Seriously the NRL has to come out and speak about this not just come out and say the Refs made the wrong call let's all forget about it until it happens again,It used to be maybe one or two game a week max that the Refs made a blatantly obvious error but now it's 1-2 times every game that the Refs make one. They can't just push it to the side.
Disgraceful Refereeing the NRL need to do something about it
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happy_tiger
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The Cowboys must be absolutely sick of NRL referees
Tim Sheens
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Most of the problem lies at the feet of Harrigan and his BS interpetration edict several years back. KISS, the shepherd rule worked okay for a century or so, run behind your own player and you are penalised.
happy_tiger
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@formerguest said:
Unfortunately teams and coaches have messed with it so much that the simple shepherd /obstruction plays are gone
innsaneink
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@formerguest said:
A line needs to be drawn somewhere though.
Its easy to say ''black and white, run behind your own player = penalty"
Its not that simple
Team A gather in a kick by team B….team As fullback runs behind 5 players but he is a good 30 meteres away from them
Penalty??
If you have a look at the last seconds of last night's Bulldogs v Souths match, Morris, in his effort to run the ball dead and therefore finish the match, ran sideways behind a number of his own player before running over the sideline..Souths may have had a case re obstruction. What an uproar a penalty would have caused.
southerntiger
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@Newtown said:
Yeh I saw that too. Should have been a penalty. Souths were robbed.
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Eye_Of_Da_Tiger
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It's beyond a joke. These guys have to get it right. To much rides on it.They are only consistent in being inconsistent!
Mate I'd be livid if I supported North Qld - they have been robbed by the refs far more often than just being on the end of a bad decision, once in a while.
All I really want to see is consistency - it's really not that difficult to see if a defender is impeded on the way to the try line, especially with the benefit of replays from every angle. Similar scenarios in matches last week were ruled as No Try, yet last night Manly's obvious obstruction was deemed a TRY! I just don't get why they can't make consistent decisions at all :brick:
All I really want to see is consistency - it's really not that difficult to see if a defender is impeded on the way to the try line, especially with the benefit of replays from every angle. Similar scenarios in matches last week were ruled as No Try, yet last night Manly's obvious obstruction was deemed a TRY! I just don't get why they can't make consistent decisions at all :brick:
As a referee myself I will defend them a little and say that mistakes will happen. Sometimes you make a call and almost immediately realise that it was the wrong call. Mistakes happen and will continue to happen, it's just part of the game.
The one thing I find hard to deal with however is errors in the video box. Watching the manly try it took one look to see it was an obstruction and should be no try however they somehow saw it as a try. As others have said these have been called no try all season. Fans just want consistency from week to week. Especially when they can look multiple times and slow the play down. These are not in the moment decisions where you can justify an error a little but throught out decisions where there should be little room for error let alone howlers like we have seen.
The one thing I find hard to deal with however is errors in the video box. Watching the manly try it took one look to see it was an obstruction and should be no try however they somehow saw it as a try. As others have said these have been called no try all season. Fans just want consistency from week to week. Especially when they can look multiple times and slow the play down. These are not in the moment decisions where you can justify an error a little but throught out decisions where there should be little room for error let alone howlers like we have seen.
cqtiger
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Half the time the commentators disagree on a ruling. Gee, on here we disagree on just about everything.
Unless the one referee controls every game, then we are going to get inconsistent rulings
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Unless the one referee controls every game, then we are going to get inconsistent rulings
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@cqtiger said:
really? Ive found the commentators agreeing with each other quite often, just not with the refs.
why would one ref in a game mean more consistency week to week or game to game, which is the issue? not that im saying two refs is necessarily superior, but i dont think this is an issue it solves much.
Tim Sheens
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@innsaneink said:
Maybe I should have specified a distance (being an unwritten rule of a defender within five odd metres of the ball if not taken out by a runner until the recent change), but I did not feel the need having stated the longevity of the well known rule.
No doubt anyone other than the youngsters will remember just how simple it was, the crowd would yell shepherd as one and a penalty would be given. It was very rare for it to be anything else as it was easy to police, regardless of the use of multiple decoys or the delayed pass, that I assume Happy alluded to and is more prevalent nowadays.
innsaneink
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Yeas, it WAS easy to police THEN….not so now
Tim Sheens
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All they have to do is blow the whistle and quick smart.the coaches will stop their players running and throwing passes behind a series of runners.
Only six and a half rounds ago, the ruck was as slow as a wet week, with wrestling and a form of slow dance being the norm. Here we are fresh into a new season, the music is quiet and the play the ball is much speedier.
Only six and a half rounds ago, the ruck was as slow as a wet week, with wrestling and a form of slow dance being the norm. Here we are fresh into a new season, the music is quiet and the play the ball is much speedier.
