Aus v Geo. Nawaqantiawase knees Ivansishvili in the head!

[bugsrandall]

Is it my imagination or did Nawaqantiawase knee Ivansishvili in the head after he scored a try. It appears to me that he slides into the player knees first and makes significant contact with the players head after the try is scored. I might be wrong but, from the tv coverage I saw, they didn't even look at the incident. Anyone with thoughts on the matter?

 

[Which Tyler]

Is it my imagination or did Nawaqantiawase knee Ivansishvili in the head after he scored a try. It appears to me that he slides into the player knees first and makes significant contact with the players head after the try is scored. I might be wrong but, from the tv coverage I saw, they didn't even look at the incident. Anyone with thoughts on the matter?

Agreed - I hate shithousery in the act, or within a second or so of a try being scored, whether it's sliding in on the scorer, or a high shot trying to prevent the try - It gets classed as "the try counts as penalty advantage", but I'd like to see a tweak where they end up with the try standing, and a restart penalty.

 

[dullonien]

Agreed - I hate shithousery in the act, or within a second or so of a try being scored, whether it's sliding in on the scorer, or a high shot trying to prevent the try - It gets classed as "the try counts as penalty advantage", but I'd like to see a tweak where they end up with the try standing, and a restart penalty.

100% agree. I didn't notice this incident in the Aus v Georgia game as I was only half watching, but it happens regularly and often looks like an attempted cheap shot. Conceding an automatic pan at the resulting restart would quickly stamp it out.

 

[RedruthRFC]

Agreed - I hate shithousery in the act, or within a second or so of a try being scored, whether it's sliding in on the scorer, or a high shot trying to prevent the try - It gets classed as "the try counts as penalty advantage", but I'd like to see a tweak where they end up with the try standing, and a restart penalty.

Isn't that what the laws proscribe now?

 

[Which Tyler]

Isn't that what the laws proscribe now?

IIRC it's just for foul play after the score; not in the act of scoring ("the act" including the immediate aftermath).