He is the worst referee of all time, just ahead of Steve Clark.
No try. Deliberate attempt to get past a defender with an unfair tap forward.
Then again, it is Paul Simpkins, AKA the man who sent Wade McKinnon off for a phantom knee to Taniela Tuiaki's head. He is the worst referee of all time, just ahead of Steve Clark.
How do you know it was a deliberate tap forward, it was just out of his reach at full stretch in mid air, he looked to me to be attemptring to control it as best he could...fair try imo, the offside was negligible
I disagree....I think he was attempting to control it...Nightingale was nowhere near the ball...the ball was out of his reach on first attempt, so you cant say he had a fair chance at controlling it, I think he was off balance as well avoiding nightingale so two hands wouldve been impossible for himHe makes no attempt whatsoever to catch it. He had a fair chance at bringing it under control. He doesn't, instead he taps it in an upward motion past Nightingale. If he was trying to catch it, he would have tried to use two hands or tap it not so far forward, but certainly not flick the ball in an upward motion over the fullback.
I disagree....I think he was attempting to control it...Nightingale was nowhere near the ball...the ball was out of his reach on first attempt, so you cant say he had a fair chance at controlling it, I think he was off balance as well avoiding nightingale so two hands wouldve been impossible for him
Exactly, he didn't even tap it over Nightingale. Plus he was onside.
TRY!!
Where'd he tap it? Under him? Through him?