Penalty Try?

[rustycage]

I'll admit I'm a bit of a bad judge on last night.

I like winning, but these are my three least enjoyable ways to win:

1. After blowing a big lead
2. With dodgy or controversial calls
3. Golden point....

Last night was the trifecta

Last night's golden point was actually the first time Wests Tigers have won a golden Point for a long time. Surely that was enjoyable.

Wasn't that long ago - only 5 coaches back

 

[Bob]

My understanding was that the player who hit him high, is said not to have been there if he committed a foul.

Ie, because it was a foul, and he was the last line of defence with no one else around to make a tackle. You can’t assume if if the tackle was made legitimately then he could of stopped the try.

So if that’s correct, it’s a try every time.

(Re reading I don’t think I’ve explained it well, is anyone more eloquent?)

 

[BalmainJnr]

Legit penalty try. Everyday of the week. Full stop. Up the Tigers.

 

[old_man_tiger]

@Newtown least enjoyable, still better than a "good loss"

 

[newtiger]

In my book was a try but more often than not the bunker would rule the other way and just given a penalty.

Anyway good to be on the right side of the calls for a change

I don't think that it should have been a "Penalty try" , but after Tahu stripped the ball and Marstars grounded the ball it should have been a try.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

No penalty try, it was barely even a high shot, but I'll take one of those blatant ref errors in our favour any day of the week! That bias towards us and us winning a Golden Point match on the same night was too incredible for words. I was totally 😱😱

 

[diedpretty]

Personally I don't even think it was a high shot. With how soft the game is becoming next they'll be running on the field wearing skirts.

It was a high shot under the current rules - never was a high shot in the past. Game has gone soft.

 

[cqtiger]

Gotta laugh with some comments being bandied about. Firstly, Phil Gould going on about being an alien then stating that the player fell short of the line anyway just as the replay showed he landed well over said line.

Others saying it wasn’t even a head shot, some saying it bounced off the ball then hit his head. Hello, it is now illegal to make contact with a players head even if he slips and his head is 10cms from the ground - hit head, automatic penalty. Green saying no way can you say 100% he was going to score??? The video official, in his opinion, thought he was going to score - try.

It is a different game from 30 years ago, like it or not.

 

[happy_tiger]

It doesn't have to be 100%..that was never the rule..it is in the opinion of the official that a TRY would have been scored if not for foul play...It is similar to the TRY in the 99 GF when Ainscough collared Smith causing him to lose the ball over TRY line ..though not as dramatic of course...

Disagree about the comparison


Smith was in the ingoal area

But was still a penalty try

 

[balmain boy]

A clear penalty try. No doubt about it. He was about an inch from the line, got smacked in the jaw and while falling over the line and hence lost control of the ball. If he was 5m away the cover defence may have got there in time but he was already over the line...

 

[voice_of_reason]

Try - but the only opinion that counts was the bunker.

 

[Madge]

if that happened against us would you be filthy? be honest.

 

[Guest]

I thought it was a fair decision as soon as I saw the replay

 

[voice_of_reason]

if that happened against us would you be filthy? be honest.

Yes, but it was still the right decision.

 

[TieDye]

@Madge was talking to a friend about this today, we both are fans and agreed we'd be upset but with no reason to be blowing up - pretty sure they were still cut-up boys about the Marsters knock on

 

[Tigerdave]

Probably the right decision, but ultimately, even if it wasn't, a try would have been scored, pretty sure it was Marsters who then grounded the ball after the strip/high tackle.

 

[TIGER]

A clear penalty try. No doubt about it. He was about an inch from the line, got smacked in the jaw and while falling over the line and hence lost control of the ball. If he was 5m away the cover defence may have got there in time but he was already over the line...

He didn't lose control of the ball from the high shot, he had the ball striped while trying to ground it.

 

[Balmainbred]

Right decision was made.

 

[jirskyr]

Did MCK go off for HIA after scoring? If yes that shows you the impact of the high shot.

 

[Tim Sheens]

if that happened against us would you be filthy? be honest.

No, it was a clear infringement and would not matter who committed it. MCK was obviously hurt by the transgression.