What gets me with this rule is that it assumes that the obstructed player is actually going to stop the try being scored. There are a number of other Leeds players over there who are very capable of stopping the try but don't and the ball is thrown like 20 metres away from the obstructed man so it is unlikely that he was going to get over there in time anyway. Lets say he was obstructed for a second, if he wasn't he probably wouldn't have affected the try anyway.

Obstruction rule not in effect tonight

I thought leeds just about deserved the win due to better goal line defence and some quality when it mattered. I know both sides had players out but I think we had a lot more quality/important players to the team out than leeds did. We only have 1 hooker and he was out, our star half back out and 3 of our first choice props so for me we were harder hit and it's probably what made the difference in the end

Thought Hull gave a good account of themselves last night considering the players missing. After the first 20, I’ll be honest I thought we would win with a bit to spare, but Hull turned the tide. As a Hull fan I’d be gutted, because these are the sort of games that define your season, the four pointers. To lose two such influential players like Houghton and Kelly would affect any team, and I’d say Hull should take more positives from the game despite the outcome.

Quite, Cummings saying it was the Saints player impeding the Warrington player and that they were allowed to stand their ground, despite moving and despite holding their arm out and despite being 4 times closer than Ablett was to Griffin!
The inconsistency is utter garbage!

Sadly it's becoming par for the course at Headingley.

Maybe one day