: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:31 pm
St.Dave wrote:
I always thought that once the ball carring player passes an offside player he 'puts him in play' but I admit I could be wrong as I've never seen anything like what happened to Webb before but the for winning try...ffs how did they give that, it had an obstruction and a knock on and I hate leeds as much as any other Saints fan but lets get things right and keep the game fair.
Also was that a knock on or a forward pass for the other try that was disallowed
The Webb offside ruling has been discussed down to molecular level already on here. The sensible consensus is that it was a correct decision, although the flat earth brigade are still being stubborn.
The Newton "obstruction" - more like an off-the-ball barge - has likewise been debated to death. The general consensus is that it probably should have been a penalty, although at least one possible reason why not has been advanced. I'd be interested in te Cummings view on that - does he still post explanations for decisions, or did that prove too embarrassing?
The other incident was ruled a knock on - as has been discussed ad nauseum on here. Again, the sensible consensus concurs but the flat earth rearguard are proving a bugger to shift as always.
The forward pass, that was missed, came for Leeds' allowed try.
Why not go for the full set and raise the Sin-binning?
hth.