Shane Williams scores vs Saracens
Shane Williams continued his rich run of form on the weekend, scoring two tries for the Ospreys against Saracens in the EDF Energy Cup Semi-Final.
The Ospreys winger kicked ahead and out sprinted some of the quickest men on the park, including Richard Houghton and Brent Russell who are both supremely quick.
Williams somehow managed to control the ball, and, according the the TMO, get it down for a great try. After numerous replays from various different camera angles, I'm still a little unsure though, and feel that the TMO made his decision on instinct rather than clear evidence.
Should a try be given on the assumption of the try being scored? Often we all know it's a try, but the TMO can't clearly see the ball grounded and therefore has a tough decision to make, as in this case.
Great stuff once again by the little maestro though.
Final Score: Ospreys 30-3 Saracens
The Ospreys winger kicked ahead and out sprinted some of the quickest men on the park, including Richard Houghton and Brent Russell who are both supremely quick.
Williams somehow managed to control the ball, and, according the the TMO, get it down for a great try. After numerous replays from various different camera angles, I'm still a little unsure though, and feel that the TMO made his decision on instinct rather than clear evidence.
Should a try be given on the assumption of the try being scored? Often we all know it's a try, but the TMO can't clearly see the ball grounded and therefore has a tough decision to make, as in this case.
Great stuff once again by the little maestro though.
Final Score: Ospreys 30-3 Saracens
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33 Comments:
yer it was a try he was lucky with it tho
By Anonymous, at March 23, 2008 9:30 pm
Tough call. What question did Wayne Barnes ask? That could make all the difference...
By Anonymous, at March 23, 2008 9:47 pm
Surely it all depends on what the ref asks the TMO? He can only answer the question the ref puts to him, and that can lead to entirely different results depending on sometimes quite subtle differences. For the same incident a ref COULD call or deny a try depending on if he asks "did he ground the ball" or "can you see any reason why I should not award the try?"
Still, there's no denying Williams is on amazing form, as are the Ospreys. They were a class above Saracens.
By Kerivoula, at March 23, 2008 9:53 pm
Covered by the commentators, but I think the question was "Can you tell me if that was a try, yes or no?"
Not at all envious of the TMO. I'd much rather be a touch judge :-p
(last comment was me also)
By Anonymous, at March 23, 2008 9:53 pm
Wahey, confusion. I of course mean "comment 2, the anonymous one, was me".
Was a great day of rugby, even though I got the exact opposite results to those I wanted. 8 tries in the Wasps match, even though we lost, is good value for money.
By Anonymous, at March 23, 2008 9:55 pm
haha shanes a legend when it comes to TMO decsions.........he deserved it tho....he just keeps getting better and better
keep it up!!!!!
By Anonymous, at March 23, 2008 10:01 pm
haha shanes a legend when it comes to TMO decsions.........he deserved it tho....he just keeps getting better and better
keep it up!!!!!
By Anonymous, at March 23, 2008 10:01 pm
did well to control it, nevermind beating the pocket rocket Brent Russel.
long may his form continue.
By Anonymous, at March 23, 2008 10:16 pm
I think it was the right call. Watching it live at full speed, it looked like a try. The replays were inconclusive, but i still think it was a try.
By Nick, at March 24, 2008 12:35 am
To be honest I don't think he really outpaced Russell, who he had a couple of paces start on. And it's pretty harsh on Haughton to say that he was outpaced. He had to come from the other side of the pitch!
By Anonymous, at March 24, 2008 3:56 am
Good match to see, the Ospreys vs Saracens, but it wasnt half as exciting as the other semi-final, Tigers vs Wasps.
By Sea-Bass, at March 24, 2008 11:11 am
Shane williams is class and it was a try. Gavin henson is a better player than lot's of people give him credit for.
James
By Anonymous, at March 24, 2008 11:12 am
Remember Ben(Where am I now?)Cohens "Shane who" quote? Well he is the best winger in the NH at the moment.
Good display by the residents of Ospreylia, the final against Leicester should be a cracker.
Richard
By Anonymous, at March 24, 2008 12:20 pm
get castrogiovannis try up that was pure class
By Anonymous, at March 24, 2008 1:36 pm
Shane Williams is just getting better and better with every single game he is playing, I can't even imagine him coming to a plateau on his performance.
Here's a thought... Race... Habana vs Shane vs Chavhanga...
(Kolya... Cipriani's pass to Sackey was awesome... not 100% sure though if that was done with cool or panic...)
By Anonymous, at March 24, 2008 3:33 pm
was that the mighty andy farrell bumped off by henson???
yep it was.....give henson a few more games and he's gonna be the best No 12 in the world
By Anonymous, at March 24, 2008 5:04 pm
if he had an equal start richard haugton would of won easily! man that guy is quick! p.s a better race would be chavanga vs habana vs haughton!
By Anonymous, at March 24, 2008 5:55 pm
Try or no try aside...
eat your heart out Ian Rush
By Cheyanquí, at March 24, 2008 6:14 pm
"if he had an equal start richard haugton would of won easily!"
????
He might have won but i doubt very much he would have won easy!
By Anonymous, at March 24, 2008 9:24 pm
your all saying haughton would win a race but somehow shane still scored
no other player on the planet could beat shane williams over 40 metres
any ideas to who could please say
By Anonymous, at March 25, 2008 12:48 am
yes i agree shane is probably the best over 40m
names i suggest for a 40m race would be--
-shane williams (wal)
-jason robinson (eng)
-breyton paulse (saf)
By Anonymous, at March 25, 2008 12:53 am
3 people who would beat shane over 40m
(1)Chavanga
(2)Habana
(3)Haughton
would be a great race though
By Anonymous, at March 25, 2008 6:02 pm
shane williams reached 23mph against France to score his try in the six nations which was not much over 22m, michael johnson the world record holder over 200m reached the speed of 23.157mph, so no i dont believe many people could beat shane over a short distance.
By Anonymous, at March 25, 2008 6:14 pm
got the distance a bit wrong on the above comment it was around 40m
By Anonymous, at March 25, 2008 6:18 pm
Christ. Bit of a debate. I didn't see this game but gather Henson "smashed through" Farrell. I'm English, and I think I'd pay to see that. It sounds awesome as opposed to a lengthy debate over a TMO decision.
Gotta love SW though. I remember the Italians a couple of years back in Cardiff, they love to hate
him!!!
By Unknown, at March 26, 2008 2:01 am
Wow finally watched the highlights of the game and shane williams is without a doubt the best and most consistent winger in the northern hemisphere...
Also Henson deserved his man of the match award because he had an outstanding game
oooo lecieseter vs ospreys final
ospreys-29
tigers-20
By Anonymous, at March 26, 2008 2:57 pm
sackey reached 28 mph in the world cup and Habana reached 26mph.
but shane is quick!
By Anonymous, at March 26, 2008 6:10 pm
completley random comment now but wheres rupeni caucau these days??
i havent seen him play for ages
By Anonymous, at March 26, 2008 8:34 pm
Rupeni CauCau is still with the french side Agen. Last year they were relegated to the 2nd devision. Thats why you havn't seen him in the heineken cup and such.
P.S Shane is the bomb:)
By Anonymous, at March 28, 2008 1:22 am
10 trys from his last 6 games, 2 against scotland, italy, saracens and ulster! And he went over against france and ireland!
Lets hope he can show some more class against the saracens in the weekends heineken cup quatre final!
By Anonymous, at April 01, 2008 11:50 pm
WHAT A CLOSE CALL!!! I Watched This Game On TV And Definitely Assumed It Was A Try Myself.
Congratulations Shane!!!
FANTASTIC TRY!!!
By Anonymous, at May 19, 2008 7:42 pm
go shane! best winger and player in the world (habanas lost his form)how many games has he score a try in consecutivly. 8 i think
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