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I don't fancy trawling through all the posts on here after the Leeds match... so I just wanted to ask...

Did anyone else think that these two decisions were inconsistent?

Let me put it this way... the rules changed on try scoring... now, control isn't necessary, downward pressure, without knocking on, is all that matters. APPARENTLY.

As a result, since grounding the ball in your in-goal area is exactly the same process as scoring a try in your opponent's in-goal area, then Mathers did that? The ball is on the ground and there is contact with his fingers. JUST THE SAME as there is for McGuire's try.

To me, the decision should have been either discount both or allow both, as it was the decisions ended up being one of each, resulting in two scores for Leeds.

I mean, it was a thrilling match and everything, and Leeds didn't cheat as such, so take nothing away from them, it wasn't like the blatant offside at Millennium Magic against the Bulls, for instance... but in a game so close it has basically made a massive difference to the table for both teams.

I know we question the ability of officials at the best of times, but I thought this was a particularly bad example. Some tries that have been given via video referee have been awful, probably one of the worst examples was one of Gareth Raynor's, when he CLEARLY knocks on in diving for the ball. Yet the try was given!

So... debate open, chuck in your thoughts or not. It's up to you.

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At normal speed, which by the way is how the game is played, neither Mathers nor McGuire had control, so the first try should have been given and the second try disallowed.

The 'slo-mo' stuff freezes the action to show contact with the fingers and ball and the ground, not control in my book.

No sour grapes as we should have dealt with both. It wasn't Leeds that awarded the TRYs they were awarded by the vieo ref.

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Quote: Big Ask "At normal speed, which by the way is how the game is played, neither Mathers nor McGuire had control, so the first try should have been given and the second try disallowed.

The 'slo-mo' stuff freezes the action to show contact with the fingers and ball and the ground, not control in my book.'"


Yes, that's what I say, no control as such in either case, but certainly downward pressure, albeit very light pressure.

If that is all that's needed, then the opposite decisions to yours should have stood? I.e. No try to Hall and Try to McGuire.

If you need to have control, then as you say, it should be Try to Hall, No Try to McGuire.

Quote: Big Ask "No sour grapes as we should have dealt with both. It wasn't Leeds that awarded the TRYs they were awarded by the vieo ref.'"


Again I agree, and I'm not at all saying that Leeds cheated, just that the decisions as they stood make no sense in the same match, almost as if two completely different policies applied.

I don't mean to confuse things, when I say "The decisions should have matched", I mean that the initial player to contact the ball with ground should have the same decisions applied in each case.

Whichever way you look at it, one try should be given and the other disallowed for the same reason.

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I agree, if Mcguire didn't think he had control then it is safe to say it probably shouldn't be given. However they are given week in week out. In the same way it should have been judged Matters grounded the ball.

Or perhaps it has something to do with player intentions

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Quote: Dawson "Or perhaps it has something to do with player intentions'"


So the VR's have mind reading skills?

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Quote: Dave Sharky "So the VR's have mind reading skills?'"


Yes

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Quote: Dave Sharky "So the VR's have mind reading skills?'"


Although i felt aggrieved at the decisions at the time - players intentions must be a factor. Mathers was clearly trying to pick up the ball and not ground it (why he didn't kick it dead only he will know!) whereas Mcguire was trying to put downward pressure on the ball albeit only with his fingertips!!!

Similar to when a player sticks a leg out to block a grubber kick if the attacking team picks the ball up tackle count back to zero but if ball hits leg accidently tackle count continues - its all about intent!!

Still miffed that the Hall try was given though!!!

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Both were completely different, Mcguire had his fingers on the ball whilst the ball was on or over the try line. Mathers knocked-on it's that simple, Mathers got his fingertips to the ball then the ball touched the ground but by this time there was daylight between his fingers and the ball hence the reason for a knock-on/play-on and the try was rightly awarded.

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A knock on in the in-goal is a straight drop out isn't it?

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Quote: Lefty "A knock on in the in-goal is a straight drop out isn't it?'"


Oh sorry my mistake it wasn't a knock-on as Mathers was facing his own line and the ball went backwards, it was simply play-on.

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It was one of those fifty-fifty decisions. We would have accepted both decisions in a reciprocal scenario.

But - I don't think players intentions have any course in the decision making process, just the outcome of their actions.

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If it was a knock-on wouldn't they have played advantage anyway?

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Quote: Mrs Bridge "If it was a knock-on wouldn't they have played advantage anyway?'"


Yes, if it was an accicental knock-on according to www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/client ... _2004_.pdf

The only special case is if you knock-on in the oppositions in goal area by accident or knock on deliberately.
Quote: Mrs Bridge "If it was a knock-on wouldn't they have played advantage anyway?'"


Yes, if it was an accicental knock-on according to www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/client ... _2004_.pdf

The only special case is if you knock-on in the oppositions in goal area by accident or knock on deliberately.


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McGuire applied intentional downward pressure and the try was correctly given.

Although there was a point where Mathers fingertips were touching the ball and the ball was on the ground he was trying to pick the ball up rather than intentionally grounding the ball hence play on and the try was the correct decision.

Both correct decisions for me.

[iHOWEVER...[/i

I have seen, on many occasions, a player cross the line and either slip, or dummy to ground the ball resulting in an unintentional grounding before they jump up and run under the sticks. The try has then been given where they unintentionally grounded the ball. Now if a try can be given when the attacker unintentionally grounds the ball, shouldn't the same be true for the defender resulting in a drop-out?

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Quote: Thelonius "McGuire applied intentional downward pressure and the try was correctly given.

Although there was a point where Mathers fingertips were touching the ball and the ball was on the ground he was trying to pick the ball up rather than intentionally grounding the ball hence play on and the try was the correct decision.

Both correct decisions for me.

[iHOWEVER...[/i

I have seen, on many occasions, a player cross the line and either slip, or dummy to ground the ball resulting in an unintentional grounding before they jump up and run under the sticks. The try has then been given where they unintentionally grounded the ball. Now if a try can be given when the attacker unintentionally grounds the ball, shouldn't the same be true for the defender resulting in a drop-out?'"



Wrong. The rules do not state a requirement for intention.

Try – How scored 3. A try is scored whengrounds the ball in his opponents’
in-goal, provided that he is not in touch or touch
in-goal or on or over the dead ball line.
(b) opposing players simultaneously ground the ball
in the in-goal area provided that the attacking
player is not in touch or touch in-goal or on or
over the dead ball line.
Sliding try (c) a tackled player’s momentum carries him into the
opponents’ in-goal where he grounds the ball
even if the ball has first touched the ground in the
field of play but provided that when the ball
crosses the goal line the player is not in touch or
touch in-goal or on or over the dead ball line.

GROUNDING means (a) placing the ball on the ground with hand or
THE BALL hands or
(b) exerting a downward pressure on the ball
with hand or arm, the ball itself being on the
ground or
(c) 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.

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