Quote: EHW "I think saying "clearly" is stretching it a bit there, but I can see why under the current system the video referee had no choice but to award it as a try.
Under the current rules, Lineham would have had to be given as a try too. Thaler would have sent it upstairs as 'try' and Cobb would have awarded it on the basis that there wasn't 100% evidence that he definitely dropped it.
The Peyroux one is a head scratcher, and should see Cobb sent down to the lower leagues next season.
That said, we (Saints) were awful for large periods of the game and looked completely clueless in the 2nd half so it would have been fairly embarrasing for the sport had we got to the Grand Final.'"
Joe Cobb got his part spot on, it was Thailer who got it wrong. Once it went up as no try, the current rule says there has to be conclusive evidence to overturn the original decision. The footage shows the ball going down towards the line but then is obscured by player's legs. Therefore whist its highly likely it was grounded on the line, there was no definitive shot of it being grounded so the decision could not be overturned.
I had no issues with Gidley's or Lineham's. Had they been scored by their own club, most fans would all have argued that they were legitimate tries.