I added inadvertaently ONLY becauise we do see times when a try scorerr slips and the ball touches the ground but he is clearly wanting to run underneath the posts.
I agree its grounded out wide . My point then being that as any grounding counts as a grounding (so the try is awarded out wide in my example) then by the same logic the defender in trying to keep the ball off the ground has nonetheless still grounded it if any part of it touches the ground (blade of grass etc).
In other words it cannot be considered in anyway that his preference/intention is of any importance.
didds
So would you count it as grounding if a defender slipped while not under significant pressure? Or would the picking up immediately overrule it?
At the time the ball is touched down by red, it's off the ground, isn't it?
Watching it full speed, I thought it was a good spot by red and a try (I'm not now, nor have I ever been, a kiwi
). My gut feeling - which I completely accept may be a sign of inexperience and unfamiliarity - is that we let the defenders play on if they clearly want to, in the name of *continuity*, and call the touchdown if it's clearly made.