To be honest, I don't get what the fuss is about. I thought the law is pretty clear:
11.3 BEING PUT ONSIDE BY OPPONENTS
In general play, there are three ways by which an offside player can be put onside by an action of the opposing team. These three ways do not apply to a player who is offside under the 10-Metre Law.
(a) Runs 5 metres with ball. When an opponent carrying the ball runs 5 metres, the offside player is put onside.
(b) Kicks or passes. When an opponent kicks or passes the ball, the offside player is put onside.
(c) Intentionally touches ball. When an opponent intentionally touches the ball but does not catch it, the offside player is put onside.
The first two obviously don't apply. For mine, nor does the third...it doesn't say intentionally tries to touch the ball but misses, otherwise there wouldn't be penalty tries for players that are tackled as they intentionally reach for the ball but haven't got there yet. The ball certainly smacks off Phipps, but I couldn't see how anyone would think he touched it intentionally.
As an aside regarding reports of thrown bottles...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rug...World-Cup.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/r...-a6699936.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rug...el-Cheika.html