Referee and Officials Thread

[AmericanHistoryX]

Welcome to the REAL WORLD. Slowly - they wake up. One by One

 

[tigertragic]

Reviving an old thread --

Did anyone see the Panthers v Knights game? Tago's highshot on Ponga. Shoulder direct contact with chin. Put on report and penalty. No sin bin let alone send off.

Am I losing my mind? Have I fallen into the one-eyed cognitive bias I've always fought against? This is very similar to Olam's tackle (some could even say Olam bounced off the chest) and yet a totally different outcome. I applaud that cooler heads prevailed but why wasn't that the case in the Tigers game?

In 2024 we've had 15 sin bins and 1 send-off. Not getting the 50/50 calls is one thing but if that happens every game then statistically that's no longer a 50/50. In fact, that becomes a 1 in 56.21 chance. Something smells fishy here more than the usual unconscious bias against the teams lower on the ladder. Got me wanting to quote Coach Toovey...

The NAS tackle was worse than Tago’s

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

People often label WT's fans as sooks for complaining about the referees when in reality all we are asking for is some consistency.

 

[eyewondertoo]

So regarding sin bins,why wasnt tedesco binned for his blatant professional foul against the Dolphins?
Rules for some but not everyone.

 

[Telltails]

The worst one was when Api was sent to the bin against Cronulla -

 

[innsaneink]

Happens every weekend

 

[Lauren]

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[BAGNF05]

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No different to her refereeing the club who sacked hubby.

 

[Tiger Tarl]

Can Ashley Klein be banned from reffing Wests Tigers games please?

 

[WhiTe Tiger]

Maybe Richo can employ the partners of all of the referees.

 

[Moh]

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Um... but, Souths games are not the only games that can impact Souths season...

 

[BAGNF05]

Um... but, Souths games are not the only games that can impact Souths season...

100%. Can of worms opened.

 

[Sully]

No different to her refereeing the club who sacked hubby.

Re employ Gavin so she never referees us again.

 

[69-05-41]

Daley was blocked by the NRL from being a WT's halves coach because of affiliations to betting but he was able to coach the Indigenous All Stars and be an Australian Selector.

Daddy Badger was on WT payroll last year and Kasey was allowed to officiate our games, yet swap WT for Souffs this year and perceived conflict of interest suddenly becomes an issue.

Gould is General Manager of Doggies but is allowed to use his role in the media to critique other clubs and their players which potentially impacts player contracts, salary caps and Doggie recruitment.

Welcome to the NRL, have a nice day.

 

[innsaneink]

Double triple quadruple standards abound

 

[Yossarian]

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I'd say the fact she's hopeless should disqualify her from refereeing any matches.

 

[hank37w]

Daley was blocked by the NRL from being a WT's halves coach because of affiliations to betting but he was able to coach the Indigenous All Stars and be an Australian Selector.

Daddy Badger was on WT payroll last year and Kasey was allowed to officiate our games, yet swap WT for Souffs this year and perceived conflict of interest suddenly becomes an issue.

Gould is General Manager of Doggies but is allowed to use his role in the media to critique other clubs and their players which potentially impacts player contracts, salary caps and Doggie recruitment.

Welcome to the NRL, have a nice day.

For God's sake do you not understand?

Souffs are the pride of the league . . . . . . . Glory, Glory gee Souffs Shit Me.

Dogs are the current flavour of the month 🤮 with their great success this season, greatest centre and captain that ever lived, most brilliant up and coming coach and League Legend media super star General Manager at the helm.

Wests Tigers . . . . . . . . . . we're just shit. 💩

 

[magpies forever]

I loved how the tough NRL were recently going to fine Gould $10k or so for some comments. He threatened to get lawyers involved and NRL went to water and backed down. The NRL, officials and referees are so unaccountable and pretty much without shame in regards to so many instances of double standards.

 

[69-05-41]

Is this NRL bias? Why are we last alphabetically of all teams per the NRL website? To be consistent we should be Tigers and above Titans rather than Wests Tigers and dead last. Guess they just like to remind us of our place.

 

[Kaito]

I loved how the tough NRL were recently going to fine Gould $10k or so for some comments. He threatened to get lawyers involved and NRL went to water and backed down. The NRL, officials and referees are so unaccountable and pretty much without shame in regards to so many instances of double standards.

Mate, he was fined 20k and it got waived by the NRL