When is the NRL refereeing body going to start listening to the clubs who are consistantly getting shafted with bad calls & fix it it , rather than start threatening legal action on those that just tell the truth? Last year, we were getting shafted all the time with calls,getting no 50\50s, culminating in the blantant robbery in the Cowboys debarcle. So I feel for the Warriors. I remember the Roosters getting one bad call & Robinson teed off calling them clowns etc & suprise suprise all the games after that they got all the calls again. Funny, No legal action theatened there. I understand when an on field ref makes a mistake in the course of a game. That happens. But when the bunker, seeing the same footage as everyone else makes "mistakes", I straight out call crap on that. This year , I believe the Tigs have had fair reffereeing & i cant help but wonder if Lee & co found out something smelly with the Cowboys game & theatened to expose it if the refs shafting us every game wasnt rectified. Linked with this point, i dont believe betting agencies should be "official" partners with the NRL. Am i the only one that feels this way?
Loving the Warriors Ceo calling out refs.
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Siberian Kitten
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No one wants to reply in case they get sued 😆
NZTiger
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Hope all the mediocre teams combine their powers and sue the f**k outta the NRL for these terrible decisions over the years!! 🤣
Siberian Kitten
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Last year against the Cows, Phelps ran into a Tigers player and flopped. Everyone noticed, except Klein and the bunker.
It was the worst decision I have seen in the NRL. The bunker took about one second to decide on a match-turning decision. The speed of the decision was bizarre. I have never seen, before or since, such a snap bunker decision, especially not in such a delicate situation. No explanation for it later, either. Klein was dropped for one game and later refs the GF.
Now the refs are having a tantrum because they are not trusted. Might it have something to do with obviously dodgy decisions like the Cows game? Or is it the squillions of gambling $$ raked in by the NRL's partner?
Trust has to be earned. They can use the courts to shut people up, but that won't win anyone's trust either. All the clubs lower on the table want is a fair go.
It was the worst decision I have seen in the NRL. The bunker took about one second to decide on a match-turning decision. The speed of the decision was bizarre. I have never seen, before or since, such a snap bunker decision, especially not in such a delicate situation. No explanation for it later, either. Klein was dropped for one game and later refs the GF.
Now the refs are having a tantrum because they are not trusted. Might it have something to do with obviously dodgy decisions like the Cows game? Or is it the squillions of gambling $$ raked in by the NRL's partner?
Trust has to be earned. They can use the courts to shut people up, but that won't win anyone's trust either. All the clubs lower on the table want is a fair go.
innsaneink
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It was a club sponsor
Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan
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Ashley Klein. Enough said. I hate watching games he referees. He ruins the experience. I can't quite explain what exactly he does wrong besides the shocking decisions he makes (remember 2018? Same ref who called a BS penalty in golden point against the Broncos) but he just grinds my gears. You shouldn't notice referees.
hank37w
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Totally Un-Australian to not boo the opposition.
Give 'em heaps and the ref as well.
Give 'em heaps and the ref as well.
Well said you deserve a ribbon
AL The Tiger
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The referees these days are so pretentious, can't stand them. Everyone else can be criticised for poorly doing their jobs, I mean look at the crap players cop when they're not performing. The refereeing standard recently is by far some of the worst in a while, they deserve everything they cop. Including bunker and on field refs.
bathursttiger1
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You spelt Ashley Klown’s name wrong.
bathursttiger1
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Todd Payten gave the refs a serve early last season about the lower teams not getting a fair share on the 50/50 calls, and after that blast Cowboys started to get a better share of them.
old_man_tiger
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Best thing about the NRL this year, there are a couple of refs who seem to do ok and I don't even know their names. That's effin perfect. That dickhead bill Harrigan ruined the modern game by looking up to attention seeking, cheating wankers and the game has suffered for a generation by idolising that. Forget the cement truck, I could have thought of much worse and it's nothing when you think about the cash that hard working people pump in to the game to see it abused.
bathursttiger1
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Grant Atkins is Harrigan Mark 2
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I heard Grant Atkins is married to Ivan's sister.
He's also a Penrith RL Life member.
Came through the ref system in that district.
No idea why he's even allowed to ref Penrith games.
innsaneink
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I think the refereeing this seasons actually hasn't been too bad...
The officiating on hip drop tackles has been inconsistent. Warriors have a point though, Spencer Leniu smacked someone in the mouth with a swinging arm and nothing was given.
innsaneink
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Yeah it's by no means perfect... JWH copped one on the chin too and nothing
Cheating?
Incompetence?
Unconscious bias?
If the sponsor would like to re-visit the NRL Admin after our Cowboys loss last year, that would open his eyes.
And as an aside, I never really felt I received a fair summation of what happened after the event, in the appeal process etc.
Incompetence?
Unconscious bias?
If the sponsor would like to re-visit the NRL Admin after our Cowboys loss last year, that would open his eyes.
And as an aside, I never really felt I received a fair summation of what happened after the event, in the appeal process etc.
