Pat Richards "lose" carry

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beats me how they ruled on that one! Whilst I am fully supportive of the player carrying the ball having a secure hold, the number of times I have seen it been called in favour of the player holding the ball is 100 to 1\. But then again, so were the chances of losing a scrum against the feed… :unamused:
 
They even replayed the hit on Lawrence before the scrum was fed and still didn't overturn it.
Loose carry pigs arse was hit in the melon and had to come off under the concussion rule.
They had it for us yesterday.
These refs should be forced to do Press Conference's like Coaches.
Bloody protected species.
 
The problem with calls such as a loose carry versus the ball being stripped is that it is very subjective and can vary from referee to referee. The second Newcastle player in the Richards tackle does come in contact with the ball but even after numerous viewings from the video refs it was decided that it was a loose carry. I can live with the decision, however there are numerous occasions during a game that the on field refs judge when the ball comes loose in a tackle that it warrants a penalty even though subsequent replays may suggest differently. Unfortunately, unless we view every infringement countless times to assess whether a penalty is warranted we just have to accept a refs interpretation as the alternative will have the game taking 3 hours to complete.
 
Beautiful Scott had his other arm trapped behind his back in the tackle from what I remember anyway. So he couldn't have held it more secure if he wanted to?

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The current interpretation in 95% of times is that that is a strip. Now i have no issue with them doing a n NRL wide reinterpretation, which has to be done explicitly and consistently across the entire NRL.

The other issue was that if it was a loose carry, then it would've been also knocked on by Smith.
 
"The current interpretation in 95% of times is that that is a strip."

Correct - that is my point. Even the commentators were saying that the referees had gone against their own "rule" so to speak..

Amongst too many (useless) apps, we may need to develop one that explains ref's calls, me thinks…
 
@foreveratiger said:
They even replayed the hit on Lawrence before the scrum was fed and still didn't overturn it.
Loose carry pigs arse was hit in the melon and had to come off under the concussion rule.
They had it for us yesterday.
These refs should be forced to do Press Conference's like Coaches.
Bloody protected species.
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Sorry guys wrong thread :blush: :laughing:
 
@Demonborger said:
The current interpretation in 95% of times is that that is a strip. Now i have no issue with them doing a n NRL wide reinterpretation, which has to be done explicitly and consistently across the entire NRL.

The other issue was that if it was a loose carry, then it would've been also knocked on by Smith.
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My problem is Phil Gould saying that it came loose while Smith was trying to make a tackle, when clearly he was just swiping at the ball.

Anyway between that call and the Lawrence KO i was yelling at the TV all afternoon and now my family hates me
 
The loose carry/strip rule ruins the game as its open to each referees interpretation. The rule should be if the ball comes loose its play on - emphasis on the ball carrier to secure the ball.
But under the current rules 99 times out of 100 that would have been deemed a strip. I was furious watching that. And just to make it worse Moses and Nofa I think get penalised for a strip in the next set when the Knights lost the ball in the tackle.
But after all that I don't think that call cost us the game - it was all the errors

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@foreveratiger said:
They even replayed the hit on Lawrence before the scrum was fed and still didn't overturn it.
Loose carry pigs arse was hit in the melon and had to come off under the concussion rule.
They had it for us yesterday.
These refs should be forced to do Press Conference's like Coaches.
Bloody protected species.
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Tell it like it is FT. Agree with all of that. :rant
 
I have no problem with them calling it a loose carry however Smith's hand hits the ball and therefore it was a knockon and is ruled a knockon on every occasion I have seen this happen.
 
They have been very consistent in ruling strips or knock on in instances such as these. There is no doubt the ball touches smiths hand- if patty was trying to pass, isn't it an accidental knock on from smith?

Either way, it was the wrong decision. Can't remember if it went to video ref?

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@mightymagpie said:
The loose carry/strip rule ruins the game as its open to each referees interpretation. The rule should be if the ball comes loose its play on - emphasis on the ball carrier to secure the ball.
But under the current rules 99 times out of 100 that would have been deemed a strip. I was furious watching that. And just to make it worse Moses and Nofa I think get penalised for a strip in the next set when the Knights lost the ball in the tackle.
But after all that I don't think that call cost us the game - it was all the errors

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It wasn't even the ref's interpretation, the ref called it no try.

The video ref overruled them

I'm almost done with this sport, I swear no other game has to put up with these monumental stuff ups Every. Single. Week
 
@diedpretty said:
I have no problem with them calling it a loose carry however Smith's hand hits the ball and therefore it was a knockon and is ruled a knockon on every occasion I have seen this happen.
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100% correct

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@Geo. said:
It's loose…just sayin...
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And it annoys me no end, so any chance of remedying it?

Loose carry my arse, anyone swiping at the ball like Smith did will knock it out, just about without fail. Worse still, he was the second man in and knocked the bloody thing forward as well.
 
@Demonborger said:
The current interpretation in 95% of times is that that is a strip. Now i have no issue with them doing a n NRL wide reinterpretation, which has to be done explicitly and consistently across the entire NRL.

The other issue was that if it was a loose carry, then it would've been also knocked on by Smith.
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Thats the issue. It doesn't matter whether its a strip or not, its still a knock on. Ridiculous ruling. Same thing happened at the other end of the field about 20 mins later and they got us for a strip.
 
@foreveratiger said:
They even replayed the hit on Lawrence before the scrum was fed and still didn't overturn it.
Loose carry pigs arse was hit in the melon and had to come off under the concussion rule.
They had it for us yesterday.
These refs should be forced to do Press Conference's like Coaches.
Bloody protected species.
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Until each club is allowed the opportunity to question three refereeing decisions following each game nothing will change. They are protected species with no repercussions for inept performances. Excuses will be continued to be made, and some teams will seemingly be unjustly treated compared to others. Let them speak!
 
Captain's calls or challenges could be something to look at down the track but with the stop start nature of the game atm this probably won't be coming into effect any time soon.

I don't know, there's been some really dud calls against us this year. I know JT hasn't whinged on camera about it which i applaud but i do hope he's having a quiet word with these refs after games about certain calls because some have been abysmal.
 
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