Rugby League is really a customs game.
On Saturday night at the ANZ Stadium, it was only half a shoe that robbed South Sydney of the chance to make an epic preliminary comeback against Penrith.
The Rabbitohs were between 16 and 20 behind but had plenty of momentum when clever halfback Adam Reynolds scored a great 40/20 after four minutes on the clock.
Reynolds shocked the opposition when he accepted a deep back pass and hit a stab of 20 yards into the opposition.
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He celebrated accordingly, and it would have given Souths a scrum feed and a real scoring chance that would have drawn or won the game and knocked the Panthers out of the Premiership race.
Instead, the referees saw with eagle eyes that Reynolds’ left shoe had touched his 40-yard line, making the 40/20 null and void.
Penrith got the scrum feed and then held on for the hectic final minutes to secure the four-point win.
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