Yes that's my understanding, Cockayne was awarded one last season almost exactly the same against Catalans at Craven Park, the reason they gave was that the tackle was not complete. I watched it with the sound down but it did seem as though the VR was looking to see if the Bradford player had hold of him?? Who was the VR btw?

Ive still seen them given either way!

That's the key bit. The player had not stopped moving.

[iA try occurs when...

a tackled player’s momentum carries him into the
opponents’ in-goal where he grounds the ball
even if the ball has first touched the ground in the
field of play but provided that when the ball
crosses the goal line the player is not in touch or
touch in-goal or on or over the dead ball line.[/i

As his momentum had not stopped (and was carrying to the goal line) he was entitled to try and score. If you ignore the touchline, he would have had to actually try and NOT score had this rule not been in place, as his momentum would have taken him over the line.

So have I, which means some people get them wrong!

In this case, this try shouldn't have been given anyway as he was clearly in touch!

The commentators make no comments about the possibility of it being a double movement, as IMO it was clearly not an issue due to his momentum. But his foot certainly was in touch.

Also, for the benefit of those who aren't sure about his second try:

[iA player in possession is tackled:

when he is lying on the ground and an opponent places a hand on him.[/i

With the definition of being on the ground being:

[iwhen he is held by one or more opposing players
and the ball or the hand or arm holding the ball
comes into contact with the ground.[/i

Sykes definitely had a hand on Briscoe when the ball carrying arm was on the deck.

I'll have another look, but I don't recall an angle that showed his foot to be definitely in touch. In that case BOD goes to the attacking side.


That's how I've always understood the rule. However, this season the refs appear to be using a different interpretation and Briscoe's is just one of a number of occasions where a player has been allowed to get up and carry on because he's slipped free of the tackle and the ref hasn't called held.

Don't bother pal there wasn't one even Smith couldn't find it.