Farcical scenes as Rugby Sevens stars wastes two minutes scoring try

English star Will Homer scored one of the most bizarre tries ever seen at the World Rugby Sevens tournament, crossing the tryline but waiting over two minutes to put the ball down in farcical scenes during a pool game between England and Argentina.

With the score sitting at 19-nil to Argentina - who were already down to six men - Homer broke through the line and ran the length of the field untouched, but decided to wind the clock down instead of planting the ball immediately.

The Argentinians needed a win to progress to the quarter finals, while England only needed to lose by less than 16 points to make it through.

Homer's try meant they would lose by 12 - or 14 with a successful conversion - so he waited until time was almost up before touching the ball down to make sure Los Pumas had no chance to score a try themselves and dump England out of the tournament.  

The Pumas seemed content to let him wind down the clock too - if he'd scored too fast there was a chance England could have scored two more quick tries and knocked them out of the next stage. 

Argentinian players were even called back by their own coach while the mind-boggling situation unfolded in Toulouse, France on May 21.

Time seemed to stand still as Homer made a line break from the 10-yard line, with the speedy scrum-half allowing a staggering 146 seconds to elapse from when he crossed the line before eventually putting the ball down in England's 19-7 loss.

Fans were quick to blast the situation on social media, though many debated whether it was actually against the Rugby Sevens rules or not. 

One user referenced the rules, saying:  'England should have been penalized. The referee knows better. Law 9.7.d wasting time Law 9.27 against the spirit of good