What is the rule if in the act of scoring a try the ball touches the try line and touchline simultaneously?

I wouldn't have given Charnleys second try on Friday, but I'm just wondering if that happened is that why it was given.

What would the rule be had his foot had touched the try line and touch line simultaneously? Player out of play possibly. So why should it differ for the ball?

That's slightly different unless he is touching the ball down at exactly the same time. If he's not then he's touch in goal as the ball hasn't been grounded.



The reason I asked the question is because I don't know the answer, and sought clarification. Fridays may have been given as benefit of the doubt, but that's not what came up on the screen.

Stuart Cummings said at the time on Friday that if that were the case, then it would be no try.

On report seems pointless seeing as they can still charge players based on camera evidence that none of the refs saw.

With the GOB incidents i'd have given a yellow on both occasions just so that there is some form of punishment in that game. It doesn't help Saints if Wigan and Catalans had players suspended in their next game.

It's happened 3 times - Bradfords Scruton took him out when he was at Cas .... clearly being targeted as it also removes Saints first choice goal kicker from the game.

Three match ban for Taia for the assault on O'Brien.

I think 3 matches is the maximum for a grade 3.

It's a difficult job to do when it's just yourself and no touch judges. On a Sunday morning you have to make a decision there and then and even without video replays and conversations with touch judges I'd have send the Catalan forward off for his shoulder charge to O'Brien. I'd have also probably sent Scott Taylor off for his on O'Brien, too.

I'm one of the few people who think his try was a try.

The ruling is as follows, as the goal lines themselves are in-goal a try can be scored by an attacking player grounding the ball on the goal line, but not at the foot of the posts in the field of play.



This is taken straight from the RFL rulebook on their website.

As far as I could see, and every other viewer in the club I was in at the time, he put the ball down straight on the "Touch and Goal " line, which should never have been allowed. This is not the same as the goal line.

James Child has been excellent in this Wigan v Huddersfield match.