Refereeing

[Yossarian]

The ref was fine.
Each replay of the call was spot on.
We may think they are soft penalties but reality is they are now a penalty in every game.

The question is less about whether they were fair calls in today's climate but more about consistency. We seemed to be more harshly assessed at times.

Off topic but were you the bloke who won the Origin 2 tickets on the Matty John's Show on Thursday night?

Ha! Sadly not!!

I thought it was you because the winner had an email address something like YossWT1. ?
Congratulations aren't in order then unfortunately!

Nope but I might need to engage a lawyer!!

 

[2005magic]

Its been mentioned before by someone but there are definitely 2 differing standards of referring for the top 4 sides and the rest. All too often leniency is given to the top 4 slowing play etc but no leniency is given their 'lesser' opponents. The double standards are obvious as hell to the watcher, I dont know what the solution is. The NRL and referee bosses arent interested and coaches blowing up earns nothing except a fine. Mind you when the double standard applies, I would hope / expect the coach to mouth off.

I dunno but sometimes, where some terrible instances are involved where one side is penalised and the other isnt for many times through out the same match, I'd be tempted to take civil court action with the film as evidence in hand, and put the referee, the touch judges and bunker referee, the referee's boss and the NRL before a judge to explain the interpretations , why and why not and have them fight a bias case- even unconscious bias.

 

[Tiger5150]

I don’t watch many panthers games but if this is how all their games are officiated, it is no wonder they are undefeated...

Souffs 2.0

 

[Tiger5150]

Its been mentioned before by someone but there are definitely 2 differing standards of referring for the top 4 sides and the rest. All too often leniency is given to the top 4 slowing play etc but no leniency is given their 'lesser' opponents. The double standards are obvious as hell to the watcher, I dont know what the solution is. The NRL and referee bosses arent interested and coaches blowing up earns nothing except a fine. Mind you when the double standard applies, I would hope / expect the coach to mouth off.

I dunno but sometimes, where some terrible instances are involved where one side is penalised and the other isnt for many times through out the same match, I'd be tempted to take civil court action with the film as evidence in hand, and put the referee, the touch judges and bunker referee, the referee's boss and the NRL before a judge to explain the interpretations , why and why not and have them fight a bias case- even unconscious bias.

I actually think its a Leichhardt thing. The whole "Leichhardt crowd atmosphere" thing and the refs are like, I'm going to show that they arent influencing me. To my biased brain we always seem to cop it with refs at Leichhardt.

 

[rustycage]

The ref was fine.
Each replay of the call was spot on.
We may think they are soft penalties but reality is they are now a penalty in every game.

For us they are. Not necessarily our ooponents

 

[tigger19]

Can't believe Fox Sports complaining about the tigers penalty try and the penalty given for Laurie's high shot , tigers copped penalties the whole game for less contact than those two incidents, not to mention the countless six against given to Penrith. It was almost like the Nrl felt sorry for them having 7 origin players selected and wanted to help them out .

 

[supercoach]

We certainly did not help our cause with some really dumb and lazy plays that gave the pea blower ammunition to penalise us.

Although the six again avalanche to Penrith was hard to understand. From my vantage point on the hill, our ruck speed and ten yards was probably better than Penrith’s. I have said for a long time that teams are adjudicated on their position on the ladder or by a perceived reputation.

Sadly because the two big calls went rightly our way, very little will be said or done about the six again debacle