@Honkylips said in [Please Explain To Me The Alleged Knock\-On???](/post/1175859) said:
The tackle that gave Penrith the ball for them to score their first try. I foget who it was got smashed in the tackle and as he was standing up the ball slipped down to his hip where he kept hold of it. How is that a knock on???
I rarely knock refs but last night was horrible.
It was all the blind refs interpretation
No one will ever know as there was no replay
We were ripped off ..
I’m still angry ?
I just watched it again on Kayo, with him juggling the ball as Kikau half ripped it out whilst they were getting to their feet. The tackle had long been completed, the ball didn't hit another player after the opposition player dislodged it whilst removing his arm from under it, so stuffed if I know how it could be anything other than a penalty to WT if not play on, as it can't be a loose carry at that point.
I haven’t seen it close up but going off your description above that is 100% a knock on.
If a player loses possession into another player and then regathers it, it is a knock on. You described it as Clark lost control of the ball as Kikau removed his hand, with his hand on the ball and Clark grabbed it again. That unfortunately as the rules state a knock on. Some more fortunate teams may have been overlooked here but it’s still a knock on.
Clark, what's it got to do with him?
No, hands on the ball is not allowed after a tackle is completed and it didn't touch the opposition after being removed. If it was stripped in a tackle then hit the ground it would be a knock on against the stripper and six again if the attacker regained possession, which is what happened, as Kikau effectively stripped it as he removed his arm after the tackle was completed. It would be totally different had he held position as a tangled defender and Garner had dropped it.