We play Tagataese up front pretty every time he plays, first time he's started there though from memory.
Nah, you got massively lucky Video Refs are incompetent. The only thing more conclusive than that knock on is Tallis's lack of brain cells. Gonna say it again, just cut them they're useless.
It wasn't 100% conclusive, maybe if they did what MF said and look at the rotation of the ball but you can't definitely 100% see his fingers touching even though it's likely they did.
What footage were you watching? Show us a screenshot of his fingers on the ball where it's crystal clear.
That knock on wqs so fucking blatant even on the shitty quality of video on NRL.com I just saw... fmd, what video ref can't see that? The whole ball rotation suddenly changed even... Physics be damned, I suppose.
Forget about looking for his fingers touching the ball. And actually forget about the rotation of the ball even. Just look at the change in trajectory. It's obvious IMO.