LIVE GAME Round 26 v Cowboys

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Bullcrap of not badmouthing the NRL brand needs to stop when the level of officiating is PISS POOR! The standard of the decisions last night was pathetic makes you think they (officials) had money on the outcome? For professionals who get paid like professionals, they should give up their paycheck and donate it to the homeless! Grant Atkins after last nights game and the bunker was not worthy of under 10’s on a Saturday morning! Good game ruined by those clowns making decisions!

Biggest risk to the game are those clowns!
 
cktiger said:
We have had some terrible refereeing performances go against us over the years but that has to be up there at the top of the list.
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We can all blame the refs..and other teams do ocassionally get away with same issues sometimes..
.BUT WE NEED TO LEARN THE RULES!!
Api of all ppl knows u dont get away with knocking the ball out of the dummy half's hans...there are other ways to do it
And the decoy rules,whislt at times unfair,are tranparent and consistent.We all undrstand what they are
.So we needed to run in at a tighter angle rather than target the defenders outside shoulder
Its not that difficult
Cld have won that game too,,but it showcased some of the dumb mistakes that have been plagiuing us all season
 
The Api hand/ball slap from dummy half if Luai allowed himself to get tackled before scoring referee/bunker wouldn't be able to go back to it, play on.
 
clontarfkid said:
We can all blame the refs..and other teams do ocassionally get away with same issues sometimes..
.BUT WE NEED TO LEARN THE RULES!!
Api of all ppl knows u dont get away with knocking the ball out of the dummy half's hans...there are other ways to do it
And the decoy rules,whislt at times unfair,are tranparent and consistent.We all undrstand what they are
.So we needed to run in at a tighter angle rather than target the defenders outside shoulder
Its not that difficult
Cld have won that game too,,but it showcased some of the dumb mistakes that have been plagiuing us all season
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Agree on those 2 examples. The Madden one I’m cranky about because it literally just happened at the other end with a different interpretation.
 
TigerLove said:
The officiating has been absolutely putrid vomit this year. It's across all most every game I've watched as well, not just Tigers.

Bunker ruins the game with calls it shouldn't get wrong and not being able to celebrate a try untils 5 minutes later when it's finally confirmed.
Rant over 🤬
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What champion @TigerLove said. 💯
 
clontarfkid said:
We can all blame the refs..and other teams do ocassionally get away with same issues sometimes..
.BUT WE NEED TO LEARN THE RULES!!
Api of all ppl knows u dont get away with knocking the ball out of the dummy half's hans...there are other ways to do it
And the decoy rules,whislt at times unfair,are tranparent and consistent.We all undrstand what they are
.So we needed to run in at a tighter angle rather than target the defenders outside shoulder
Its not that difficult
Cld have won that game too,,but it showcased some of the dumb mistakes that have been plagiuing us all season
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Api knows the rule. It seems you don't. You can't knock the ball out of the dummy half if he is attempting to PASS the ball. Mickalie was NOT trying to pass but trying to SCORE from dummy half. Therefore fair game. The officiating last night was absolute crap. I hesitate to use the word starting with ch, but it makes you wonder.
 
EllisFan said:
You can only bag referees when your team plays tough and is legitimately hard done. Should have lead by two scores at the break and had another try taken off us.

Every right to blow up.
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Yep.
I criticise ref bashing constantly but on the rare occasion when the team does everything right and still gets targeted, likely losing because of it, that needs to be called out.
Well done Benji.
 
colinbh said:
Api knows the rule. It seems you don't. You can't knock the ball out of the dummy half if he is attempting to PASS the ball. Mickalie was NOT trying to pass but trying to SCORE from dummy half. Therefore fair game. The officiating last night was absolute crap. I hesitate to use the word starting with ch, but it makes you wonder.
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Good call Col.Thesa are the type of outcomes when you back your own..The interpretation of the rules favoured the opposing team and that should never be the case in any game.
 
clontarfkid said:
We can all blame the refs..and other teams do ocassionally get away with same issues sometimes..
.BUT WE NEED TO LEARN THE RULES!!
Api of all ppl knows u dont get away with knocking the ball out of the dummy half's hans...there are other ways to do it
And the decoy rules,whislt at times unfair,are tranparent and consistent.We all undrstand what they are
.So we needed to run in at a tighter angle rather than target the defenders outside shoulder
Its not that difficult
Cld have won that game too,,but it showcased some of the dumb mistakes that have been plagiuing us all season
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I don’t reckon api intentionally knocked the ball out though … that’s the thing. To me it looked like a last ditch effort to bring a bigger man who was in the act of scoring to the ground. Mikaele made 3 steps and was obviously going for a run. Also the fact he went on with the tackle after the ball had been popped loose says it all

The May try got taken off us because Pole ran into Drinkwater, nothing more. That was a really poor read by the Cowboys defense and if pole had a bit more awareness it would have been given
 
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pawsandclaws1 said:
In addition, Skelton and Tupou when hitting the ball up ran generated good pace combined with power. Saukuru hit ups were pedestrian, he looks three yards too slow for the centres.
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Saukuru has relied on his 115kg to run over KOE players. Has no sidestep and no real pace. And can't defend.
We have a problen!
Tupou has played centre and I think has more of what Saukuru hasn't. Maybe a look at in the off season?
 
clontarfkid said:
We can all blame the refs..and other teams do ocassionally get away with same issues sometimes..
.BUT WE NEED TO LEARN THE RULES!!
Api of all ppl knows u dont get away with knocking the ball out of the dummy half's hans...there are other ways to do it
And the decoy rules,whislt at times unfair,are tranparent and consistent.We all undrstand what they are
.So we needed to run in at a tighter angle rather than target the defenders outside shoulder
Its not that difficult
Cld have won that game too,,but it showcased some of the dumb mistakes that have been plagiuing us all season
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Sorry mate but you need to learn the rules.
You can’t knock it out of the dummy half’s hand if he’s clearing the ruck… once he’s started to run it’s perfectly legal.
 
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