2026 refereeing thread

How bad has the refereeing been this year.
The try that manly scored with multiple players infront of the kicker and the bunker gets it wrong... wtaf.. how do they keep their jobs
Damien Cook called out the refs in the Dragons post match press conference and straight up said he thinks they’re biased toward the top teams, with the bottom teams not getting any 50/50 calls. This is something fans of the game in general, and certainly on here have expressed so it’s interesting to hear that view also come from a player.
 
How bad has the refereeing been this year.
The try that manly scored with multiple players infront of the kicker and the bunker gets it wrong... wtaf.. how do they keep their jobs
If you take note of players in front of the kicker and then inside the 10 metres, it happens frequently. The bunker normally only looks at it if a try is scored. The linesman does nothing these days except raise flags or call Tiger players for forward passes. Commentators see the call is wrong then politely move on fearing they might upset officialdom. The roll ball seems to be officiated on only on special days.
 
I recently heard a commentator suggest take the human out of the bunker and use AI. Im beginning to think there is some merit in it. At least the uniformity of decisions would be better.
 
I recently heard a commentator suggest take the human out of the bunker and use AI. Im beginning to think there is some merit in it. At least the uniformity of decisions would be better.
As long as Ai doesn’t have a gambling addiction he’s gotta be more trustworthy than the Klowns in charge now.
Couldn’t be any worse.
 
Scumbag cheat who makes a mockery of what should be a respectable position and a disgrace to all the non cheating NRL referees of the past. Poppy BF would’ve sacked this Klown when he was in charge t_o, on the first day it came to light. But not the current admin and the big knob is the biggest problem, fostering such an environment.
It makes me ill seeing this cheating Klown get more games then some of the great refs of the past.
 
As long as Ai doesn’t have a gambling addiction he’s gotta be more trustworthy than the Klowns in charge now.
Couldn’t be any worse.
Yep. AI can do many things given a set of decision parameters. Given my previous lack of success in picking trifectas with the nags, it wouldn't take much to surpass this human. Anyhow, back to the main bit, the more I think of it having AI to decide much of the bunker and sideline work could well speed up things and help minimise accusations of bias.
 
Yep. AI can do many things given a set of decision parameters. Given my previous lack of success in picking trifectas with the nags, it wouldn't take much to surpass this human. Anyhow, back to the main bit, the more I think of it having AI to decide much of the bunker and sideline work could well speed up things and help minimise accusations of bias.
I remember the days before replays, and I remember us all saying that if we just watched the bloody replay we’d get all the correct decisions.
Oh how wrong we were.
 
Its like one man has control, he sits in a box and see's the exact same thing we do, and yet, time and time again that man in the box can come up with a decission that 99% of spectators disagree with.

Ive always touted for the referee and linesmen and ref in the box to all be linked as they can all see the same vision we can, On the big screen

Let them all have a vote for the result.

A lot better results will occur.
 
Scumbag cheat who makes a mockery of what should be a respectable position and a disgrace to all the non cheating NRL referees of the past. Poppy BF would’ve sacked this Klown when he was in charge t_o, on the first day it came to light. But not the current admin and the big knob is the biggest problem, fostering such an environment.
It makes me ill seeing this cheating Klown get more games then some of the great refs of the past.

This is what you get when you have an ex failed LNP politician in charge of integrity and fairness in a sporting organisation.Politicians of ALL persuasions should never be in control of anything that they can not be removed from by the general public in a vote.
 
This is what you get when you have an ex failed LNP politician in charge of integrity and fairness in a sporting organisation.Politicians of ALL persuasions should never be in control of anything that they can not be removed from by the general public in a vote.
politicians should never be in charge of integrity or fairness of anything.
 
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