LIVE GAME Round 8 v Sharks

[Rock Hopper Steve]

The Sharks have been told that they were denied a blatant penalty in the early stages of extra time in their golden-point loss to Wests Tigers.

A Nicho Hynes field goal in the 82nd minute with the scores locked at 18-18 was charged down by Tigers forward Alex Seyfarth, who was clearly offside.

He was neither at marker or on the goal line, standing to the side of the ruck and in front of his teammates and referee Grant Atkins.

Seyfarth then rushed out of the line with Jahream Bula to charge Hynes’ kick down, which looked headed for the posts from close range.

The Tigers regained possession after the ricochet, via a captain’s challenge, and eventually went on to record a 20-18 win when Sharks prop Tom Hazelton was penalised for stripping in the 89th minute.

According to a NewsCorp report, the NRL has informed Cronulla officials that they should have received a penalty, which would have resulted in an un-missable kick at goal 10 metres out right in front.

Liam Kennedy was the Bunker official who had the opportunity to penalise Seyfarth as he reviewed the play after the Tigers challenged Atkins’ decision on who should retain possession after the scramble to pounce on the ball following the chargedown.

But while Kennedy has lost his Bunker role this weekend for Magic Round, he will be the on-field ref for Saturday’s South Sydney vs Newcastle fixture.

Well well what do you know, we finally had the rub of the green go our way for once and some pecker neck journo has to come out 5 days later and try to take the gloss off our win.

I say to him up your's Humphrey.

 

[gregjm87]

Just realised that Liam Kennedy was in the bunker and was responsible for that Pole sinbinning... So, after he missed the Tuilagi tackle the week before that had him suspended for 3 rounds, he decides that the Pole tackle warranted a sin binning? This bloke should not have a job and there is nothing/no-one that can convince me he doesn't have an agenda against the Tigers. Absolute idiot

He let the Mulitalo one go, he

Just realised that Liam Kennedy was in the bunker and was responsible for that Pole sinbinning... So, after he missed the Tuilagi tackle the week before that had him suspended for 3 rounds, he decides that the Pole tackle warranted a sin binning? This bloke should not have a job and there is nothing/no-one that can convince me he doesn't have an agenda against the Tigers. Absolute idiot

Didn't uphold Mulitalo's challenge. Binned Nikora. Didn't penalise our infringements in the play the ball or offsides in the field goal charge downs.
Plenty to suggest he hasn't got an agenda.

 

[tigerslad]

He let the Mulitalo one go, he
Didn't uphold Mulitalo's challenge. Binned Nikora. Didn't penalise our infringements in the play the ball or offsides in the field goal charge downs.
Plenty to suggest he hasn't got an agenda.

Why would he uphold Mulitalo's challenge? You're having a laugh. Nikora's binning was straightforward. We're now congratulating referees on making straightforward decisions for us that's how bad it's gotten LOL

 

[gregjm87]

Why would he uphold Mulitalo's challenge? You're having a laugh. Nikora's binning was straightforward. We're now congratulating referees on making straightforward decisions for us that's how bad it's gotten LOL

I expected the Mulitalo one to be upheld. Not that I think it should have been a penalty but it would have been consistent with how they were ruling things that weekend. Was genuinely surprised it wasn't a penalty.
Similarly Nikoras binning was an obvious one last week, but i doubt it would have been a bin a month ago. I'm not congratulating him on any decisions, I don't rate him much as a ref. I'm just saying he clearly didnt have an agenda. The Mulitalo decision alone should reflect this, would have been real easy for him to call that high contact if he had an agenda.