Quote: mr ree "as far as i see it it was a perfectly good try, but it's down to the terminology of the rules, an attacking player would never deliberately knock the ball on, thats a rule for potential interceptions, what sammut did was the same as Joel, but with a player in close attendance, so did he "deliberately" throw the ball forward to himself?? imo, he didn't'"
Your right....its down to interpretation as I said earlier.
I would probably be harsh in those circumstances and deem that as his only way of controlling the ball was to knock it high over the defensive line and re-gather, it had to be a deliberate act to avoid a knock on, however it could be argued the ball freakishly deflected in that way, rather than being intentional, and was accidental. Either way its a dubious try that could have not been given IMO, and perhaps shouldnt have done given the obvious advantage he obtained. That said it was still a v skillful try.
Regarding how it would be disallowed, I guess that if it was seen as an intentional throw forward by the ref, it would be treated as a deliberate forward pass to himself, as a forward pass is simply defined in the rule book as a throw towards the opponent's dead ball line.
