Pearce Try....Obstruction?

[Paris_Cobbs]

A clear case of obstruction. A disgrace considering it happened the previous week as well and Harrigan produced a comprehensive video on the subject.

And it did matter, because for and against is so important.

 

[skywalka]

Forward pass (I had a great view of it) so shouldn't have been a try. Touchy was right there but pussed out.

Mini was running a support play which he was entitled to do. But he couldn't disappear into thin air. The forward pass made it look like more of a decoy runner type play. Some defenders didn't realise Mini didn't get the ball and committed to tackling him. If the pass wasn't forward then the defenders wouldn't have thought Mini might get the ball. They would have gone straight for Pearce so the try would have been stopped.

If you watch carefully there was a chance Mini touched the ball. If he touched it first then he couldn't be classified as a decoy. If he didn't touch it first then it was accidental offside.

Pearce changed direction behind Mini but probably would have done so even if Mini wasn't there.

When things happen in broken play you tend to give the benefit of the doubt more often.

Not as clear cut as last weeks obstruction.