Wow, what a horrible call from ganson.

He's got to walk, a minimum of a yellow, a deserved red

It's not all about the attendance of the millenium magic. It's about the fans who didn't go getting in bars watching the games. People not at the games getting friends involved over the weekend. You can't simply decide on whether it's a success or not by the attendance on the gate. the MM experience is far more then just that.

that's a good point, but I'm still not sure that the event is really building, after 5 years we're still at the 30K mark of supporters per day.

will also be interesting to see if it has any effect on the opening 'home' games of the season. For most clubs their first home game is their 2nd best crowd after their 'derby' game due to all the off-season hype.

It is when you put it like that. But what happens next year? IMO the increase is due to it being the first game of the season and nothing else. If they can add 15% next season as well I'd be impressed.

Has the rule been changed recently? I always thought the threshold was very high, expected to see wording such as "try would definitely have been scored".

If thats always been the rule I'm surprised that penalty tries are such a rarity.

The rul hasnt changed, the interpretation may change from week to week or season to season, a previous referee controller seems to be to blame for the overly strict interpretation, defending a bad call meant that the interpretation has stuck.