Footage of the incident was considered 'inconclusive'. David Davies/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Controversy
Strettle rues disallowed try
The winger has vented his frustration in the direction of match officials after the TMO intervened to deny England a crucial try at Twickenham yesterday.
WHEN A LAST-minute siege of the Welsh line culminated in David Strettle’s burst for the right corner yesterday afternoon, England believed they’d secured a try and a likely draw with their Six Nations rivals.
Referee Steve Walsh was less certain, instead referring the decision to the game’s television match official (TMO). With the ball nestled in the crook of his right wrist, Strettle had reached overhead in an attempt to touch down, making it nearly impossible to determine whether or not the ball had made contact with the Twickenham soil.
The footage was subsequently determined “inconclusive”, a verdict that brought the England’s challenge sputtering to an anticlimactic halt.
“I thought I had scored… I thought when they flipped me on my back I had got downward pressure. When they showed it on the big screen it looked like it went down as well.
“I felt the ball touch the floor and then everybody jumps on top of you. You hope with the video referee that if it is indecisive that it would go with the attacking team. It is frustrating when things don’t go your way.”
Defeat to Wales – the first of Stuart Lancaster’s tenure as manager – leaves England second in the Six Nations table.
Strettle rues disallowed try
WHEN A LAST-minute siege of the Welsh line culminated in David Strettle’s burst for the right corner yesterday afternoon, England believed they’d secured a try and a likely draw with their Six Nations rivals.
Referee Steve Walsh was less certain, instead referring the decision to the game’s television match official (TMO). With the ball nestled in the crook of his right wrist, Strettle had reached overhead in an attempt to touch down, making it nearly impossible to determine whether or not the ball had made contact with the Twickenham soil.
The footage was subsequently determined “inconclusive”, a verdict that brought the England’s challenge sputtering to an anticlimactic halt.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Strettle made his frustration clear.
Defeat to Wales – the first of Stuart Lancaster’s tenure as manager – leaves England second in the Six Nations table.
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