Re: Jaque Fourie's try

Jon.R wrote:

"Maxx" <scary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:07750992-5f86-4a87-86d8-1068fb817dee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Surely it must be one of the best/most important tries ever scored by
a Springbok? The bulldozing, the finish, the timing, the series etc
etc. Up there with Januarie's at Dunedin last year.

Gotta love that Stuart Dickinson was the TV ref again - ala WC Final
and Cueto's non-try.

We used to hate him, and now he's done the right thing twice on huge
occassions.

How the wheel turns!

Just need to make sure he keeps hold of his xray specs that allowed himto see that Fourie was not in touch, 'cos all the tv replays I saw made it look far more likely that he was in touch, even the touch judge was certain he was in touch.

No xray specs required, just the capacity for abstract thought (which admittedly might be asking a bit from Dickenson). The replay from the behind the players pretty clearly showed that no part of Fourie's body crossed the touchline (even in the air) before he hit the corner flag. And the replay from in front of the players (ie, from the dead ball line) showed that he did not hit the corner flag till after he had grounded the ball (a clear 3 or 4 frames after in fact). So, for anyone capable of realising that it is the same player whether you see him from in front or behind, and the same corner flag, and that he hits it at the same time in both replays, it is quite clear that the try was scored.

And the touch judge was not "certain" he was in touch. If he had been, the ref would not have referred it to the TMO - unless he himself had been pretty certain that he was not in touch. The touch judge had concerns that in the flurry of bodies going over the line, he had seen a "blue foot" on the touch line. The TMO correctly confirmed that the "blue foot"that could be seen on the touchline belonged to Brussow, not Fourie.

Apteryx
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