Have you watched the video yet? There's a peach of an angle on the slow motion replay that's right in line with the pass and clearly shows it going backward. And I was in line with the pass myself at the game.

No forward passes in that move. None. Zero. Zilch. End of.

Yeh so was I, and I thought it was forward at the game, and watching it over and over again, I still think it was, Michaels stretching forward to catch it, he caught the ball in front of where founa passed it from, tells me it was forward. Anyway who cares haha , just like you been wrong and reading your toss bag responses

Easy Tiger !, were all pals aren't we ? lets not get all Gareth Hock over a lovely lovely try.

Right or wrong, who really cares ?? Its enjoy it time Tinkers.

Haha , yeh I know, im feeling the love really, just kosh with his "no it wasn't" response, he does actually think everything he says is fact. Watched the try quite a few times, and your right, it was lovely, just thought the last pass was a tad forward. Im not complaining , seen plenty go against us

Didn't look forward to me but like you said who cares Isa,s was miles forward

How mature.

Fonua's hands are pointing backwards when he releases the ball, and that's what counts - not where the ball was released and where it was caught. Momentum and all that.

As for the 'facts' jibe - remind me which of us stated that the pass was forward as a fact rather than opinion again?

To be fair though, the pass Thaler called forward when Manfredi went over in the corner wasn't forward.

The main thing that es me off is the obvious work that goes in to bending the rules as much as they can from Wigan. They must spend one day a week at it.
The 2 most ridiculous decisions of the game were the penalty on Ellis, when SOL had clearly moved around his leg to play the ball; and The decision that Williams had not knocked in collision when Mini knocked on and went through. The idea that it didn't hit the FC player is ridiculous. But it should be noted that it was Hicks that made the call on the latter.

Having just relived all the excitement again, iplayered it because if I record games we lose!!!!, both Manfredi and Isa's tries were forward passes. Michaels, I wasn't sure about, favouring as ok until the credits came up and showed a complete different angle from the side and the pass was deffo good.