Atkins appeared to touch down in the left corner – so much so that the referee, Robert Hicks, sent the decision upstairs to the video referee as a try.
A penalty was awarded to Leinster – and applauded as a try – in their own third after Ford had pinned them back in the corner.
Juan Martin Hernandez may have overdone it in Argentina's latter matches, but the drop goal is every much a part of the game's history as a try: in days past, it was actually worth one point more than a try.
Malick fulfilled his effort with stunning success, both artistic and professional, and what he accomplished would, eventually, become the model for a generation, both as a mode of artistic self-assertion and as a try at the Hollywood brass ring.
Worse was to come for Hull as a try disallowed for offside after Carlos Tuimavave took a skied ball from an offside position was immediately followed by Luke Dorn dummying extravagantly at the other end to bamboozle a tired-looking defensive line.
He added: "We've been talking about things like being more consistent for 80 minutes, playing every play by play and seeing every tackle as a try saver.
