if by "virtually" you mean "until he saw Clemmer approaching" then yes, you're right! he looked down, saw Clemmer and extended. since we're talking about watching the footage; watch every other bomb he jumps for: 1 leg straight down, the other is out to his knee, then back down at 90 degrees. watching this one, he jumps up in the same way he always does, then flicks his foot out.
and to say that Clemmer tackled him mid air is rubbish, he was at least 3 feet away (or one leg away) from him when this happened.
I'm not saying he meant to kick him, I'm saying that ANY contact with the head is an offence but it seems that the Teflon kid (nothing sticks to him) gets off this sort of crap all the time.
last year's grand final, 2 knees to Sam Perrit's back, off scott free
Origin, (can't remember if it were last year or the year before) leads with the feet trying to thwart a try, off scott free
he's known for it! they guy's a great player but at some stage he has to be pulled up for it
again, I'll say it just so no one thinks ive got blue and white sunnies on:
- we did not deserve to win
- Melbourne's try did not deserve to be called an obstruction
- Slater deserved between 3-6 weeks on the sideline
mate, the bloke even admitted it himself in the post match interview when he said "I didn't mean to kick him, I was just defending myself"