The most contentious was a decision to overturn a try to Foketi in the 28th minute, after the Waratahs centre had performed an acrobatic dive in the north-east corner and planted the ball down while in mid-air. Mabey awarded the try but TMO James Leckie intervened after seeing replays, and made a swift call the ball had been “simultaneously grounded” for a try and on the white in-goal line. The try was scrubbed, drawing the ire of Tahs fans in the Allianz Stadium crowd and on social media, where it was argued the ball hit green grass before white. In commentary for Stan Sport, former Wallabies centre Morgan Turinui questioned how it was even possible. “James Leckie, I think he is the best TMO pretty much in the world, I think he is excellent .. but someone tell me how it [can be] simultaneous when the ball is round,” Turinui said. “It is impossible for that ball to have not touched grass before it touches white paint. They’ve got that clearly wrong.”