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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 702807" data-attributes="member: 20605">Except that is a myth. Yes, Haden dived out of the lineout, but the penalty wasn&#039;t awarded for that. It was awarded against the Welsh Lock Geoff Wheel for jumping in the line-out by levering off Frank Oliver&#039;s shoulder. The referee, Roger Quittenden clearly pointed to Wheel and spoke to him as he made the secondary signal, a bent elbow pushing down, which in those days meant &quot;Jumping or levering off the opponent&#039;s shoulder&quot;.&nbsp;From his position on the Welsh side of the line-out, its doubtful if he could have even seen Haden&#039;s gold medal winning dive, and its doubtful, even if he had seen it, that he would have awarded a penalty for it unless he saw Jeff Squire push him out.Roger died in 2013. He has always maintained that he never saw Haden fall out, and that he penalised Wheel.However, you carry on Tony. Don&#039;t let the truth get in the way a good story. <img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98915197/Smilies/cheesy.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 702807, member: 20605"] Except that is a myth. Yes, Haden dived out of the lineout, but the penalty wasn't awarded for that. It was awarded against the Welsh Lock Geoff Wheel for jumping in the line-out by levering off Frank Oliver's shoulder. The referee, Roger Quittenden clearly pointed to Wheel and spoke to him as he made the secondary signal, a bent elbow pushing down, which in those days meant [I]"Jumping or levering off the opponent's shoulder". [/I]From his position on the Welsh side of the line-out, its doubtful if he could have even seen Haden's gold medal winning dive, and its doubtful, even if he had seen it, that he would have awarded a penalty for it unless he saw Jeff Squire push him out. Roger died in 2013. He has always maintained that he never saw Haden fall out, and that he penalised Wheel. However, you carry on Tony. Don't let the truth get in the way a good story. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98915197/Smilies/cheesy.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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