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Matt Duffie was dead set robbed by the TMO

He got this down

Let us take a moment to appreciate a cool try that was stolen from us, and will soon be forgotten forever.

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On a crisp Sunday afternoon in Canberra, Matt Duffie scored a try so good even he didn’t believe it.

Midway through the first half of the Blues’ Round 10 game against the Brumbies the winger produced an Olympics-worthy leap for the tryline, dotting down just inside the corner flag despite being wiped out by the cover defence.

Duffie stood up and shook his head. He removed his mouthguard and appeared to say a word beginning with F and ending with ‘-UCK!’

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The referee went upstairs to check the grounding with the TMO. The TMO took one look at it and adjudged the ball to have been grounded on the line. No try.

But some eagle-eyed viewers weren’t so easily convinced. They reached for their remotes and rewound, pausing at the exact moment the ball touched the turf.

What they discovered was shocking. Matt Duffie had been robbed.

The flying 26-year-old, who spent the first five years of his career practising corner flag dives with the Melbourne Storm in the NRL, had in fact produced one of the greatest try finishes rugby union has ever seen.

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There was easily 5mm of clear grass between the grounded part of the ball and the touchline. The photos don’t lie – unless they were Photoshopped, in which case… well played.

With the scores still level at 3-3 at the time of the (non-)try, it could have been a pivotal moment in the game. Fortunately for everybody involved – not least the TMO – the Blues eventually ground out a bonus point win, 18-12, so nobody really cared.

Soon this moment will be forgotten by all who saw it, and possibly even the bloke who scored it. For now, let us give Matt Duffie’s stolen try the appreciation it deserves.

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Bull Shark 5 hours ago
Rassie Erasmus' Boks selection policy is becoming bizarre

To be fair, the only thing that drives engagement on this site is over the top critiques of Southern Hemisphere teams.


Or articles about people on podcasts criticizing southern hemisphere teams.


Articles regarding the Northern Hemisphere tend to be more positive than critical. I guess to also rile up kiwis and Saffers who seem to be the majority of followers in the comments section. There seems to be a whole department dedicated to Ireland’s world ranking news.


Despite being dialled into the Northern edition - I know sweet fokall about what’s going on in France.


And even less than fokall about what’s cutting in Japan - which has a fast growing, increasingly premium League competition emerging.


And let’s not talk about the pacific. Do they even play rugby Down there.


Oh and the Americas. I’ve read more articles about a young, stargazing Welshman’s foray into NFL than I have anything related to either the north and south continents of the Americas.


I will give credit that the women’s game is getting decent airtime. But for the rest and the above; it’s just pathetic coming from a World Rugby website.


Just consider the innovation emerging in Japan with the pedigree of coaches over there.


There’s so much good we could be reading.


Instead it’s unimaginative “critical for the sake of feigning controversial”. Which is lazy, because in order to pull that off all you need to be really good at is:


1. Being a doos;

2. Having an opinion.


No prior experience needed.


Which is not journalism. That’s like all or most of us in the comments section. People like Finn (who I believe is a RP contributor).


Anyway. Hopefully it will get better. The game is growing and the interest in the game is growing. Maybe it will attract more qualified journalists over time.

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