Quote ="Andy Gilder"As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, perhaps Smith is mindful of what happened to him last time he upset Saints with a refereeing performance?
It's the only possible explanation for not realising that a) Roby initially grounded the ball short and b) the tackle was therefore completed at that point and any subsequent loss of control is a knock-on, scrum to Crusaders.
I'm not prepared to concede that he simply doesn't understand the laws of the game or that he saw a completely different replay to anyone else, so it has to be a concious decision to find a reason to award the try.'"
But, there could have been no argument from anyone if that try had nnot have been given.
No one I know expected the word "TRY" to come up on the screen after watching the replays.
Your point would be valid if it was a 50/50 decision and it was turned down.