Quote ="Road To Nowhere"At the end of the day, it's the responsibility of the player to get out of the referee's way. The apology was only courteous from the official.'"
A well placed referee should not find himself in a position where he impedes the play. IIRC the play was close to the line and Thaler decided to move himself from in the field of play into the in-goal area (presumably trying to avoid being caught up in the play) but he cut an angle across Leuluai and Leuluai pulled out of his challenge on Robinson.
Leuluai perhaps should have continued regardless of Thaler's positioning, although that action could possibly have led to the services of the reserve official being called upon for the remainder of the match.
