I won't pretend to understand the rules however my take on it was - the illegal tackle slowed Halls momentum. Had it not taken place one can make the case that the 2nd tackler would not have got close to him prior to grounding the ball. On those grounds I think the refs opinion that a try would have been scored but for the foul play is legitimate.

As for the foul play being meritous of a sending off. Remove the incident from the penalty try issue and I believe many similar incidents result in sending offs. Personally I think it was worthy of a sending off, deliberate or accidental it was illegal and very dangerous.

No.

It's extremely accurate.

The Thurston incident has nothing to do with the penalty try. He was deliberate and high so should have had action taken against him, but the penalty try was not awarded because of the high tackle.

Hall didnt get the ball down because Lewis led with the knees. Accident, maybe. But in this instance, accidental or deliberate makes no difference. Result of whole incident? Penalty try against Lewis.

The Australians on here who are saying that it wasnt a penalty try and "you poms" are just whinging, are looking purely and simply at the Thurston high tackle. Look at the whole incident to get the full picture.

Did England deserve to win? Nope, not at all. Tomkins isnt a fullback as long as I have a hole in my , yet he is lauded as the messiah in Super League. Chase isnt a 7 and no amount of shortlisting him for awards will make him one. Sinfield is OK with his mates around him but out of his depth at Test level. Peacock and Morley made no metres. It should have been 40+. Thats reality.

No, he's a stand off who lets Danny Orr do the organising which frees Chase up to do what he does best - play off the cuff.

It's the same reason why Benji had a poor series too, he was made to play an organising role which doesn't suit his style of play.

Chase had a pretty much free rein in this series. Sinfield took on thr role of organiser on most occasions throughout the series.

Your right, except for the bits that arent accurate. Which is all of the bits.