Edit; Hand of Gethin?

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Apologies if this has been done to death on the match thread, but im not going through 700 odd posts to find out, so........

Its right at the end of the 1st half, its 3-3, Scotland are going through the phases and finally making yards through the powerful Welsh defense. They are right on the line, seemingly about to be rewarded for their efforts, and taking a huge momentum swinging lead into half time, with all the confidence building and moral boosting effects this will give them. Chunk goes for the pick up and knocks it on....but not without a lot of help from Gethin Jenkins, who, while lying on his belly, reaches out and knocks the ball from his hands. Blantant penalty, in red zone definate yellow and yet it is totally missed (by ref, commentators and pundits) and nothing is given.

Wales clear their lines, reach half time all square, and the momentum, confidence and boost to moral is suddenly theirs.......

Forget about the 'knock on that never was' affecting the game, (*this was the awful desicion that won Wales the match* note backtracking retraction below). They are an excellent side, I like them a lot, but they are certainly getting the rub of the green with the key decisions so far this 6 nations.

Whatever happened with Gethin and Jacobsen, I still don't think he should have picked it up. Definite case of white line fever.

Risca Rev wrote:Whatever happened with Gethin and Jacobsen, I still don't think he should have picked it up. Definite case of white line fever.

Very possibly, Rev, there was certainly an argument for just being patient and going thru a couple more phases (altho if he'd scored, no doubt we'd be lauding his effort!) - all the momentum was with Scotland at that point and a score would have been worth its weight in gold

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Risca Rev wrote:Whatever happened with Gethin and Jacobsen, I still don't think he should have picked it up. Definite case of white line fever.

Very possibly, Rev, there was certainly an argument for just being patient and going thru a couple more phases (altho if he'd scored, no doubt we'd be lauding his effort!) - all the momentum was with Scotland at that point and a score would have been worth its weight in gold

Yeah fair enough. It's funny how small the margin can be between being a hero and villain.

Two weeks to push As. Glad you enjoyed Cardiff, result aside.

Christ, they'll add another verse to Flower of Scotland at this rate