Jeremy Clarkson has been crapping on about this ‘try’ ever since they bombed out in the final, and now Mark Cuerto is jumping on the bandwagon and crying in the papers again.

Gagger has written a nice piece debunking the myth and I was pleased to see one of my photo’s featuring as the key piece of evidence in the case against the try. Just for the record I’ll rehash the key facts that the unwashed seem to be missing.

• When you look at the front view of the ‘try’, you’ll see that his right elbow touches the ground a quarter-second before he grounds the ball. Pics are here and here.
• When you look at the behind shot, his foot is clearly on the line (which is out) and his elbow is clearly above the ground (Pic with this story). As such, he could not have possibly grounded the ball and consequently it’s not a f’ucking try!
• Toby Flood in all honesty should have received a yellow card for pushing Percy into a massive TV camera at full speed. Percy was quite lucky not to have been seriously injured in the incident.
• The final score was 15-6, so even with a converted try they’d still have lost

Here’s the youtube video of the piece of play in question. No Try!