When Cudjoe gets up shaking his head and then waits for the VR decision on the 10metre line then anything other than a no try would bring the game in to disrepute. My initial reaction to Carvell was no try, but at full speed I can see how it was given.

So if he had passed the ball, would he have been allowed to play on?

Or if he had got up would he have been allowed to carry on?

He was down, he was in contact with a defender and [ihe had to project his arm to score[/i and its that last part thats the key in all this.

Please note, I am in no way arguing this point as a Huddersfield fan, but rather I would be taking this standpoint no matter who the teams involved.

Was your question so good that you thought you'd ask it twice? Or do you think that being condescending helps you to discuss the point?

What I am saying is pretty simple: that he had not been stopped short of the line.

If he had been stopped short of the line, and then extended his arm to take the ball over the line then that would have been a double movement. But as he wasn't, it wasn't.


I would say not. The ball-carrying arm had contacted the ground, and so the tackle would be complete at the point where his forward motion stopped. He couldn't "untackle" himself.


I would say not, for the same reason.


No, the fact that his forward motion had not been stopped is the key. You keep overlooking it.

Fortunately this incident was not the one that decided the match. That appears to be when the Huddersfield players decided they would take control away from Nathan Brown and do as they pleased.

Ridiculous post. If Silverwood thought it wasn't a try, then surely he would have given the penalty instead of going to the VR.

@FA

No I dont keep overlooking it at all, you keep fixating on it.

What you are overlooking is
a) His momentum alone would not have carried him over the line
b) He made an extra effort to extend his arm over the line

One alone means its a double movement. Both together is pretty clear under the rules its a penalty, no try.


If he had simply rolled over and the ball had crossed the whitewash, no argument its a try. But thats not what happened is it. The only way he scored that try is by a projection of his arm, the very definition of a double movement according to the rules on the RFL website.