Disgusting bias from Mark Newsum

Yes, the ball is grounded by "Dropping on the ball and covering it with the part of the body above the waist and below the neck, the ball itself being on the ground". 

Whether that applied here is the question, I guess. 

Poor lindop that will play on his mind until he makes amends which he may never. To only score 6 in a final is criminal. Agree with the above comments Wigan absolutely moonwalk it.

Clearly didn’t apply, il take solace that smug git did not win the Lance Todd trophy

Was just explained on the BBC that this only applies to the attacking player not the defending player.

All this talk of a 'fantastic game' baffles me, the quality genuinely continues to be woeful 

Dufty had his cheekbone smashed and is likely out for a few weeks according to SB. 

It was closer than I thought it would be, but you can't expect to squander so much possession near their line & win; apart from Sneyd's kicks we had zero attacking threat.


And whilst Lindop had a nightmare, you can't blame him for the loss.


Sam says we were the better team - we weren't or we would've won.


Oh yes, and the crowd didn't look good on TV, where were all the robins bobbing along?


Moan over......

It doesn't say that anywhere in the rules. It does not specify that it applies for an attacking player but not a defending one. In fact it says in the rules word for word that a 'Touch Down' is the intentional grounding of the ball by a defending player in their own in goal. It doesn't say with the hand. Just intentional grounding. So if its good for the attacker it should apply to the defender and there's no rule in the law to argue against that.