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Super rugby - diving to score decision

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Ben O'Keefe awarded a try to the Blues player Vaa'i on Saturday.

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Super rugby management have issued the following statement

Super Rugby Pacific management has reviewed the decision to award a try to Chiefs player Tupou Vaa'i in the 32nd minute of Saturday’s Round 1 game against the Blues.

The review concluded that Vaa'i's actions constituted leaving the ground to avoid a tackle, rather than simply diving forward to score a try, and that as a result the try should not have been awarded.
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https://super.rugby/superrugby/news/super-rugby-pacific-statement-vaai-try-decision/
 
I think the May example is the outer edge of the grey area, largely because it's a covering tackle coming in from the side - OP's example clearly jumps over a line of defenders. May's not strictly jumping over anyone, but it's on the border of diving to score/"jumping out of a tackle".

Not that it's completely consistent now: Hollie Davidson (correctly, IMO) penalised Dan Sheehan for trying to do the same in IRE-ITA this weekend. But Sheehan must be feeling hard done by, as it was allowed in the Lions tour.
 
Rich_NL said:
Not that it's completely consistent now: Hollie Davidson (correctly, IMO) penalised Dan Sheehan for trying to do the same in IRE-ITA this weekend. But Sheehan must be feeling hard done by, as it was allowed in the Lions tour.
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