Interesting Article from the SMH today…
Maybe we are too one eyed when it comes to the refs and how we are treated?...there is an interesting table in the artcile that wont come up in the post...clink on article link.
The Roosters have long suspected they don't get their fair share of penalties and a forensic look at their treatment by the whistleblowers confirms they are right.
There are any number of statistics which highlight that the tri-colours have been offside with referees in recent years, but none more so than when it comes to receiving seven or more penalties in a match. Research conducted by Sydney-based logistician and Roosters life member Alan Katzmann has found that since the 2013 grand final, NRL clubs are awarded, on average, seven or more penalties about every three matches (or 13.53 times per team in regular season games since the opening round of 2014 to last weekend).
However, it hasn't happened for the Roosters in the past 38 home-and-away matches, a 'streak' that balloons to 41 if finals game are included. Given that it has happened 203 times in the 320 matches, the Roosters appear to have reason to feel aggrieved.
The Roosters have long suspected they don't get their fair share of penalties and a forensic look at their treatment by the whistleblowers confirms they are right.
There are any number of statistics which highlight that the tri-colours have been offside with referees in recent years, but none more so than when it comes to receiving seven or more penalties in a match. Research conducted by Sydney-based logistician and Roosters life member Alan Katzmann has found that since the 2013 grand final, NRL clubs are awarded, on average, seven or more penalties about every three matches (or 13.53 times per team in regular season games since the opening round of 2014 to last weekend).
However, it hasn't happened for the Roosters in the past 38 home-and-away matches, a 'streak' that balloons to 41 if finals game are included. Given that it has happened 203 times in the 320 matches, the Roosters appear to have reason to feel aggrieved.
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Penrith (19 occasions), South Sydney and the Gold Coast have been the biggest beneficiaries when it comes to receiving seven or more penalties, while the Eels and Raiders are on the other end with just eight. However, the fact the Roosters have enjoyed the advantage just once during the period is a sore point for club officials. Premiership-winning Roosters coach Trent Robinson is aware of the anomaly but declined to comment.
"Generally teams concede penalties when they are failing to physically match their opponents and are losing the battle at the ruck," Katzmann observed.
"Given the Roosters have won 65 per cent of their home-and-away matches since the start of 2014, through what experts describe as a power game, one would expect they would be receiving a reasonable share of the penalties as sides struggle to hold their pack, which is as strong as any in the NRL, but alas the opposite is the case, with the Roosters continually conceding more penalties than most other teams, and receiving the fewest of all 16 teams in the NRL."
The Roosters have received fewer penalties than any other club in regular-season games from 2007-14 and also conceded the greatest number over the same period. While spoiling tactics or indiscipline are often given as reasons for conceding penalties, Roosters insiders are concerned the club has no control over penalties received. All coaches know that a large discrepancy against them makes the task of winning games much more difficult.
"In 2015 the gap between the penalties the Roosters received compared to other clubs has not abated," Katzmann noted.
"Through 16 matches played this season the Roosters are again at the bottom of the table for penalties received, with just 87 from 16 matches. Remember, we are not talking about penalties conceded by the Roosters, an area in which they do have some control over – these are penalties received – determined entirely upon the conduct of the Roosters' opponents each weekend, and the actions of referees in adjudicating on that conduct.
"It continually amazes how clubs' adherence to the rules when playing the Roosters, based on penalty counts, are always significantly more vigilant when playing the Roosters, compared, on average, to playing other clubs.
"Despite major changes in personnel and referees over the past decade clubs playing the Roosters have been able to maintain that discipline, even when this discipline is missing when pitted against the other [15] clubs they play each season."
NRL Referees Elite Performance Manager Tony Archer said he was in "constant dialogue with all coaches, including Trent Robinson". "In season 2015, the Roosters have conceded on average 6.8 penalties a game and have received on average 5.4 penalties a game," he said.
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Penrith (19 occasions), South Sydney and the Gold Coast have been the biggest beneficiaries when it comes to receiving seven or more penalties, while the Eels and Raiders are on the other end with just eight. However, the fact the Roosters have enjoyed the advantage just once during the period is a sore point for club officials. Premiership-winning Roosters coach Trent Robinson is aware of the anomaly but declined to comment.
"Generally teams concede penalties when they are failing to physically match their opponents and are losing the battle at the ruck," Katzmann observed.
"Given the Roosters have won 65 per cent of their home-and-away matches since the start of 2014, through what experts describe as a power game, one would expect they would be receiving a reasonable share of the penalties as sides struggle to hold their pack, which is as strong as any in the NRL, but alas the opposite is the case, with the Roosters continually conceding more penalties than most other teams, and receiving the fewest of all 16 teams in the NRL."
The Roosters have received fewer penalties than any other club in regular-season games from 2007-14 and also conceded the greatest number over the same period. While spoiling tactics or indiscipline are often given as reasons for conceding penalties, Roosters insiders are concerned the club has no control over penalties received. All coaches know that a large discrepancy against them makes the task of winning games much more difficult.
"In 2015 the gap between the penalties the Roosters received compared to other clubs has not abated," Katzmann noted.
"Through 16 matches played this season the Roosters are again at the bottom of the table for penalties received, with just 87 from 16 matches. Remember, we are not talking about penalties conceded by the Roosters, an area in which they do have some control over – these are penalties received – determined entirely upon the conduct of the Roosters' opponents each weekend, and the actions of referees in adjudicating on that conduct.
"It continually amazes how clubs' adherence to the rules when playing the Roosters, based on penalty counts, are always significantly more vigilant when playing the Roosters, compared, on average, to playing other clubs.
"Despite major changes in personnel and referees over the past decade clubs playing the Roosters have been able to maintain that discipline, even when this discipline is missing when pitted against the other [15] clubs they play each season."
NRL Referees Elite Performance Manager Tony Archer said he was in "constant dialogue with all coaches, including Trent Robinson". "In season 2015, the Roosters have conceded on average 6.8 penalties a game and have received on average 5.4 penalties a game," he said.
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Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/seven-up-the-alarming-penalty-stat-the-sydney-roosters-fear-is-ruining-their-nrl-campaign-20150715-gid3lq.html#ixzz3fznmBHvR
