'13 PREMIERS | Roosters 26-18 Sea Eagles | Grand Final | ANZ

[VictorTheViking]

The only time youll ever hear me say "cmon sea eagles"

 

[Pete Cash]

F*ck Chery Evans is brilliant

He's certainly stepping up right now

 

[Glen]

Good call I thought, NRL is always way too tight with penalty tries. Idiot Wally Lewis trotting out the "YOU CAN'T 100% GUARANTEE IT" line - when can you ever? I doubt the rule says that

 

[skeepe]

Quite frankly, none of the commentators know the penalty try rule.

 

[Constraint]

Absolute BS try that...

Cool, don't tackle people who are in a fairly simple scoring position without the ball. That simple.

 

[Jason Maher]

If it was awarded as a penalty try, why wasn't the kick from in front? Lyon kicked from wide out, so that means it was ruled that Lyon somehow grounded the ball (presumably with some part of his torso, though I couldn't see it).

 

[BranVan3000]

Game over you f**king c**ks

 

[Frederick]

How did they have so many numbers there???

 

[Constraint]

Beautiful play.

 

[Hutty1986]

Beautiful

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Its Manlys game to lose from here.

 

[skeepe]

Lyon had to regather a bouncing ball 5 metres out from the line and plant it down. It's not a penalty try, not by the rule book. You have to be certain the man was going to score, regathering a bouncing ball and planting it from 5 metres out... by the rule book it's not a penalty try

You don't have to be certain, the rule is that the referee must be of the opinion that a try would have been scored. And that's the problem, it's completely subjective.

 

[Seti]

Penalty try
(d) the Referee may award a penalty try if, in his opinion, a try would have been scored but for the unfair play of the defending team. A penalty try is awarded between the goal posts irrespective of where the offence occurred.

 

[eddiesmith]

If it was awarded as a penalty try, why wasn't the kick from in front? Lyon kicked from wide out, so that means it was ruled that Lyon somehow grounded the ball (presumably with some part of his torso, though I couldn't see it).

Umm the kick was from straight in front...

 

[Slackboy72]

Hate Matai but good work Manly.

 

[johns_reds]

If it was awarded as a penalty try, why wasn't the kick from in front? Lyon kicked from wide out, so that means it was ruled that Lyon somehow grounded the ball (presumably with some part of his torso, though I couldn't see it).

Umm, he did kick from in front

 

[user_nat]

Not convinced the Roosters have it in them to get back into this (again).

 

[cleary89]

sonny who?

 

[Canard]

Foran is good , DCE is great.

SBW gone missing like an Orford

 

[Desert Qlder]

No problem with a penalty try.

Lesson is, don't tackle blokes who do not have the ball.