I agree, with that point. Given how much debate the decision has sparked, it cannot be said to have been clear and obvious who first grounded the ball.
[LAWS]DOUBT ABOUT GROUNDING
If there is doubt about which team first grounded the ball in in-goal, play is restarts with a five-metre scrum, in line with the place where the ball was grounded. The attacking team throws in.[/LAWS]Scrum to the attacking team would definitely have been a fairer decision than saying that White got a hand to it first. Perhaps somebody had given the Kiwi a loan of some rose tinted glasses, which might have affected his ability to see there was at least some doubt over who first got a hand to the ball.
The ball has come off the knee of the Welsh player, but has not been clearly grounded. The first grounding is by England.
In his own words, both players have gotten a hand to the ball, but it is not clear if Red grounded it first. Sounds like Law 21.20 pretty much.
Else where in the media, debate about the Welsh player not being in control of the ball, or not exerting enough (WTf?) downwards pressure on the ball is bollox. Those people are basically accepting he did get a hand to it before White, but still calling it a try to England. sad!