Skipper Brad Fittler then raced over straight from a scrum to close the gap to just eight points and, in a nailbiting finish, centre Russell Richardson had a try ruled out for putting his left hand on the dead-ball line before grounding the ball.

BBC: New Zealand 24-22 Australia

Minutes later it took desperate last-ditch defending to prevent Kenny-Dowall from adding a second on the right-hand side, as he was stopped from grounding the ball.

BBC: New Zealand 24-10 England

Shane Elford thought he had further reduced the gap when he rolled over in the right-hand corner, but Platt did superbly to prevent him grounding the ball.

BBC: Bradford 38-12 Huddersfield

They were even hard done by with Ireland's final try five minutes from time as a video replay clearly showed Jerry Flannery grounding the ball before the tryline.

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Another Jamie Robinson break just before half-time should have given Czekaj his second try of the night, only for Shane Williams - restored to the Ospreys starting line-up - to prevent his opponent grounding the ball.

BBC: Blues lock Deiniol Jones scored the game's opening try

The Leeds fly-half then extended the lead to nine points and it remained intact late on when Sale's David Bishop got over the line in the corner, only to be prevented from grounding the ball by dogged defence.

BBC: Sale 10-19 Leeds

Hall crossed the line again but fumbled the ball in the grounding before Cockayne brilliantly latched onto a grubber from Galea to ensure a fourth game without defeat for Hull KR - and sixth place in Super League.

BBC: Hull KR 25-6 Leeds

There was no New England receiver near the ball's landing spot, and Brady was penalized for intentional grounding in the end zone a safety that gave the Giants a 2-0 lead and an early swoosh of momentum.

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