Penalty tries and tripping

[Tim Sheens]

Maybe I am a little grumpy after another GP loss, but geez I was upset that Lawrence was denied a try yesterday. Why did the Storm player take Chris out of the play? We all now the answer, as he was stopping him from scoring, which he was almost surely going to do until he was held back. It was not a similar situation to commiting a professional foul in the field of play when a ten minute rest is a suitable penalty.

Nobody can ever be 100% sure that a try will be scored, so why have a rule if it is not going to be applied. Same thing with the tripping rule, if you put your leg out, you should be sent off, no questions asked. There has been a spate of these cowardly acts lately and most likely because of weak officiating, yet a clean player such as Simona is missing three weeks for an inocuous tackle.

Rant over, but blood still boiling.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

Proof again that the NRL heirachy is ball-less. They make up rules and punishments as they go along.Their half-arsed attempts at policing the concussion rule is another case in point. Having a worm like Greenberg in charge will only ensure nothing changes.
I bet the next bloke they make an example of to flex their 'muscles' will be a Tigers player again, same as Simona.

 

[Telltails]

What makes me want to puke more is the apologists who throw the lines out 'we had our chances' - our position in that game had nothing to do with chance, we were there against the odds. Keep accepting the crap and they will keep throwing it at us.
Questions can be respectfully asked and they need to be.

 

[innsaneink]

Well… Either way... We did have our chance's to win even with the dodgy rip off calls..... But we also would've won if correct calls were mademade including the Tedesco hit
Facts are facts looking back

 

[ricksen]

Old mate that tripped Moses got a grade 1 charge, and has escaped suspension with an early guilty plea.

 

[Russell]

Old mate that tripped Moses got a grade 1 charge, and has escaped suspension with an early guilty plea.

Why am I not surprised?

He was lucky he wasn't wearing a Tigers jumper.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

What makes me want to puke more is the apologists who throw the lines out 'we had our chances' - our position in that game had nothing to do with chance, we were there against the odds. Keep accepting the crap and they will keep throwing it at us.
Questions can be respectfully asked and they need to be.

Can we puke together?

After that Lawrence held back non try the team should have walked off the field in protest to demonstrate that they are not putting with that BS. And how many extra footballs were kicked onto the field? Big fat ZERO! You need someone with my radical protesting experience leading the charge, A few Jasmin kebabs with garlic sauce and laughs afterwards will be sufficient payment.

And JT nearly exploding with gluten free lentil passing wind would be more like it.

 

[WestsSupporter]

If the roles were reversed, Mitchell Moses would be suspended and Melbourne would have been awarded the penalty try.

 

[Newtown]

What makes me want to puke more is the apologists who throw the lines out 'we had our chances' - our position in that game had nothing to do with chance, we were there against the odds. Keep accepting the crap and they will keep throwing it at us.
Questions can be respectfully asked and they need to be.

For a team like Wests Tigers there are only limited chances to win a match. If blatantly wrong referee calls take out at least one or two of those chances the likelihood of Wests Tigers winning the match are then drastically limited because Wests Tigers must ensure that points result from every one of those remaining limited chances. Ironically the two match referees are more likely to be put under the microscope If an underdog team like Wests Tigers wins a match against a team like Melbourne.

 

[WestsSupporter]

What makes me want to puke more is the apologists who throw the lines out 'we had our chances' - our position in that game had nothing to do with chance, we were there against the odds. Keep accepting the crap and they will keep throwing it at us.
Questions can be respectfully asked and they need to be.

For a team like Wests Tigers there are only limited chances to win a match. If blatantly wrong referee calls take out at least one or two of those chances the likelihood of Wests Tigers winning the match are then drastically limited because Wests Tigers must ensure that points result from every one of those remaining limited chances. Ironically the two match referees are more likely to be put under the microscope If an underdog team like Wests Tigers wins a match against a team like Melbourne.

Don't forget how refs make us get off tackles quicker than the other team…I'm not even being sarcastic. The amount of penalties we've conceded when the ref has asked the Tigers to give an unreasonably quick play of the ball is absurd.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

As i said in the other thread, the precedent for them not giving a penalty try was set in the Roosters/Warriors game. It isn't some conspiracy against poor old us. Take off the tin foil.

 

[Newtown]

Tripping is now a send off/sin bin offence so it is quite likely that the case for penalty tries will also be looked at this season.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

Tripping is now a send off/sin bin offence so it is quite likely that the case for penalty tries will also be looked at this season.

When it suits the NRL's agenda they will have a look at changing it.
Tripping mustn't be a send off or sin bin offence at the moment because no-one has been sin binned, sent off or suspended for one this year and there has been plenty. Just another of the rules of the game that seems to be ignored until the next 'crackdown' on the flavour-of-the-month rule ie playing the ball with your foot, being square at marker etc

 

[Fade_To_Black]

As i said in the other thread, the precedent for them not giving a penalty try was set in the Roosters/Warriors game. It isn't some conspiracy against poor old us. Take off the tin foil.

I haven't seen anyone on here state that ours should of been a try but the Warriors' one shouldn't. Not sure what barrow you are trying to push with your statement?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

As i said in the other thread, the precedent for them not giving a penalty try was set in the Roosters/Warriors game. It isn't some conspiracy against poor old us. Take off the tin foil.

I haven't seen anyone on here state that ours should of been a try but the Warriors' one shouldn't. Not sure what barrow you are trying to push with your statement?

You're on a mission tonight. 5 notifications, all from you :laughing:

 

[Chevy]

The Storm have added tripping to their game because the grub tactics of grapple,chicken wing and crusher tackles are no longer permitted in Nrl.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

As i said in the other thread, the precedent for them not giving a penalty try was set in the Roosters/Warriors game. It isn't some conspiracy against poor old us. Take off the tin foil.

I haven't seen anyone on here state that ours should of been a try but the Warriors' one shouldn't. Not sure what barrow you are trying to push with your statement?

You're on a mission tonight. 5 notifications, all from you :laughing:

Anyone who says it is all we can ask for- consistency from the bunker- even though their decisions are sometimes horribly wrong, will usually get a response from me because I reckon that is garbage.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

As i said in the other thread, the precedent for them not giving a penalty try was set in the Roosters/Warriors game. It isn't some conspiracy against poor old us. Take off the tin foil.

I haven't seen anyone on here state that ours should of been a try but the Warriors' one shouldn't. Not sure what barrow you are trying to push with your statement?

You're on a mission tonight. 5 notifications, all from you :laughing:

Anyone who says it is all we can ask for- consistency from the bunker- even though their decisions are sometimes horribly wrong, will usually get a response from me because I reckon that is garbage.

Well i am glad i could let you get it out of your system

 

[WestsSupporter]

Paul Carter…another trip gone unnoticed.

Also more sackless referees. Sam Burgess was warned, then did the ultimate dog shot (hitting a defenseless player on the ground), nothing. I HATE THE NRL.

 

[hobbo]

Paul Carter…another trip gone unnoticed.

Also more sackless referees. Sam Burgess was warned, then did the ultimate dog shot (hitting a defenseless player on the ground), nothing. I HATE THE NRL.

Carters trip will be pulled up by the match review committee .

IMO burges's so called cheap shot was fair game as the officials won't penalise a player who surrenders in the tackle .
Even though the shot was a bit over the top .