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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 654891" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Peat has it nailed.</p><p></p><p>When assessing the situation as regards a Penalty Try, the infringing player is removed from the scene entirely (referees often refer to this as the <em>"beam him up"</em> rule).</p><p></p><p> In this case, because the tackle was an act of foul play, the referee does not have to consider <em>"what might have happened if the player had tackled the ball carrier legally?" </em>He completely removes the tackler from the scene, and then considers whether a try would probably have been scored with no opponent to make a tackle. This is why Walsh asked the TMO for an overhead view, because he wanted to make sure there was no other Welsh defender in a position to tackle the ball carrier (I think you can hear him actually vocalise that on the video).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He doesn't have to be 100% sure of anything. His remit is to decide whether a try would probably have been scored, or not. Just keep in mind who is really responsible here. Williams shoulder charged him and that act put the situation in the hands of the Referee and TMO. From that momemt on, the try only had to be probable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 654891, member: 20605"] Peat has it nailed. When assessing the situation as regards a Penalty Try, the infringing player is removed from the scene entirely (referees often refer to this as the [I]"beam him up"[/I] rule). In this case, because the tackle was an act of foul play, the referee does not have to consider [I]"what might have happened if the player had tackled the ball carrier legally?" [/I]He completely removes the tackler from the scene, and then considers whether a try would probably have been scored with no opponent to make a tackle. This is why Walsh asked the TMO for an overhead view, because he wanted to make sure there was no other Welsh defender in a position to tackle the ball carrier (I think you can hear him actually vocalise that on the video). He doesn't have to be 100% sure of anything. His remit is to decide whether a try would probably have been scored, or not. Just keep in mind who is really responsible here. Williams shoulder charged him and that act put the situation in the hands of the Referee and TMO. From that momemt on, the try only had to be probable. [/QUOTE]
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