Quote: knockersbumpMKII "Clearly A gives us the advantage because we actually will get possession of the ball 100% of the time (the scrum half has it in his hands therefore possession/advantage is gained), whereas b you have no guarantee of anything despite your guessing at 99/100.
Sorry mate but you are wrong & the referee call was incorrect.
No actual advantage was gained, attempted to gain yes, but no actual advantage was.'"
Are you seriously suggesting option A would have been to our advantage? If Bentham had of instantly stopped play you and everyone else would have gone mad because there was a clear advantage to us in letting play continue. The fact Calderwood completely messed it up doesn't negate the fact it was to our advantage for play to continue.
Nowhere in the rules does it say you have to have control of the ball or be over this imaginary advantage line. The rule is very much open to the interpretation of the official as it is ultimately the ref who makes the decision as to whether an advantage was gained by allowing play to continue or not. The fact Calderwood missed the equivalent of an open goal in football suggests to me we definately got an advantage from allowing play to continue.
Regardless of which I'm not convinced it was a knock-on anway.
