Quote: talulah "The player is not tackled until his sliding comes to a halt, which is why you correctly put your word "tackled" in quotes.
In the situation you describe, as soon as his slide comes to a halt, the tackle is complete, so he can't then reach out and put the ball down.
In the case of the Brett Hodgson incident, maybe the ref considered he was still sliding. I didn't see it so can't really comment.'"
The main difference between the two (and I am certainly not making a concrete decision on the 'tries') is that Brett, last week and against hudds, slid over the line facing forwards. He fell onto his belly and, against hudds, slid over the line or, against brad, landed over the line from the tackle. While Sam was rolled over onto his back and was moving horizontal to the try line and came to a stop and then moved his arm towards the try line.
