I know it's Rugby League but...

decisions · 31-08-2011 7:10pm #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMIkVTOpoBo

CatFromHue · 31-08-2011 7:16pm

At approx 13 seconds in you can see the pass would have been a better option then kicking it.

Stev_o · 31-08-2011 7:30pm

CatFromHue wrote: »

At approx 13 seconds in you can see the pass would have been a better option then kicking it.

Would of been tackled short.

Hagz · 31-08-2011 7:44pm

I don't think it's a try to be honest. It doesn't really look like he has downward pressure. Plus, the way the ball bounces suggests he didn't. But I suppoes you gotta give it to him.

CiaranMT · 31-08-2011 8:27pm

I'd be skeptical enough myself but if I were the tmo I'd have awarded for the sheer audacity of it. Incredible quick-thinking.

Guy:Incognito · 31-08-2011 8:46pm

He pretty much just threw it back through his legs, no downward pressure. Looks cool though

Tomtom364 · 31-08-2011 8:54pm

Stev_o wrote: »

Would of been tackled short.

doubt it. he outran all the kick chasers, he woulda outran the potential tacklers

WeeBushy · 31-08-2011 11:00pm

No try imo. He never had control of the ball. Watch it in normal speed and you can see that he pushes the ball backwards rather than touching it down, slow motion makes it look more ambiguous I think. Even in slow motion I can't see how it was given. Spectacular effort, however.

Syferus · 31-08-2011 11:11pm

Definitely a try.

Stev_o · 31-08-2011 11:19pm

Personally I love the NRL just for stuff like this,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_m0hzvmdT4

Cill Dara Abu · 31-08-2011 11:22pm

^^^Thats amazing

Guy:Incognito · 31-08-2011 11:47pm

Syferus wrote: »

Definitely a try.

Well folks, thats the conclusive proof right there.

Syferus · 01-09-2011 4:51am

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Well folks, thats the conclusive proof right there.

Nice try!

amacachi · 01-09-2011 5:27am

The skill level in the NRL is just amazing to me. League or Union I don't think there's as high a concentration of "How did he do that!?" moments anywhere else.

Thud · 01-09-2011 8:40am

a bit like this one

Third_Echelon · 01-09-2011 8:46am

CatFromHue wrote: »

At approx 13 seconds in you can see the pass would have been a better option then kicking it.

Yeah i think the pass would have been the better option alright...

I think it was a try alright. The ball touches the ground when his hands are on the ball. It's every so slight of a touch for a split second, but i think it's down... Close, but down. Fantastic athleticism....

Downtime · 01-09-2011 8:50am

Personally I think there are two many conflicting video angles to award the try. The video does not clearly show that he had contact with the ball and the ball with the ground at the same time. Downward pressure and being in control of the ball doesn't matter.

Wollwead · 01-09-2011 9:23am

That's a try IMO, no doubt about, unbelievable improvisation (SP).

JustinDee · 01-09-2011 10:27am

Was a superb try and hugely skilled BUT from a player on an enemy team that I could never stand.
So the good negated by the bad.
Therefore...I have nothing to say on the matter

*

*Try of the year by a country mile. Even better than Meads' for Gold Coast.

Flincher · 01-09-2011 11:40am

First one is a try in Union anyway, he wouldn't have needed downward pressure, and at 1:14 you can see it doesn't leave his fingers when he grounds it. I'm presuming its the same rules in League, although that Gasnier try wouldn't have counted in Union so I'm not 100%.

On a side note, it drives me bonkers when commentators (including prominent former players) don't know when downward pressure is or is not required. And on a side note to my side note, if I hear one more gob****e in a pub shout out "that's no try, he's after touching the flag"..............it has only been what, 3 seasons now?

conf101 · 01-09-2011 11:57am

Flincher wrote: »

First one is a try in Union anyway, he wouldn't have needed downward pressure, and at 1:14 you can see it doesn't leave his fingers when he grounds it. I'm presuming its the same rules in League, although that Gasnier try wouldn't have counted in Union so I'm not 100%.

May be a stupid question but why doesn't he need downward pressure? I thought you had to have that when scoring a try?

Flincher · 01-09-2011 12:31pm

conf101 wrote: »

May be a stupid question but why doesn't he need downward pressure? I thought you had to have that when scoring a try?

General rule is if you are in possession of the ball, you just need to touch the ball off the ground.

If you're not in possession, say if the ball is on the ground and you're following up a kick, then you need downward pressure.

I'll go find a link

http://www.irblaws.com/EN/laws/6/22/217/during-the-match/ingoal/grounding-the-ball/

I know it's Rugby League but...

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