Indeed. And the ball clearly landed on the ground further away from the Leeds line than where Briers made contact with it. Therefore the ball did not move towards the opponent try line, thus is not a knock on.

never knew that a forward pass can be given as a penalty if the referee believes the pass thrower knows the receiver is infront of him

Yep. Deliberate forward pass = penalty. I've never seen it given.

been watching over 25 years and never seen it hence not knowing it was a rule

Not true - there IS a momentum rule:

Have you seen a voluntary tackle offence given?

8 Point try?

That's for passing. There is a relativity rule for passes, but not for knock ons.

You see it every week, it's called offside.
A forward pass is simply accidental offside, hence the scrum.

no, i wont go into explaining just no!

actually ok

1)accidental offside is still a penalty!
2)accidental offside is normally from a knock on not actually a forward pass

I'm fairly certain I have, but it'd be a stretch to try and remember specific examples.



Bradford against St Helens in March?

No, that's a penalty for offside. Deliberate forward pass is an entirely separate act of misconduct, on it's own, in the rulebook.