But by the panels own admission the dangerous contact was after the ball was dead, in which case the rules explicitly say that an an 8 point try cannot be awarded.

Wasn't the comment by the video ref something along the lines of..."well if you can't show me that angle, I will assume that he was onside then..."



So what's the point of the VR again?

The clear elbow to the face would constitute a penalty either way. I think the initial contact; Webster was contesting the ball and what he did was pure instinct in attempting to tackle Tyrer. I think him then dropping the elbow on Tyrer was out of pure frustration for being out- performed in that instance. To be honest, apart from the try he scored he was pretty ineffective. Potentially he might suffer from a lack of opportunity down that wing without a decent second- rower playing inside him. I expected him to do some real damage in the Championship??? Not sure what channel Minchella plays down. I think if you look at Chester Butler, he was pretty anonymous having Larroyer playing inside of him. Larroyer is no ball handler. A different proposition when he has Grady or Barber playing inside of him.

TBF I didn't have much of an issue with it being an 8 point try. The BBC fecked up by not putting that up on screen, it wasn't a penalty try.

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