Re: Wane vs Brown : Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:20 pm
Rogues Gallery wrote:
Agree, it's an anomaly in the game. Had that been 10 yards out Burgess gets up and scores, no problem. There is no way he was held in the tackle, Hohaia fell off the initial tackle but another Saints player put his hand on Burgess.
You don't have to be held in the tackle though. As confirmed by former head of referees during the Sky commentary, there only needs to be an opposition player's hand on the potential try scorer for it to be ruled as a double movement, so long as the potential try scorer has his ball carrying arm on the floor when the opposition player touches him.
It wasn't a try according to the rules. No need for you to be bitter about it though. We're not.