A penalty try should be awarded if foul play prevents a try from being scored in ‘a more advantageous position’
Scotland's Blair Kinghorn attempting to tackle Ireland's Hugo Keenan during the Six Nations match at Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
There did not appear to be any other covering defenders to rule out a potential penalty try for the tackle – we based our discussion on the premise that there were not. Neither did we worry about whether or not this was an error by the officials as it’s highly probable that all referees would have done exactly as James Doleman did. Although that doesn’t mean it’s correct – here’s what we considered.
There are two very distinct sides to this particular coin, and my good friend and I could not agree. On balance I chose the absurd route, arguing that Conan’s try was a different phase of play and that the law was correctly applied. That was countered by immovable insistence that it was undoubtedly a penalty try, that the illegal tackle had clearly disadvantaged Ireland. We both also wondered what would have happened if the Ireland captain had queried it.
There are plenty of examples, with the most notorious occurring a few years ago, also against Scotland. Stuart Hogg, unopposed, took a pass on Ireland’s goal line. Instead of touching the ball down he contrived to drop it. For that bungled effort the referee went back and awarded Scotland a penalty. Utter nonsense.
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