Quote: Damian "I don't condone the fans' behaviour in anyway but Bentham's performance was inept to say the least. Why did he not stop the clock while Long took almost three minutes to place his final kick? Why did he not stop play when Pelo was lying stretched out and a stretcher was on the pitch?
And where did he dream up that Pelo knocked on when the ball did not even leave his hands? These and many more dubious decisions certainly annoyed the fans!'"
Saints scored the last try in the 77th minute, and then play restarted, so he couldnt possibly have let the clock run for 3 minutes.
Play never stops when a player is injured and not interfering with play. Pelo was laid out near the halfway line, Catalans had the ball and were moving away from the injured player. He stopped the clock when Saints got the ball and started moving back towards the halfway line.