May’s stunning try should not have stood

JONNY MAY was lucky to be awarded his try. The law states you can’t jump in the air with the ball into a tackle or to avoid one — but you can get airborne to reach out to score a try.

I’ve watched the incident again and May clearly jumps to avoid a tackle first, and only then does his momentum take him over the try line.

It was a tough decision but he jumped to avoid the tackle, not to score the try. You can’t do that.

Jumping in the air with the ball to avoid a tackle is not allowed because it means no one can tackle you. Had the Italy player tackled him while airborne, it would have been interesting to see what the referee would have done. Would he have given a penalty try and a yellow card?

In my opinion, it’s not a try.