That's the one I was referring to, thank you! davidlandy - 1.04.14 on the youtube timer.
l'irlandais - if you think that was a lateral knock, you're an excellent example of your claim of people seeing what they want to see.
But to reiterate - it was a credible call from the TMO, we don't know if that was a camera to which he had access anyway, and no-one's claiming England was robbed of a win, Ireland were the better side.
There it is!
Thank you mjmg, and Rich_NL
I don't think the TMO wasn't shown this one at the time (assuming the live stream is what the TMO is seeing).
From what I can see, the ball definitely touches green 15's hand, and given that green 15 had a lot of forward momentum it's hard to imagine how it could have gone backwards.
However, having said that, I also agree with ChrisR that it's not possible to
see (without making assumptions) in which direction it bounces before it hits the white shoulder. It is
possible (although in my view not very likely) that it went laterally, or even slightly backwards, but on the visual evidence it's impossible to tell as we are viewing from directly behind the players.
Either way I think the TMO made not only a
credible call, but the
right call given the views he had, and all in under a minute or so.
I suppose this raises the question on whether a TMO can apply logic and physics or whether they are supposed to judge solely on visual evidence. Mind you, if you have to get your slide rule and protractor out, and study the replays for 15 hours, is it really C&O?
Why wasn't this view available to the TMO at the time? I thought they got all available views. Luckily it was at Twickers not Aviva otherwise conspiracy theories would no doubt abound
