That be a try. gutted.
Cheers
Tongy
The video ref had enough replays & angles to decide.
South African coach has commented on it seeing the replays and even he says they were lucky and it was a try
Often the case and seen in European rugby and a number of times in Rugby League, On the big occasions when such decisions are key to a game the 2nd official bottles it and goes for defence, He was told by the ref it would be a penalty if it was not a try and he bottled it, simple as that and he is not the first and not and will not the the last to do so...
As for the world cup there are a few things I noticed that the IRB need to change, England has to sort etc..
General:
Feeding into the scrum is now just blatant and this needs to be cracked down on, the ball needs to be going in straight
Those pitches were over watered and it was terrable, every team were slipping all the time
Refs need to talk more not less to players
Refs were inconsistent in regard to holding on and how long that is
Refs were inconsistent in regard to how long to play advantage for, in the France England Semi the ref held his arm out for advantage to France, then yelled advantage over and then a French guy dropped the ball and he gave the penalty from the advantage
England:
Line outs they used to be the gods of but its been lost and needs working on
The forward issues were all addressed by the time they got to the final which is a good sign
The back line and attack have no penetration, they need to start scoring tries and like Tait did make the runs - This is currently dead and a very big issue
Danny Hipkiss needs to play more games so he can tune into the international game and improve
Need more Fly halfs
You have to Give England credit tbh, they have been crap for four years and were still poor at the start of the world cup BUT the amount of work in just a few weeks to improve enough to get to the final is a massive achievement and people need to respect that
Brian Ashton does seem a good coach, he managed to get the team beating people despite a number of massive flaws in the squad and he has had them for to short a time and does seem to have made progress if he was appointed earlier things would have been better.
