'Play on': Munster won't cop criticism of match-defining try

Cameron Munster has defended his Ashes-sealing try against claims he illegally ran behind a decoy runner and should have dropped to his knees.

The Melbourne five-eighth was named man-of-the-match as Australia sealed a 14th consecutive Ashes series with a bruising 14-4 win over England at a packed Hull Dickinson Stadium.

But former England Test star James Graham - commentating on the BBC - believed Munster ran behind Angus Crichton and because he did not stop, should have been penalised.

"He's a Pommy, isn't he?" Munster said when told of the criticism. "Of course he's going to be biased towards his own team.

"There's obviously grey areas in our game. I could talk about going behind a block (runner) but at the end of the day the rules have changed a little bit, where if the block doesn't take anyone out or stand it someone's way, it's 'play on'.

"I had that much time. You look at George Williams and AJ Brimson, they still had that much time to tackle me.

"I think that played in my favour and being a little bit wet, I was able to slide across. In a normal dry game, I probably don't even make that."

But the Storm star conceded that if referee Grant Atkins had sent it to video ref Jack Smith as 'no try', he might have been in trouble.

"It's one of those things," Munster continued. "It came up as a try and it was a try... you can't overturn those things.

"If he went 'no try', it wouldn't have been a try. 

"You can sit there and dissect that if you want but I don't think that's the reason they lost. I think we just played some good footy at times and skill got us out of trouble"

England coach Shaun Wane's only problem with the try was the defence that allowed it. "The try after time was soft and shouldn't be scored in a Test match," he said.

He later described the defence as unacceptable defensive frailties.