I'm not so sure, in that split second he sees a set of knees heading for his grid it has to have some impact on connor muscling onto/over the line and he only missed it by fractions even with this obstacle in his way. I can certainly see both sides of the argument but imo Connor would have muscled forward were the body of the full back not there, therefore Try.

There haven’t been many, if any, incidents like that that I can remember where the full back slides in with his knees into the head of the attacker and helps to prevent a try being scored. There’s been lots of times where an attacker scoring a try has been slid into by a defender and nothing has been done, when it should have been an 8 point try, the Charnley try in this year’s Grand Final being a good example.

Talking simply, the defender made contact with the head of the attacker and the momentum of the attacker was affected by that action. Clear penalty try for me.

On paper that England team should have been walloped, so IMO they did really well to win. For all the criticism of Bennett, it shows that a strong defence has to come first, and in any event our halves are so poor I'm not sure how good they'd be if we tried to play expansively.

By a player tackling him round the neck...

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.