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Old Thu Apr 10, 2014, 12:41pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by just another ref View Post
By definition, a try ends when it is certain that it will not be successful. There is contact here, after which the ball is released and headed down, not up.
After the release of what? Do yo think that he released it on a try? I don't think that was what he did. I think he bobbled the ball (perhaps caused by the defender or not).

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Originally Posted by just another ref View Post
It is certain at this point that the ball has no chance to go in. The try is over. The catch and subsequent release is a new try, in my opinion.
Since it was not a try, there is no try to end (yet).
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