FURIOUS WALES FANS were left to wonder what might have been following a controversial disallowed try in their 12-6 defeat against England.
With the visitors trailing 12-0 following two early Johnny May tries, Gareth Anscombe looked to have given them a vital lift in the 23rd minute.
TV replays appeared to show that the fullback had narrowly beaten Anthony Watson in a scramble for possession and legitimately grounded a bobbling ball in the in-goal area.
Referee Jerome Garces referred the decision to his TMO Glenn Newman with the question “Try: Yes or No?”
After reviewing the footage, and the possibility of a knock-on by Welsh wing Steff Evans, Newman ruled that there was no clear grounding and therefore could not award the try.
The referee accepted his TMO’s decision, and brought play back for a penalty advantage he had been playing in Wales’ favour. Rhys Patchell converted to make it 12-3 — but were Wales short-changed?
“I think the wording was something about not… grounding,” a baffled Warren Gatland told ITV afterwards, “but you can clearly see he gets his hand there first and it’s grounded.
“[It was a] big game in front of 80,000 to get the decision wrong.”
England coach Eddie Jones refused to get drawn into the debate.
“I don’t get into that. That’s why we have a TMO up there. He’s got all the time in the world to make the right decision.”
You’re the TMO. Try: Yes or No?
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– Additional reporting by Omni
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No author to this article, why am I not surprised.
Aren’t a lot of these ridiculous overpriced signings from Portuguese clubs donkeys? Yet they keep coming. Weird.
Name a few there?
Anelka was a bad signing 33M€ in 1999, glossed over by a couple of timely goals . Woodgate was so unlucky it was comical his best performance was capped with an own goal and a red card . Then we shouldn’t forget about Enver Baljic , or Ogjenovic , Baljic cost 16M€ back in 1999 … think about that … Ogjenovic was 2,5M same year , Prosinecki cost RM 3M€ in 1991 and was a flop , and then we could talk about Spasic, Fredy Rincón, Congo , Vítor ( who they signed instead of Cafú) , Carlos Secretario ( who would have looked bad in the United Churches League) , Flavio Conceicao, 27M€ !! in 2000 . So if you factor in things like inflation and the current market forces , Danilo can still hold his head up high !!!!
Don’t forget Jonathan Woodgate!
Why was my comment deleted. All i said was what was that comment
Well Smithers, what will you be doing this weekend? Something Gay no doubt!
You bet