Quote: billyfax "It certainly was not a double movement. Just because his arm was on the floor doesn't mean his momentum had stopped. He was still moving forward and just placed it down. Perfectly within the rules and was a try. I have no complaints with that.
The only odd decisions today were by the touch judge when he didn't bother looking to see if the man had crossed the touch line and then missing the Hull player touching the kick that went out of play.
However it was just a friendly so to be honest I really don't care.'"
The try was double movement as the player had his ball carrying arm touching the floor with a defending player in contact with him.
Quote: billyfax "An instance in which a tackle can be judged to be complete is when the attacking player's ball-carrying arm is touching the ground at the same time that a defending player is in contact with the attacker.'"
Quote: billyfax "Double movement
An illegal movement in the attempt to score a try. An attacking player whose momentum does not allow the ball to reach the try-line or in-goal after their ball-carrying arm touches the ground may not reach out to score if a defender is in contact with them; this is disallowed by interpretation as a "double movement".
However, if the player is in the process of being tackled and the ball has not been grounded before the try line, then they can make a second movement for the score.'"
Both quoted in the rule book at dewsbury.
Quote: billyfax "Second movement
after tackle When an attacking player is tackled within easy reach of the goal line he should be penalised if he makes a second movement to place the ball over the line for a try.'"
Quoted from the RFL website. (and has diagrams)
rlhttp://therfl.co.uk/a_guide_to_the_game/official_laws/11_tackle_and_playtheballrl
