DEAR England, stop bloody bellyaching.

The Daily Telegraph approached a number of former leading referees on Tuesday — and two ex-NRL Coaches — to determine exactly whether England winger Ryan Hall scored in the final minute of Sunday’s dramatic game against Australia in Melbourne.

The response was emphatic. He didn’t.

England has been whining about the decision, made by video referee by Bernard Sutton, which would have given the Poms a dramatic last-second win.

Hall no doubt touched the ball but most were emphatic he didn’t have sufficient downward pressure. Only former NRL Referees’ Coach Stuart Raper deemed it a try.

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Social media in England was lambasting Australia, with one website comparing a fingertip try which was given to Billy Slater with Hall’s effort.

Greg McCallum, who refereed 12 years of first grade, including three grand finals and 14 Tests, said: “No, there wasn’t enough downward pressure. He certainly got a finger on the ball but there wasn’t enough force.

“Hall more pushed it than forced it. Then again, I thought (Kangaroos centre) Michael Jennings lost the ball when he put it down for a try.”

Ten-time grand final referee Bill Harrigan was short and sharp.

“No try,” he said.

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Legendary referee Greg Hartley agreed.

“I don’t think it was a try,” Hartley said. “He didn’t ground the ball in my opinion. There certainly wasn’t enough evidence to award that a try. The grounding just wasn’t sufficient.”

Robert Finch, the NRL Referee’s Coach between 2002 and 2010, was also adamant it wasn’t a try.

“In my opinion, no. The simply reason was there was no downward pressure on the football,” Finch said.

“I looked at the rotation of the footy and it never changed. Because of that, there was no downward pressure.”

Only Raper disagreed.

Asked was it a try, Raper said: “Yes. If the defensive player, in this case Greg Inglis, had grounded it the same way as the attacking player (Hall) then it would have been classed as a grounding.

“The finger, ball and ground all connected at the same time. I thought it was a try.

“Look, I can understand why it wasn’t given but I would have given the green light.”

England skipper James Graham vented his anger at the decision on the field.

Not sugar-coating his words, Graham told referee Gerard Sutton: “That was a f***ing try”.

England coach Steve McNamara was not convinced.

“The referee on the field gave no try and the evidence has to be conclusive and whether that was or not I’m not 100 per cent sure,” he said.

Defeat would have eliminated Australia from the Four Nations tournament.