Playing on a muddy pitch in the National League 3 competition, Brixham’s Tom McLean dived over the line for what he thought was a potential match-winning try.
There was only one problem. He wasn’t over the try line at all and had been confused by the five-metre line.
McLean’s celebration quickly turned to shock as the Barnstaple defenders raced back and dived on top of him before he had a chance to make up for his unfortunate misjudgment.
Barnstaple won the scrappy match 6-0, so McLean’s try could have changed the outcome with a conversion.
McLean will never know if his try would have made the difference but at least he’s got a story and the video to show his grandchildren.
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lao hu
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it reminds me of an incident years ago in the VFL when then captain coach of North Melbourne Malcolm Blight ran into what he thought was an empty goalsquare but was instead the point post and dribbled the ball over the line. When the goal umpire signalled a behind he was arguing with him and had to be pulled off by one of his own players and he continued arguing with his own player . Eventually convinced to leave the goalsquare he wandered away with a confused look on his face. That was a classic and braodcast live into the bargain.
IanK
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Former Fijian international Sireli Bobo did that playing in a pre-season match for Wellington against Canterbury in about 2004. His own coach, currently the assistant coach of the Hurricanes, let out a tirade of expletives at his own player, even shocking the white European Christchurch crowd...as the coach's box window at the top of the stand was wide open at the time!