praised as a much better location for Summer Sevens than Jacob's. > > -- > Aaron C. Bennett > acbenett@umich.edu > 720-256-0447 > > _______________________________________________ > Rhino mailing list > Rhino@lists.denverharlequins.com > > http://lists.denverharlequins.com/mailman/listinfo/rhino_lists.denverharlequins.com > > -- Kregg