Did anyone else see the clear knock-on by Laidlaw when scoring the winning try for Scotland this afternoon? He fumbled the ball forward when trying to pick it up at the back of the scrum, yet no-one noticed it. None of the officials saw it, none of the pundits saw it and there wasn't a TV replay of the try until after the conversion had been taken. It was never mentioned afterwards either. Very strange. If I was a cynical bloke, I'd be saying that the tournament couldn't afford to lose another well supported team! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxU_SjPegag
It looked to me like it didnt move forward, it moved sidewards. Doesn't it have to move forward to class as a knock on? (Although i had to watch the replay about 10 times to come to that conclusion)
I would have thought it at least deserved being looking at again by the TMO from 15 different angles like most other tries this tournament. I take your point though. It isn't as clear as I initially thought.
