Woeful call in the PNG v Jets game denies Anderson a superb try.

Can't wait to see the inventive way the Cowboys will get screwed over this week.

Fark rewatching the game, such a difference to score first for a change, not only that, to keep a team scoreless as well.

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Eat the biggest bag of dicks Cronulla.

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Extremely disappointed in in Desy. I was expecting a minimum 30k fine and a tirade for the ages. You've changed man

Yea when it comes to blatant forward passes Friend is the worst culprit in the NRL. Piss poor that we have 2 refs & 2 touchies out there and none of them have the balls to make a simple call.

That Friend pass was hilarious how far forward it was :lol:

It was more than that Kane Evans try...a couple of plays earlier , Jake Friend threw a pass that was a metre forward, and that almost lead to a try as well.

Dave Smith needs to go...a banker with NFI about Rugby League and how to run a game.
He should fuck off back to banking.

That's what it would end up being, if you can't with 100% certainty give the try then you don't.

Just make it benefit of the doubt to the defensive side imo.

Yep and lets not forget it wasn't the video refs fault, he had to do what he had to do.

The poor call was the fact that Evans was held for an eternity before he flopped towards the line.

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All of this. I don't blame the video ref for last night, as Bill Harrigan said, with the options and footage he was given, he almost had to stay with the try decision.

I'd like to see it like they have in the 20's. Each team gets a challenge each half, which they can use for any decision, but if they get it wrong they can't challenge/use the video red again that half. 99% of the time players know if it's a try/penalty etc.

Oh it definitely changed the game, and it was a terrible call. With the errors both teams made though I think whoever lost last night would know that if they played near their best footy they would've won.

This.

The idea of having to have evidence to overturn a decision etc is retarded.

It's either a try or its not.

I'd also like to see a minimal use of the system much like in Cricket with DRS.

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Also can we please go back to the old video referee system. None of this the referee gives his decision first bullshit. If the referee can't make the decision then send it upstairs and the video referee makes the decision with the technology available.

The taking out of a Rooster support player came after that 'try' and came directly from a forward pass from Friend an NFL quarterback would be proud of.

As for the 04 GF, I assume you mean Hazem's try, in which case at least he was over the line and it wasn't a double movement.

Btw that's not to say the Roosters weren't the better team, there's no doubt about that, but what you can't deny is that Evans try completely changed the game.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 19/9/2015 08:08:57 AM

Hhaha "can I get fined for that?"

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Do love Bulldogs fans ignoring the fact they should've had a player in the bin for taking out a Roosters support player, or the consistent illegal blocking of Tupou, or that realistically we were in control for all but about 15 minutes of the game. The dogs started well and didn't deserve that shoreline at the end, but our back line was just a class above. That move by RTS on Morris=d>

Also that try was just karma for the one given in the 04 grand final. Not that I hold a grudge over it or anything :lol:

:lol: so Kane Evans told Trent Robinson he thought it was a try, which is interesting since Evans seemed pretty convinced it wasn't a try at the time.

:p :lol:

That was a fair and balanced game of good quality rugby league

Yep :lol: I wouldn't be able to handle it, like you I'd probably have just walked the team off. Would love to know what was going through Graham's head in that interview :lol:

I am so glad I am not a professional sports star because I don't have the temper for it. I would have walked after the try Evans set up. 25 minutes early, I would have just said "stuff you" and walked the team off. As I said, it is a good thing I'm not a good thing at sport.

If I was James Graham I'd have walked the team off immediately after Rona scored that try.

And apparently HE is the one bringing the game into disrepute. LOL!

Channel 9 praising SKD and JWH saying how proud he is off him is going to make me actually vomit.

Yeah I reckon at least a 20k fine haha.

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Yep not to mention all of the Roosters points up until that moment had all directly come from soft piggyback penalties as well.

Hope Hasler goes off in the press conference - this game needs a massive overhaul.

Fucking hell has Rona jumped for a single bomb tonight?

Geezuz.

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And it's very easy to see that the controversial try has just completely changed the game (for the worse).

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