Why the Papenhuyzen restart was a penalty

NRL Head of Football Elite Competitions Graham Annesley explains why the Storm were penalised rather than told to take the restart again

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[OldPanther]

Paps was well off the mark when he kicked it. Edit: so he goes on to say close enough is good enough. Fantastic officiating. It's lucky my team has had success so it's easy for me to ignore it but imagine teams like the tigers having to watch the officials vaguely implement the rules because it was close enough.

[justinkauffman]

The Papenhuyzen restart has dominated media in the states since the weekend. Thanks!

[EatDeze]

Panthers players still haven’t made the 10 as well? Also how does the bunker look and see a offside in this case but not will kennedy? That’s where everyone is getting frustrated because the bunkers are so inconsistent game after game! The only consistency they have is inconsistency

[belpheherit]

So kicking the ball on a 20m restart instead of tapping it negates the inside the 10 rule

[RandallPocock]

Genuine Question. Which part of the rule book says penalty right in front and not where Jack is standing?

[daudanona]

Two bites at the cherry! This would be called double jeopardy in law.

[AwakenEmpire]

Optional restart, player offside, penalty. However, there is no mention of the defensive players being offside from the restart. Wouldn't this constitute a mutual infringement?

[WarwickGank]

Scared to post the field goal obstructions explanation? 😂

[bradgibson]

All these haters talking smack. This is a well explained reasoning as to why the call was made and it was indeed the correct call. If something like this happens again and this isn't the call, then we have a problem. Good stuff, look foward to seeing more of these explanations

[johnhelms]

As a lawyer, I enjoy these discussions about how to interpret and apply the laws of the game.

[helenivanic]

Was Paps attempting a 20/40? If so, the ball should’ve bounced over the 40 mark before going into touch. Secondly, Paps foot was on the 20m line and needed to kick the ball b4 that. And Klein was about to award it to the Storm.