Banquo wrote:
either the TMO's do their job properly, or we get rid.
judging by the article... what did the TMO do wrong?
Was asked to look at foul play.
Looked at foul play. Decided that no foul play had occurred.
That bit.
Puja
Yeah it couldn't really be any more clear that he's hit a guy in the air, whilst having no chance of competing for the ball himself.
Given the focus we've seen on cutting down on that sort of challenge, to ignore it completely is a bit odd.
The TMO could also have pointed out that the ball goes backwards, it just looks like a knock on because the guy in the air is launched towards his own line by the flying shoulder in his back.
Which Tyler wrote:
judging by the article... what did the TMO do wrong?
Was asked to look at foul play.
Looked at foul play. Decided that no foul play had occurred.
That bit.
Puja
Yeah it couldn't really be any more clear that he's hit a guy in the air, whilst having no chance of competing for the ball himself.
Given the focus we've seen on cutting down on that sort of challenge, to ignore it completely is a bit odd.
The TMO could also have pointed out that the ball goes backwards, it just looks like a knock on because the guy in the air is launched towards his own line by the flying shoulder in his back.
That's an interesting point of law - if the ball goes backward and someone who is in front of the player were to reach back and collect it, would they be offside?
Yeah it couldn't really be any more clear that he's hit a guy in the air, whilst having no chance of competing for the ball himself.
Given the focus we've seen on cutting down on that sort of challenge, to ignore it completely is a bit odd.
The TMO could also have pointed out that the ball goes backwards, it just looks like a knock on because the guy in the air is launched towards his own line by the flying shoulder in his back.
That's an interesting point of law - if the ball goes backward and someone who is in front of the player were to reach back and collect it, would they be offside?
Puja
Intersting one. It's really hard to tell from the video, but I suspect that by the time he plays the ball Owens has run back to the point where he was level with where Williams was when he played the ball.
I've watched it back a few more times now, and every time I look at it again I find it harder to believe that they didn't ping Read.
Guess that makes it a proper old school Lions/rugby tour now.
Lions prop Kyle Sinckler was arrested during a night out on the town following Saturday's crunch test match.
In a statement on Tuesday, a police spokesperson said police attended an incident involving "minor disorder" in central Auckland early on Sunday morning.
"A male was placed under arrest but was not charged after further inquiries established that the incident did not warrant prosecution."
It is understood the incident took place on Galway St in central Auckland about 3am.
Sinckler was escorted back to his hotel in central Auckland by officers following the incident.
