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The solution is easy, don't bother with officials, let the crowd decide.

It’s what happens when you’ve already won the league and put the third team out. Enjoy your minute in the sun.

That's what I thought, a lot of clips about the losing team.

Driven into the ground was just absurd.

There's going to be sharks nearer to Manchester than there are 12th century Syrian warriors in North London. What a silly question.

There are also no bears in Bristol or tigers in Leicester, although the Harlequins are clowns, tbf.

@@silentfrog ...looks awkwardly at dinghies leaving Calais...

@@erinquinn215 loads of dinghies in the 12th century...

@@timwilliamson7504 Bristol Bear Bar might disagree but I'm not sure that's the type of bears the rugby team were thinking of

we're in 3rd place after that match so we'll be going up against bath. sarries will be at northampton. although if its a sale - saints final im not very confident 😭

Dont worry, doesn’t matter. Defense is optional now no relegation! It’s getting like super rugby (apart from super rugby is better)!

They didn't 'get rid' of him. He was offered a job by the Springboks.

Apparently the player must be in control of the ball when scoring. Luke Pearce said that he didnt like the law himself when the players asked him about the decision. Unfortunately he has to give a no try decision because of the law, whether he thinks the law itself is bollocks or not. I think that Pearce saying that he disliked his own decision should be in these highlights as it otherwise can get taken out of context for people that never heard it, some might call him a shit ref but he is the best in the prem IMO.

​@@hugoagnehall9777i think the game was officiated really well, brute of a game with plenty of big personalities but they kept a lid on it.

You have answered your own question. In your scenario, the player regathers, C-D did not. Pushing the ball downward onto the ground is not deemed to be back in control so he did not regather it - he needed to catch it. So therefore the correct call is that he lost the ball forward.

@@Karma-qt4ji So the rationale being, if it wasn’t for the ground, he would have knocked on. I can see the logic, but in this case I think he had enough control.

@@martynslinn6607 I didnt get to watch all of it but i really like the bit where Pearce told off Bevan Rodd. Funny that. I think Pearce has a good feel for the game but what sets him apart as the best is his communication and work with the players. My favorite ref for a while now, not just as refs in the prem go but overall.

For me Curry has been Stella during the post Christmas run in to the end and I agree with you re Bevan Rodd but for me the return of O'flaherty to the back line, his desire for work has made the Sale attack that bit more potent, Reed has scary pace but I think his all round game offers a bit less than O'flaherty. Come on Sale.

i dont understand it either, hes clearly in control of the ball at the point of grounding. separation like that wouldn't be defined as a knock on, so why is it not defined as a try?

@@misterkunnyfunt Laws are clear - well, as clear as the 8 trillion laws can be. It *is* actually defined as a knock on because having lost control of the ball, he is not deemed to have regained control. He would have had to catch the ball (even in one hand) for that condition to have been met. Same applies to a ball lost forward but kicked before it hits the ground - it is a knock on. The only thing you can do without recatching is scoop it backwards so by the time it hits the ground, it is deemed to have been lost back and therefore not a knock on. Hope that helps.

Well he dropped it, simple as that

Lost contact that’s why

Well yes, but surely it would be seen as his regaining control as he had his hand back on it before he grounded it. I get what your saying, but surely even if he lost control, he had his hand back in the ball by the time it was placed, hence it shouod be a try? I’m thinking as you compare it to dropping the ball normally, it’s only a knock on if it hits the ground or another player, so surely it’s not one?

Unfortunately they had nothing to play for, Sale did.

Possibly because they beat you last week with bonus point I'm afraid Season is a marathon not a one match sprint

@@Mad_Intalect not exactly, they could have had home advantage for the semi final