Reggie Greenwood, the conference coordinator of officials, said afterward that because the play happened during a dead ball, by rule the foul was a technical.
Then the Scarlets needed the help of the video referee to rule the ball had not been grounded in a melee of bodies on the line.
Myler narrowly missed the extras but Castres responded immediately only for the video referee to rule the ball had not been grounded as they attempted to drive over.
The visitors wasted another gilt-edged try opportunity in first-half injury time, when a fine forward effort seemed to take Glasgow over the line, only for referee Alan Lewis to rule the ball was held up.
Initially ruled a fumble, it was reversed under the tuck rule, the Patriots kept the ball and eventually beat the Raiders.
Another Reihana kick put Northampton back in front, but Wasps should gone ahead when Cipriani rounded Ben Cohen, only for the video referee to rule that he had put the ball down on the touchline in goal.
They think they can call it and can understand when a passer has lost control of the ball, so we felt more comfortable proposing the rule.
"It's a strange rule because if I had dropped the ball on the middle of the marker and it had not moved there's no penalty, " said Poulter, who moved up to eighth in the world rankings.
He is following a simple rule: Keep the angle of the falling ball constant in your vision and adjust your running speed accordingly.
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In such cases, the rule book says the player must drop the ball "as nearly as possible" to the spot where he'd played his previous shot.
Ankiel was credited with a ground-rule double leading off the seventh on a ball down the third-base line that appeared to glance off an usher's leg before hitting a railing.
Meanwhile, Payne refused to rule out the possibility of a tournament golf ball for the Masters if he felt the governing bodies were not doing enough to limit gains in distance.
It is too late for tennis to do the same, but it could initiate rule changes that would extend the time the ball is in play and reward strategy and stroke play over raw power.
Emmanuel Adebayor had the ball in the net - only for referee Alan Wiley to rule the goal out for a foul on McShane as the Togo striker climbed to reach a header on 15 minutes.
The third umpire can make use of video evidence to rule on run outs, stumpings, whether a ball has hit the ground before being caught or when it is unclear if the ball has crossed the boundary or not.
The try made up for an earlier disallowed effort by Prescott, who miraculously regathered a grubber kick from scrum-half Bobbie Goulding only for the video referee to rule he had failed to gain control of the ball over the line.
The third umpire uses replays to rule on run-outs, stumpings, whether a ball has hit the ground before being caught or when it's unclear if the ball has crossed the boundary or not.
Under the tuck rule, if a passer is in the act of bringing the ball down into his body rather than throwing it and loses control, it is ruled an incomplete pass.
And they were only deprived of a lead they deserved by awful refereeing from Mike Dean, who inexplicably failed to play the advantage rule, blowing for a free-kick after Malouda turned the ball into the net from close range.
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