You have got to be on a wind up. If you really believe Thurstons attack on Hall had no impact on His attempt to ground the ball then you really are hard of thinking.

Yup. I was willing Hall to score as much as anybody, but that doesn't make it a correct call. Throw in the Chris Lawrence "try" & I was wondering if Steve Mac was the video ref.

So no penalties should be given if the player remains in control of the ball?
You're just trolling!

So because Thurston didn't hit him hard enough it wasn't a penalty ?

So what is hard enough ? , broken nose ? , how many lost teeth constitutes a tackle hard enough to be a penalty ?

Once again , how close to the line is it ok to deliberately smack somebody in the face , and it not to be a penalty ?

FFA , answer a simple bloody question , I know generally Kiwis aren't the cleverest people , but for christs sake , it isn't rocket science

He is a wind up.

He makes it sound like there was an age between Thurston's challenge and Hall's attempted grounding. Watch it in real time, it's no time at all. Hall lost the ball because of the challenge to the head.

He was still in control after Thurstons high shot. Therefore it was NOT a penalty try.

I think we could disagree about this all day. So lets not. You think it was. I think it wasn't. The Aussie media thought it wasn't. The video ref thought it was. He gave the try. Thats all that matters really. It was irrelevent anyway as the Aussies comfortably beat you.

AGAIN.

Do you have to lose the ball to be awarded a head high tackle penalty?

The question here is whether it was a penalty TRY not a penalty!

Arrrrgh this is just going round in circles. No penalty try for me for the reasons I've stated earlier. I'm not making any further comments on the thread!!!

You keep mentioning the Ausie media as if to recruit their opinions to validate your stance but who cares what they think, they're a set of the most one eyed, hypocritical, jingoistic bigots I've ever had the misfortune to listen to.

Kiwi's , not clever ? , perhaps yes

Kiwi's , bottle out of a lost argument , never thought I'd see that