Lam Bemoans Penalty Try That Costs Bristol Win Over Exeter
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published November 19, 2018 | 04:15 AM
London, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Nov, 2018 ) :Bristol coach Pat Lam was left lamenting a "huge, huge call" that allowed Exeter to snatch a last-minute victory with a penalty try in the English Premiership on Sunday.
Bristol were on course for an upset win over the still unbeaten table-toppers as they led their southwest rivals 29-24 heading into the closing moments at Ashton Gate.
But, to the despair of the home crowd, referee Greg Macdonald decided Bristol had deliberately pulled down a last-minute drive off a line-out and awarded Exeter a seven-point penalty try that saw the 2017 Premiership champions win 31-29.
"The referee told me that 10 (Callum Sheedy) and 12 (Will Hurrell) had come in from the side, but, having seen the replays, I don't see that," said Lam.
"The touch judge was shouting 'held up' and, as it was such a huge huge call, the TMO (Television Match Official) should been consulted," the Samoa great insisted.
"We will be going through the processes with the RFU (Rugby Football Union) referees supremo, Tony Spreadbury, as we've already had two apologies this season and I'm pretty sure we'll get another one.
" Charles Piutau and Luke Morahan both scored tries for Exeter with Sheedy kicking their remaining 19 points.
Argentina's Santiago Cordero was one of Exeter's four try-scorers, in addition to the penalty try, with Gareth Steenson kicking two conversions.
"It was a great game with both sides playing outstandingly and with real physicality, but it's not great that we had the game taken away from us following our best performance of the season," said Lam.
Exeter boss Rob Baxter had given several players a long rest in the run-up to this fixture following a gruelling early season campaign also featuring European fixtures.
"It would have been my fault if we had lost as we took a different approach to Bristol as we had two tough games in Europe," he said after Exeter's seventh win in as many Premiership matches so far this season.
"I knew we would be fresh, but we made loads of mistakes and gave away too many penalties and although Bristol played very well, we just found a way to win it," Baxter added.
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