Just watching the replay and surprised there has been no discussion on here about Ireland's try at the 62 minute mark. Irish ball carrier is tackled short and clearly uses his knees to propel himself close enough to THEN reach out and score the try.
Were they ever held?
Do you need to be? I thought you had to be brought to ground,.
... except that he had been stopped. The movement of his knee is a dead giveaway that he knew it. Use of momentum means you make no further effort after the tackle.Law 22.4.(d)
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[FONT=fs_blakeregular]Momentum try. If an attacking player with the ball is tackled short of the goal line but the player’s momentum carries the player in a continuous movement along the ground into the opponents’ in-goal, and the player is first to ground the ball, a try is scored.[/FONT]
I'm sorry Pinky but as referees we believe that enforcing the Laws of the game is more important than the result (ahem).We (my son and I) spotted it at the time, but I didn't remember to raise it as the result kind of meant more.
The Beeb said:12 March 2011: Wales 19-13 Ireland - This game was decided in Wales' favour by a hugely controversial Mike Phillips try early in the second half.