There was an 8 point try awarded for St Helens a few years ago in SL. If memory serves correct they were playing either Leeds or Bradford at Knowsley Road and Karl Kirkpatrick awarded Saints a penalty for a high shot on the try scorer as he was touching down. The try was awarded and the conversion added, they were then awarded a penalty right in front of the sticks to make it 8 points.

Exactly.......Ainny is a talent in his own right but hes nowhere near someone like that.

Hayne, Inglis, Falou are all players in their late teens early 20s who are WC players and play as though they are seasoned pros, and as good as a 27-28 year old star....Ainny onthe other hand has bags of talent yet still plays like a youngster....Thats the problem in this country with the coaching and training regemes......add to that we label a player like colbon last year and gouding this a YOUNGSTER

If theyre really class they should be in the international set up by the age of 18 like farrell and edwards were not wrapped up in cotton wool.

Said the same of ainny all year....Stick him in now and by the age of 21 you have a class player....do a noble and numerous other coaches and come with the hes a youngster so we're giving him the odd game tactic and by the time hes 21 were still going on about a youngster with talent when he isnt one...He'd be 3 years of an international career behind players like hayne and inglis

is it any wonder we get tonked by the aussies

Todays game made SL look like union....a different slower more boring game.....the difference is that vast there is two styles of rugby being played, and a player in aus will develop and learn as much in 6 months of NRL as much as a player would in 2 years of playing SL.

If we're serious about having a competative england we need to send players like ainny, tomkins, myler, eastmond over there from the age of 18-20, to realise the potential rather than stagnating playing the odd super league game and poor reserve level footbal!! The problem is we do that and we'll probably never see them back, as the'll be signed up for the rest of their careers....Its a double edged sword but at least it could result in GB being competative in the long run!

The talent gap in Aussie Rugby and GB Rugby is more than its ever been....its not even laughable

How about this for radical:

Team score and awarded penalty 4-0
Team convert original try 6-0
Penalty to the scoring team for the original offence: Either shot at goal or another set of six 10 yards out from the defending tryline.



Imagine that?

Just finished watching the game now. What a cracker it was. The talent strength and skill on show was superb. Absolutely loved the biff with white and price at the end. It was definately taxi for Price

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The highlight for me was old timer Kimmorleys tackle on Inglis superb!!
Remember Barrett pulling a similar one against King at the JJB last year.
Thought Barrett had a good game too the pass he threw right near the end is what we have missed alot this year.

I was just reading the report about Price who was knocked out cold yesterday. The doctors comments made me laugh

Queensland medical staff began monitoring Price after the match, with team doctor Roy Saunders saying the player "copped a good concussion".

An 8 point try is given when a player is fouled during the act of scoring, but still scores. The try is given, and conversion taken as normal, then an extra penalty kick for goal under the sticks. Hardly ever given, though I do recall one given to David Solomona when he was at Wakey, but can't remember why. I gave one once when I used to ref, much to the bemusement of the Haydock crowd on the day.



A penalty try is given when a foul stops a player from scoring, who the ref thinks would have scored otherwise. Try is given and then the conversion is taken under the sticks. These of course happen every season.