By the strict rules of the game it was a try. To suggest that it was a rising ball which pushed Hall's finger back is simply not borne out by the video evidence & it's a contrived explanation to support the on field ref's initial decision.

The NRL's stats website thinks the penalty count was 2-1 to the aussies in the second half!!!!


. Funny.

I spoke to someone at the NRL who it has nothing to do with tbh and they said Steve Clark should be video reffing games as he does in the NRL.

Players step off the mark just about every tackle these days (which I've complained bitterly about for years). Charnley knows this as well as anyone. His job is to get his lazy backside moving and position himself correctly. He didn't. It was a stupid penalty made worse by the fact that his slack-jawed rictus indicated he didn't particularly care. As for THAT drop ...



Good grief.



I calls it as I sees it. By the way - at which character position in the above string did you slap your forehead, exclaim "D'oh!" and hastily erase [i"I don't see you picking any Saints' players"[/i. My guess was five out from the full stop. But I would't rule out editing after the fact ...