if the ruling is the same as union the guy committing the foul is classed as not being there
i dont think there is any doubt he helped the ball to not be grounded, without his help the ball would have been grounded so its a penalty try

I hope the Gildard try means we never have to watch Bateman play centre for England again

I think Gildard is one hell of a talent btw

So is Gildart

Agreed. Giltart has a lot to live up to now.

I fully agree. The fullback went in with the knees to the head as the player was attempting to ground the ball which is a clear foul, dangerous play and exactly the criteria for a penalty try. The same player had been penalised previously for niggling dirty play and was lucky to get away with a late head high attempt to prevent a try earlier. Should have been a yellow and possibly a red.

These aren't exactly the criteria at all. The ref has to be of the opinion that a try would have been scored had the foul not occurred. That said, the wording of the law differs from what I thought it was (my fault, made the mistake of listening to the commentators again). Time and again we're informed that the ref has to be certain a try would have been scored. He doesn't. My objection to the decision was based upon the premise that the VR could not have been certain Connor would have grounded it. Having read the law, he didn't need to be. Ref = right, me = wrong. Penalty try.