Two late tries hand New Zealand win over South Africa, Tri Nations title

[GIGS20]

No mate , it's just another thing that only Richie is allowed to get away with, you know, like not rolling away, hands in rucks, offside etc etc etc

TIF!!!!! The TMO clearly stated there was no conclusive evidence that the player was out before the ball was grounded.

Of course everybody else whose foot hits the line in the same frame as the ball touching the ground is judged to have been in touch........but It was Richie, he MUST have grounded the ball 1/29th of a second faster!

[welshrugbyfan]

If it takes the TMO 10 minutes and 100 looks from 5 different angles and still can't say it was conclusive how can you award a try?

If your foot touches the line at the same time the ball is grounded it's no try.

[beige]

I missed the game but on the news they said it went back to the referee to make the decision?

[welshrugbyfan]

I missed the game but on the news they said it went back to the referee to make the decision?

No the TMO told him he could award the try.

He asked originally "Is that a try yes or no"?

[rick boyd]

No the TMO told him he could award the try.

He asked originally "Is that a try yes or no"?

The TMO actually said that he couldn't be sure that the player's foot had gone into touch first, so the referee could award the try. It's in line with the "benefit of doubt to the attacking team" line taken by referees recently to reward attacking plays rather than defensive plays. Often the ref will ask "can you see any good reason for me not to award the try?"

It was a fair call given that it was impossible to tell from any of the camera angles (given the absence of 1000 frames per second close ups) which action had occurred first.

[shasta]

Maybe they should say "I have an opinion but can you give me a reason not to award"

[AndyS]

It's in line with the "benefit of doubt to the attacking team" line taken by referees recently to reward attacking plays rather than defensive plays.

Really? I would have said that the trend of recent times has been that, unless the ref asks "Can you give me a reason not to award it", the TMO saying it was inconclusive invariably results in play restarting on the 5m line. Ask Pocock about the first Bledisloe game - it was ruled inconclusive, so no part of the ball could have possibly touched the ground at any point, therefore no try.