1. Shoulder pauldron =/= body. You said it was impossible to block the sword at all like that... it was blocked.
2. You were mainly arguing about the impossibility of having a spear sweep under your shield. It's under your shield now.
3. I still disagree with that ruling because I don't see Sigurd making a downward chop with a shield under his arm, and she was fully extending her shield like 3 posts prior. But it's done and over with, really, I can live.

I wrote this: "Regardless of if the gladius stabbed him or not" As a means to help you not have to be forced in to taking the hit. But you still need to call it out. I'm starting to automatically translate 'impossible' in to 'really inconvenient for Sigurd.'