By Tim Clarke
May 4th 2008 @ 6:23am
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Force find the way to win again, and a new star
Western Force found some much needed confidence – and a potential backline superstar in James O’Connor – as they pipped the Chiefs 22-21 in a Super 14 thriller at Subiaco.
Established Wallaby Matt Giteau slotted a penalty after the siren to keep the Force’s slim semi-finals hopes alive.
But, making his run-on debut at just 17 years, [...]
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Jerry said | May 4th 2008 @ 7:27pm | Report comment
Headline should be “Chiefs finds a way to lose” – how many tries did they blow? And Donald’s kicking boots must have been left back in Hamiltron.
The disallowed try was a wrong call in law, wasn’t it? The knock-on wasn’t in the act of scoring so shouldn’t have within the TMO’s discretion. Could have been a very controversial call were it not for the advantage.