Quote: A-Fire-Inside "Nah. If anything I think Danny ran into Tomkins on that one, hoping it would then go to the VR for a possible obstruction, because he knew he had no chance of getting to (and then stopping) a runaway Hock'"
Indeed. No disrespect to Danny McGuire but there is just no way he was going to stop Hock on the charge anyway. Like firing a pellet gun at a freight train.
Which is of course irrelevant if he was impeded to prevent him attempting the tackle, but I see no obstruction there, Tomkins doesn't have to get out of the road.
I wonder if McGuire will get a ban for manhandling the ref.
I thought the Hall no try was correct. It didn't look a try at full speed first time and I didn't change my mind, although with another ref it might have got a BOD call. But correct call for me. Some similarities with the Carvell try in the other semi, which I was a bit undecided on, but probably wouldn't have given if I'd been the VR. I did also think Hall might have been in touch if the penalty for the double movement wasn't given, but I'd need to watch replays again.
On the O'Loughlin steal, there's no way Tomkins can be offside. Offside only applies in that situation if O'Loughlin has played the ball deliberately, in which case it's already a penalty. I'm still curious as to why a penalty try wasn't give though.