Faletau's disallowed try at the weekend got me thinking...
I know there are some members of this parish who are a bit lenient when it comes to players playing the ball in front of a knocker on and was wondering their views about the things like Faletau's non-try (i.e. player is chasing a kick, 'scores' and is called back for being in front of the kicker).
Personally, I'd be more sympathetic to a player in this situation (disallowed try -> opposition penalty seems a bit of a leap) than one catching the ball after a knock on, but would be interested to hear others' thoughts.
For the record, I'm in no way suggesting that Faletau shouldn't have been penalised - I'm sure he knew full well that he was offside - but there are situations (albeit not likely at international level) when the player genuinely doesn't know he's offside.
I know there are some members of this parish who are a bit lenient when it comes to players playing the ball in front of a knocker on and was wondering their views about the things like Faletau's non-try (i.e. player is chasing a kick, 'scores' and is called back for being in front of the kicker).
Personally, I'd be more sympathetic to a player in this situation (disallowed try -> opposition penalty seems a bit of a leap) than one catching the ball after a knock on, but would be interested to hear others' thoughts.
For the record, I'm in no way suggesting that Faletau shouldn't have been penalised - I'm sure he knew full well that he was offside - but there are situations (albeit not likely at international level) when the player genuinely doesn't know he's offside.