For mine Semi's tackle in the dying minutes was one of the best try savers I've seen in a while. They were going to score and win the game for sure. He is on fire at the moment and saved us from MORE heartbreak. I seriously don't know how much more of this I can take.
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He's now on 11 from eight games, Curtis Rona leads on 15. He's closing in like a Semi-trailer!!!
Credit to him and the coaching staff.
Not that we're not due for some luck but I think we might have got away with one tonight. Radradra's tackle was a game saver after we could not hold onto the ball for the life of us. But if you thought that moment was heart stopping, well we almost bombed it again in the ensuing ruck! I seriously thought Fonua scored to steal victory at the death. Even upon replays, contrary to what the on field referee claimed, the ball did not appear to come completely free from his grasp. He was, however, initially short of the line but the view that he then promoted the ball to constitute a double movement, is contentious at best, especially considering that ultra slow mo' replays tend to give the false impression that momentum is lacking. With arms, legs and bodies everywhere, it was always going to be one of those 50/50 calls that were highly unlikely to be overturned with clear cut evidence.
This then begs the question; why prejudice video decisions by forcing on field referees to make a call when their vision may be obstructed, or when they just don't know? I see nothing wrong with encouraging refs to simply tell it as it is in relation to what they did and did not see. If the video replays too are inconclusive, then there's always the old option of resorting to "Ref's Call", if that's where we want the final discretion to rest!
PS. Here's a video depicting the no try decision:
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/storm-v-eels-were-m...
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