smeagol
Referees in America
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Last weekend, a senior referee described an incident where a defender led with knees as an attacker was in the act of scoring.
He couldn’t definitively determine whether the ball had been grounded, so gave the PT and restarted with a penalty to the attacking side on the halfway.
IMO, this was incorrect - my reading is that the only way you restart with a penalty on the halfway is if something happens *after* the try is scored, but couldn’t find anything on the spot in the laws to back my position.
He couldn’t definitively determine whether the ball had been grounded, so gave the PT and restarted with a penalty to the attacking side on the halfway.
IMO, this was incorrect - my reading is that the only way you restart with a penalty on the halfway is if something happens *after* the try is scored, but couldn’t find anything on the spot in the laws to back my position.