Graham caught Hoffman high to force the initial knock on & then later on he caught Beale with a swinging arm which lead to a mini-rant from Gus.
And no, the video ref. should only do what they've been asked to do. Which he did, Badger all but awarded the try until his touchy told him to be safe and go upstairs where the video ref. found the obvious head high tackle that left us a man down all night.
Still not sure exactly where you mean. Hoffman got hit in a great tackle the set before the no try which leads to Gould's mini rant, no one but you seems to think it was high. Hoffman was still and then got smashed by Graham- it happens now as players are held up but not called held. It looks no worse than the shot on Robson as he kicks it a few tackles later.
Hoffman then loses the ball from a Jeremy Smith tackle, and that one probably does connect with the head- as the first player tackles the ball carrier to the ground and on the way down Smith gets him in the head- clearly because he is falling, but sometimes they are penalised. Smith is attempting a regular tackle and the ball carrier is suddenly just above his waist. Hoffman certainly cops 3 vigorous blows in about a minute. But only the Smith one is possibly illegal, and even then it is rarely penalised. Except now the referees have to defend that stupid no try decision so they say it was OK.
Of course, all these incidental head contact hits happen nearly every tackle. There are at least 3 hits to Sharks players heads like that as well in the sets on either side of this one. After we get the ball it happens to us on the next tackle.
