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I agree with all here. I'd suggest that Atkins and whoever was on the line last night will get a talking to when they do their video work next week.

My opinion is they are not dangerous tackles and should not be penalised. Based on what Annesley has told us this week and previously they should both have been penalties. As for precedent I think there is enough examples each way that you could argue a precedent has been set either side...

Was at training, sorry mate. Missed the first half. Will have a quick look either later tonight or some time tomorrow.

Not dangerous in my opinion but is in accordance to what that video deems dangerous. As lame as it is the only option appears to be grab and hold.

I'll ask next time I see them but yes it would be comparatively chump change but they do travel around a bit (not heaps).

So I've since talked to some of my ref mates about this. They reckon Annesley is right and the clubs have explicitly been told what is and isn't acceptable. They sent me this link as their supporting evidence. https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/06/06/tackling-the-kicker---the-dos-and-donts/ Edit*...

Because I dont believe the colour of the Guernsey makes a difference, nor do I think we cop any more dodgy decisions than any other team. Our side unfortunately is to shit to overcome a poor call.

I agree with all this (except maybe the long kicking game) but outside of half a game against Panthers he has not been performing particularly well on the field. He hasn't been bad, or lacked for effort. He just has not delivered to his pay bracket. I do think he has been somewhat hamstrung by...

Potentially that is why they have chosen that wording, but is certainly a cynical viewpoint. Potentially they just looked at it and deemed it dangerous. There are some obvious ways you could argue Luai's contact was dangerous. He didn't complete the tackle i.e. wrap his arms and take him to the...

I would prefer they came out and explained how exactly they believe Luai breached the rules. He stated Luai has a duty of care to not make dangerous contact when Talagi is in a vulnerable position. And that other players have been able to pressure kickers without the dangerous contact. If he...

The NRL are claiming that contact on a kicker whilst they are in the air as part of the kicking technique is dangerous and worthy of a penalty. And to be fair to them they have been saying this for a while. Their own guidelines when they said that unnecessary contact with kickers be penalised at...

Mate, I whole heartedly agree. I mentioned after the game the cynical play frustrates me and the bin should be used more. It has only gotten worse since the 6 again era. But Luai was to blame for getting himself binned, not Sutton. Since 2020 the NRL has been telling clubs that deliberate or...

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I do somewhat agree. However the difference (according to how refs are coached) is that (most) ruck infringements are deemed flagrant whereas (most) offsides are not.

[ I think a couple of your examples are debatable but I don't want to spend the night arguing every questionable decision. I'm not going to suggest we don't receive some bad calls. But if you are going to perceive every 50/50 call that goes against us as abhorrent then of course you are going...

No. You got that correct. It was one of the dud calls I was referring to.

The joke is supposed fans of the sport that can't see what is being adjudicated. We were done for 3 ruck infringements, the ones today we're 1 ruck infringement and 2 inside 10m. They aren't the same. Similarly a ball plant is when a player puts the ball on the ground before they get to their...

Thanks. I'll keep an eye out when I do a quick rewatch without the niece.

Been only half watching whilst baby sitting. One penalty would be the Luai one. What was the other?

I appreciate he is young and still developing as a player. I also think he should go on to be the best forward out of current crop (aside from May). But he is not currently our next best forward. How do you claim a guy who hasn't broken a tackle for over a month and was not breaking many...