It amazes me how quiet Archer has been over the 'drop-goal' rule. If the Cowboys managed to win the game on the back of that call, it could have cost Cronulla a shot at making the Top 4. I can't see any side winning it from outside the four, so effectively you've cost them a real shot at the premiership.
Yet we've heard nothing.
Perhaps Chiddy & Patten used the conventions of common law and went searching for precedents? That would make sense because there was a famous incident in the 2011 Finals where Benji Marshall scored a controversial try over what appeared to be a knock-on. In contrast to this situation, the referees deemed that Benji had kicked it prior to the ball touching the ground. In the Morgan example, he clearly grazes the ball AFTER it's made contact.
Hopefully Archer explains the situation so we're not left in the dark.
I'd also like to see Michael Buettner explain how Jayson Bukuya's effort to trap Michael Morgan in the in-goal wasn't a shoulder charge. The incident occurred in the 78th minute and it's clear that initial contact was a shoulder charge.
I'm sure Willie Mason, who escaped penalty but didn't escape the judiciary, would appreciate an answer as well as he considers contesting the charge.
