'Dead set no try': Players bemused as Bunker award try despite ball appearing to touch dead ball line
Fans, commentators and even the try-scorer himself were left bemused after the Bunker awarded Storm utility Sua Faalogo a double against the Dolphins.
Dolphins players seemed content to let the ball go dead, but Faalogo put in a dive and looked live as if he'd pulled it off, which sent AAMI Park in to hysterics.
Referee Gerard Sutton awarded the try, but all the air came out of the balloon when replays appeared to show the ball touching the dead ball line as it was grounded.
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So much so, many of the Dolphins and Storm players had returned to the field preparing for a restart when the Bunker awarded the try.
Sua Faalogo looked shocked to have been awarded a try despite the ball appearing to have touched the dead-ball line. FOX Sports
"Oh my god ... that's the only angle we've seen but that's a dead-set no try," Dan Ginnane said in commentary for Fox Sports.
Faalogo even looked sheepish as the confirmation came through.
Meaney missed the kick - perhaps even on purpose.
It did nothing however to change the result - the Storm running out 48-6 winners to claim yet another minor premiership.
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The match was tight for the first 20 minutes, but the Storm eventually broke the deadlock through Faalogo.
The floodgates opened however when Felise Kaufusi - already on report for a late shot on Cameron Munster - was sent for a 10 minute spell for a professional foul.
The Storm scored three times with Kaufusi off the ground - twice in the five minutes to half time, and then the above Faalogo try.
