[Tackle] Is it a 'momentum' try?

[ChrisR]

https://youtu.be/gqijFy9T8us?t=100

Great run but a try?

 

[Decorily]

Yes...

 

[OB..]

No.

He is held and touches the ground - tackled. The roll might have counted as momentum, but he then uses his left arm to move his shoulders round and get nearer the goal line - illegal movement.

 

[Dickie E]

that is all momentum for me. Try

 

[Not Kurt Weaver]

No, not releasing

 

[Rich_NL]

I saw this first from a different angle
https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/ardzuq/rosko_specmans_second_try_vs_the_stormers/
from which it looks much more clearly a double movement, to me.

 

[Dickie E]

I saw this first from a different angle
https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/ardzuq/rosko_specmans_second_try_vs_the_stormers/
from which it looks much more clearly a double movement, to me.

I've changed my mind. No try. What an awesome tackle by Black #9

 

[crossref]

If that's OK then poor Maku was seriously robbed

 

[Balones]

I have always thought that good defense deserves as much credit/reward as good offence. This tackler deserved his reward.

 

[Taff]

I've looked at it at least 6 times and still can't decide, so my best guess is that it fails the "Is there a clear & obvious offence" test.

So I would vote Try.

 

[Marc Wakeham]

No try for me

 

[Flish]

No try, propelled himself forward with his arm

 

[Balones]

Probably a try under the TV version of the laws!:chin:

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Given that if I was refereeing I'd be lucky to be within 40 metres of him I'd say try.

 

[Arabcheif]

Watching the video, I'd say no try. Just because the arm was used for forward motion.