A puzzle for #rugby law nerds
In the #RWC2023 final, a try by Aaron Smith was disallowed
1. Etzebeth fouled Retallick in the lineout (penalty)
2. The foul caused a knock on at the lineout
3. Play went on and Smith scored in the corner
4. TMO check disallowed the try because of the knock-on, but the original penalty was awarded to NZ
Now...if Etzebeth's foul prevented a probable try (we know it was probable - it was scored) shouldn't a penalty try have been awarded?
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3 matches gagnés de 1 point et t'es champion 
Bref.
That was very much not the match I was expecting, but it sure did keep me watching! I can’t help feeling that South Africa got lucky there. They were not playing that well in the second half, even against a short-sided New Zealand, though there were errors aplenty from both sides. Had they SA knocked it off with the drop goal attempts, they might have managed a more decisive victory. #rugby #RWC2023 #NZLvRSA
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Tense.
More cards than a kid's birthday party.
#Springboks have been to four cup finals, won all four.
Thanks to @emarktaylor and @greub for quality live posting.
Congratulations Bokke, and kudos to Wayne Barnes, you can moan all you like about how much TMO there is, but not one call you can argue with in that match.
#AllBlacks could have squeaked it, and it's testament to their team spirit and classy moves, they were a hair's breadth away.
Hugs all!
La cuillère de De Klerk... #NZLvRSA
Prends ça, Kolbe, c'est pour Ramos !!! #NZLvRSA
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Wow, breathless stuff there for a few.
Boks have subbed a bunch of forwards, NZ now following suit.
All Blacks have had all the entertaining rugby, but Kolbe is just phenomenal and is everywhere you want him to be.
Time off for us all to breathe out and refocus while Kolbe gets what looks like a whole kitchen roll wrapped around his thigh.
#NZLvRSA Les All Blacks sont malins, ils ont vu qu'en ayant un point d'avance, c'était se faire battre à la fin, alors ils restent derrière au score !!
South Africa looking the stronger overall, obviously even more-so with New Zealand down to 14 players (and are a bit lucky not to be down to 13).
SA winning the lineout battle, but still lost 1-2
Both teams absolutely immovable in defence and over the ball
NZ have probably shown a bit more with ball in hand though
There was a lot of "You can't win if you don't score tries" after #ENGVRSA, maybe this will be tested tonight
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Well, that's 40 minutes.
I don't know. Some rugby happened.
Couldn't really define it other than to say it's nice of the #AllBlacks to let Mr. Pollard have so much kicking practice.
Jolly nice of them. @emarktaylor needs to make a gif of these:
South Africa ran the show for that half. #NZLvRSA #RugbyWorldCup #RWC2023 #Rugby
@meganisalanis What happened to all the pre-match advice about staying disciplined and staying out of the bin!-? #RWC2023 #NZLvRSA
