: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:14 pm  

There's no way that was a penalty try. He wasn't prevented from scoring by foul play. There was foul play and he picked himself up, carried on and scored in spite it.

It wasn't even an eight pointer.

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:40 pm  

vbfg wrote:

There's no way that was a penalty try. He wasn't prevented from scoring by foul play. There was foul play and he picked himself up, carried on and scored in spite it.

It wasn't even an eight pointer.

Under the rules if a player is prevented from scoring closer to the posts by a foul the correct decision is a penalty try, much like if he was prevented from scoring altogether. Took a lot of explaining today, but it is correct.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:01 am  

I'd assumed that the play had been called dead before Halley recovered to score. Certainly the linesman had his flag up, did Ganson blow his whistle? Seemed bizarre to award a penalty try otherwise.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:26 am  

In my opinion that was not a penalty try.A penalty try is awarded when a player is fouled and prevented from scoring a certain try.An eight pointer comes about when a player is fouled AFTER scoring a try.Four for the try , two for the conversion and a further two for a penalty in front of the posts.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:33 am  

So if Halley had gone down like a sack of tatties rather than playing on? Would that have been a penalty try? It would bo a bizarre decision to award a penanlty try in that case but not if he actually got up and scored like he did.
I know what I'm trying to say...

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:36 am  

No. If Halley had gone down and stayed down it would not have been a penalty try. He was too far out and there was a defender coming at him.
There is no certainty he would have scored without being fouled.He did the right thing by playing on and scoring.I think I know what Im trying to say as well.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:54 am  

redballoon99 wrote:

No. If Halley had gone down and stayed down it would not have been a penalty try. He was too far out and there was a defender coming at him.
There is no certainty he would have scored without being fouled.He did the right thing by playing on and scoring.I think I know what Im trying to say as well.

I seem to remember (quite a while ago) that if the player was fouled and then scored the officials could give the conversion and THEN award a penalty, thereby making it an 8 point try?

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:11 am  

I don't even think the Catalans player was sin-binned. That should surely have been a certainty.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:14 am  

how people can say ganson is against bradford is beyond me. they seemed to get alot of decisons yeaterday including 2 video ref tries that were very dodgy and the penalty try. just shows how ppor they are with these and playing a poor side IMO and still losing. very funny though

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:16 am  

both teams defences were as dodgy as the bbcs clock