Raiders seem like theyve strughled to adapt to the 'new rules' while the Dolphins have been impressive the last few weeks
Kurt Donohues had a bit of an impact when hes come on...hard worker
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Raiders seem like theyve strughled to adapt to the 'new rules' while the Dolphins have been impressive the last few weeks
Kurt Donohues had a bit of an impact when hes come on...hard worker
Bula
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The Dolphins shiffing canned farts.
Rock Hopper Steve
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Hope everyone who wanted Trey Fuller just seen that pathetic attempt at catching the high ball, worse than flippers of seasons past.
Phins getting such quik.ptb's...domianting field position now
Dont like that penalty but stupid from Smithies
Just gave them.an.8 point lead
Just gave them.an.8 point lead
Jedi_Tiger
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took the dolphins at $1.85
toom melbourne at $1.95
Took dragons 2 weeks ago to win first game if year against warriors at $6.50
currently paying $4
toom melbourne at $1.95
Took dragons 2 weeks ago to win first game if year against warriors at $6.50
currently paying $4
Tiger-ferret
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Just switched it on. Weekes makes a break. 2 obvious 6 to go calls not made, an obstruction with no advantage called a penalty, then forward pass from phins not called…officiating seems a little one sided.
Six to goes have been put away...for this game at least
Be interesting to see how it plays out the rest of the weekend
Wouldnt be the first time the nrl change things game wide post origin
Be interesting to see how it plays out the rest of the weekend
Wouldnt be the first time the nrl change things game wide post origin
About 9 set restarts altogether didnt think there were that many
Dolphins are a very slick team with the ball...Raiders penalised 2 or 3 times in.possesion thats criminal
Dolphins are a very slick team with the ball...Raiders penalised 2 or 3 times in.possesion thats criminal
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Ricky Stuart post match statement...not press conference.
".............What came next was a veiled swipe at the way the match was officiated and Stuart may have had a point, with referee Todd Smith appearing to have forgotten his whistle at times.
Fans used to the high volume of penalties and set restarts that have punctuated the first half of 2026 saw a different game at GIO Stadium.
Smith failed to blow a single penalty until the 35th minute and finished the first half with just one penalty and six restarts. The second period saw six penalties blown and only three restarts................"
www.foxsports.com.au
".............What came next was a veiled swipe at the way the match was officiated and Stuart may have had a point, with referee Todd Smith appearing to have forgotten his whistle at times.
Fans used to the high volume of penalties and set restarts that have punctuated the first half of 2026 saw a different game at GIO Stadium.
Smith failed to blow a single penalty until the 35th minute and finished the first half with just one penalty and six restarts. The second period saw six penalties blown and only three restarts................"
Ricky Stuart declares he has ‘never been so confused’ in stunning 108-second press conference
‘Never been so confused’: Ricky spoke for 108sec, rocked the game and walked out
www.foxsports.com.au
He’s right though . Klein , Atkins and Gee are a blight on the game . And the fact they are considered the top 3 refs by the nrl metrics , is more of an indictment than anything I could say or point to . Klein is literally refereeing another sport most games . If 99 people say a player dropped a ball he calls it a try , and vise versa . Gee seems to have had a lobotomy from the time he was once considered the best ref in the game , changing his style to match Klein( my guess because his previous style conflicted with the borderline cheating “game management style that the Sutton and Klein perfected under Annelsley) , which is more in line with a “what the F was that for” , vanilla , game management , borderline match fixing ref type style . And atkins is now the beta version or an amalgamation of both .Ricky Stuart post match statement...not press conference.
".............What came next was a veiled swipe at the way the match was officiated and Stuart may have had a point, with referee Todd Smith appearing to have forgotten his whistle at times.
Fans used to the high volume of penalties and set restarts that have punctuated the first half of 2026 saw a different game at GIO Stadium.
Smith failed to blow a single penalty until the 35th minute and finished the first half with just one penalty and six restarts. The second period saw six penalties blown and only three restarts................"
Ricky Stuart declares he has ‘never been so confused’ in stunning 108-second press conference
‘Never been so confused’: Ricky spoke for 108sec, rocked the game and walked out
The issue IMO is that these messed up interpretations seem to have been directed by Graham annelsley , who was considered a mess of a ref when he ran around in the super league black and white , and the ARL white shirt . He was horrendous back then . Guys like Harrigan , ward , even Tim mander were daylight better than him . Yet this is the bloke the nrl decided was the opinion and interpretation they’d mould the game to . A bloke who was at best in his day, 6th-7th best ref in the game .
The biggest issue is the fact that the nrl has conflated the viewership numbers and attendance increases , with the refs doing a good job . As if they’re correlated .
Last years product was good because the Kleins and the buttons of the world appeared to be being phased out , and a new breed of ref coming through with a style far more in line with Harrigan and Tim Mander back in the day . Let the men play , and let’s have a great game .
Somehow this year , the rules have changed back to suit the peacocking , self important refs . And now the nrl wider community is rightfully saying what’s been obvious for a while .
These guys are cheats . What makes them cheats ? Simply the fact they are picking and choosing who and when and what situation to apply or not apply rules . It might as well be WWE and have a guys missus jump up on the apron to distract a ref so the villain can hit the hero with a chair . It’s that obvious and on the nose.
