Watching it live, right in front of me, I'd have given no try. It looked like a blatant double-movement to me.

Amendment - Section 11 – Law 6: Verbal instructions to resolve doubt.
If any doubt arises as to a tackle, the Referee should give a verbal instruction to ‘play on’ or shout ‘held’ as the case may be. If the referee is of the opinion that the player in possession could not hear the ‘held’ call before passing or running off with the ball he should instruct the player to play the ball at the point where the player was when ‘held’ was called unless it occurs after the fifth play the ball in which case a handover will apply.

Listen to yourself!! This thread has amused me. Worse than saints fans for trying to defend the indefensible.



Why do you have to start that by saying 'according to the rules...'? As if it's some travesty and the rules are bent...