Annesley comfortable with challenge, not penalty following

[softlaw]

Nrl creating a bad precedent in saying the challenge was allowed.
You watch. Every game will finish with a challenge now.

exactly.
They have now said that the last play (of each half) is completely different to every other play in the game in that it always ends in a stoppage, with the stoppage being indicated by a short whistle. As that is a stoppage anything between the last play the ball (or apparently kick off in this case) and the short whistle can be challenged. That means that the 'referee' should also give each team 10 seconds after that short whistle before blowing a long whistle to indicate the actual end of the half/ game.
ie, unlike any other play there is an automatic right to challenge anything in the last play.
So basically the Captain can simply say I challenge and then make something up in the hope it happens.
And if the 'referee' does not give them 10 seconds, or significantly longer if they feel like it, then they are actually negating both teams right to challenge.
Go for it Jimmy T, when there's a challenge left from here on in just use it on the last play to make a point as to the stupidity of this post-event justification that they've made up.

 

[haynefan]

They're saying that as they know it would be a straight win (legal action) if they say otherwise

I would love to see Annesley in a real court of law explain how the NRL's written laws justified a captains challenge in that situation. 🤣

 

[stryker 69]

How is this possible if we were the ones penalised then we should have been able to challenge

Our appeal was denied

 

[member850]

The following happened to us last week vs the panthers just on half time. Hastings spoke to referee Gough about the grab but was told he didn’t see it. It was a possible professional foul and Kenny could have spent 10 in the bin.
So in this case can we now demand a challenge or not ?


The Tigers were trailing 12-10 with 60 seconds remaining in the first half when James Tamou was grabbed by Kenny moments before receiving the ball.
Tamou was charging towards a gap the middle field when the contact from Kenny caused him to hit the deck.
“Tamou up the middle, was he held? The crowd think so but the referee didn’t see it,” Matt Russell said on Fox League.
Tigers skipper Jackson Hastings asked referee Peter Gough for an explanation as the players walked off the field at half-time.
“Teams like us mate, we need calls like that,” Hastings said.
“I’m not going to blow up at you. It’s just hard when it’s a jersey grab.”
Gough saw where Hastings was coming from but told the Tigers star he simply didn’t see it.
“I can understand how important those decisions can be. I do my best to try and see it live but there are going to be things I miss,” Gough said.
Fox League expert Braith Anasta asked Flanagan and Greg Alexander whether Kenny deserved to be marched.
“Kenny just grabs onto Tamou as he was about to get the footy. He makes enough contact there with Tamou for him to fall over, is this a professional foul? Should this have been 10 minutes in the bin?” Anasta said.

 

[The SHADOW]

NRL you fools. What rules book. There seems to be 2 versions here , the rules we know and the rules they hide.
Remember the storm had 2 books with two different salary cap entries .
we all know what happened there .

 

[The SHADOW]

I’d love to ask this clown about how many more grey areas exist in the rule book, and to provide some examples. Hahaha
enjoy him while his still around .

 

[The SHADOW]

In April this year, after the Titans v Eels game............Annesley said

The NRL does not want the game to become like NFL, with constant stoppages to review each play, and the captain’s challenge is only permitted to contest a decision by the referee. They include:

• Offside - kick chase
• Re-start infringements
• Stealing the ball
• Foul play
• Obstruction
• Mid-air tackle

Incidents not detected by the match officials can't be challenged if there is no stoppage and players cannot deliberately force play to stop so they can call for a captain's challenge.

NRL could not hold NFL scrutiny. Hard to near impossible for officials to openly make rules on the run and get away with it. Everything is scrutinised in NFL.
NRL corrupters have to much to lose if they follow NFLs lead.