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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 11, 2008 20:10:52 GMT 10
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Post by TC Ink on Apr 11, 2008 20:16:34 GMT 10
Jason Robinson did a great job on Monday last week. Only good performance I've seen so far.
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 12, 2008 19:32:20 GMT 10
Who the hell is Bernard Sutton  |
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Post by TC Ink on Apr 12, 2008 21:20:43 GMT 10
Newby, surely cudn't do any worse than some of the current refs.... Russel Smith as a video ref is an absolute embarrasment  |
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 13, 2008 21:25:42 GMT 10
yes he is very poor. Gould believes that we should get rid of video refs al together im starting to believe he is right
lol more shoddy reffing decisions
Don't double post please, just modify existing post!
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 22, 2008 10:10:10 GMT 10
is it just me or are the storm allowed to get away with more in the ruck and get more penalties given to them rather than against them. i also think that manly has twice had unfiar reffing that penalise us but not the oposition for the same infraction.
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Post by TC Ink on Apr 22, 2008 11:43:13 GMT 10
Probably, NRL favours Storm, Roosters, Broncos, most other teams get screwed over.
Funniest thing on the weekend, was listening to the Souths game on 2GB and suddenly Ray Haddley goes "Ive just recieved a report from Blue Tongue. A Russel Smith report. He just took 5 and a half minutes looking at a possible try and............. HE GAVE IT REFS CALL!!!!"
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 22, 2008 16:45:39 GMT 10
so, obviously he spent 5 and a half minutes trying to decide
and couldnt...
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 23, 2008 10:55:54 GMT 10
its fair funny nrl video refs are jokes russell smith is the ultamite joke.
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 23, 2008 11:34:05 GMT 10
yeh, some are stupid,
i was listening on the radio
and ray hadlees he's dropped the ball, theres no way that can be given a ooooo its been given a try!!!
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Post by ::Richo:: on May 30, 2008 22:50:06 GMT 10
By now im assuming that you've all seen the Cuthbertson send off decision, what do you guys make of it? In my opinion sending him off was a harsh decision, Hampstead (who in my opinion is past his best and is a poor ref) should have binned Cuthbertson and then let the judiciary punish him. He'll probably get 4-6 weeks for that shot and it was a bad, he did hit Thurling flush on the face, but i've seen other tackles that have hit the head not even been punished with a stint in the bin.
I'm not saying that this was a horrible, inept decision but I do think that Hampstead's decision was the wrong one. what do you guys reckon? Also i'm really getting sick of having to wait for the video ref to make a ruling on every single try. I mean come on it's getting to the point where the onfield refs are becoming redundent, the NRL needs to revert the game back. Get rid of this idea that the ref can check to see if the ball is stripped when he rules knock on, take power away from the video ref and give it back to the on field ref. I don't like watching the NRL anymore because it's extremely boring.
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Post by TC Ink on May 31, 2008 10:01:20 GMT 10
Cuthbertson shouldn't have been sent off. Considering the amount of crap players get away with without even seeing the bin, there is no way that was a send off offence. And in my opinion, since he got sent off in that game his sentence should be shorter. IMO the bin should be used more, and in a game where it is used then maybe that is a send off. But in our game where its a rare occasion to see a binning or a send off, that is deffinately not a send off.
Also, apparently you get penalised now for running next to one of your team mates? That David Williams try was a TRY no doubts, but apparently it's obstruction if you run next to your own player? This is the second time I've seen this happen and I cant understand the video refs thinking. Obstruction is when a player delibrately impedes an opposition so that cant make the play or a player runs into the defensive line, possibly causing a player to miss out on an opportunity to stop a try. A shepherd is when you run behind your own player. I don't see any mention of running next to your own player there? That decision was a rort and I really wonder whether those video refs have ANY common sense at all.
Cant agree with your opinion that NRL is getting boring however, 2 good games last night, the Eels Broncos finish was fantastic ;D.
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Post by ::Richo:: on May 31, 2008 10:50:44 GMT 10
I don't know about the Williams decision, the Raiders player was impeaded by one of our guys, I don't think that it was a bad decision.
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Post by TC Ink on May 31, 2008 22:21:03 GMT 10
But he ran next to his own player... Not behind. Now, O'Donnel was just sent off in the Cowboys game for a raised elbow. Im fine with the decision, it was the second time he had done it in the game and he got Lewis right in the neck with his elbow (Sucked in Lewis :  But what I must say again is that if these offences are send off offences then other infringements in the game need to be punished more using the bin. Also I think Cowboys last try should not have been given. Im not blaming the ref, on debut I thought he had quite a good game. Harrigan should not have given it back to him in the first place. I thought it was pretty clear that the ball was dropped, I couldn't see how he could have grounded the ball from that position after it came loose. I think if the Cowboys didn't get up cheering, say it was a less significant time in the game, it wouldn't have been given. |
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Post by ::Richo:: on Jun 1, 2008 19:46:09 GMT 10
Sigh are you serious, the Raiders player was impeeded!!!!! It doesn't matter he's next to, beside or in front of. O'Donnell didnt lift the elbow, he showed forearm when he attempted to palm and push the guy off, everyone does it and he got sent off because we saw a send off on monday and Oakes hit Kemp with a deliberate elbow.
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Post by ::Richo:: on Sept 5, 2008 20:19:04 GMT 10
Shayne Hayne should be sacked after this pathetic performance, He is probably the worst ref in the NRL today, he is completely S^&*T and if anyone wants to see why, check out the Fitzgibbon "Held up" call and the Creagh tackled without the ball incident. What a joke.
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Post by TC Ink on Sept 5, 2008 20:32:56 GMT 10
Hayne had his money on no points being scored in the first half, he's laughing  Looks like Fitzgibbons was a try, need a closer look though, don't see how the ball couldn't have touched the ground. Creagh tackled without the ball... Well the video should have told him a penalty was warrented, why didn't he? |
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Post by ::Richo:: on Sept 5, 2008 21:18:37 GMT 10
Hayne has been all round horrible.
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But what I must say again is that if these offences are send off offences then other infringements in the game need to be punished more using the bin.