The Sin Bin

[jadtiger]

Every time I see that ref I think he is walking around with a large pole up his arse.

You sure it is not an italian instead of a pole?

 

[1eyedmel]

You sure it is not an italian instead of a pole?

🤣👍

 

[hank37w]

Yeah, the refereeing is always garbage.

That ref in particular is a dork.

What more can you say, other than, "I'll get you Butler."

 

[BAGNF05]

I only just finished watching the highlights, but that sin bin was surely an awful call.. might be ok with a Penalty but he's hit him before the ball has made contact with the boot. Not reckless or late.

And since they score off the same play, doesn't that negate the offence any way? If someone commits a professional foul and they end up scoring, they don't still get sin binned.

Wonder how the NRL explains this one

Shoulder charge on a kicker.

 

[Honkylips]

Definitely a sin bin. He didnt even try and make it look like a tackle. He went 100% sideways in. A dumb play that cost us big time. The tide turned after this.

 

[BAGNF05]

Definitely a sin bin. He didnt even try and make it look like a tackle. He went 100% sideways in. A dumb play that cost us big time. The tide turned after this.

I agree with you 100% but as usual 24 hours later a Dragons player got away with it, no bin. I hate our administration but there’s no doubt we get a poor deal with refs too.

 

[gregjm87]

I think we copped dud calls all night. The worst had to be off the kick off when Gutherson clearly grounded the ball in his own ingoal, then we get penalised off the first tackle...

no, the ball is only deemed grounded in the in-goal if there is defensive pressure.

 

[gregjm87]

I only just finished watching the highlights, but that sin bin was surely an awful call.. might be ok with a Penalty but he's hit him before the ball has made contact with the boot. Not reckless or late.

And since they score off the same play, doesn't that negate the offence any way? If someone commits a professional foul and they end up scoring, they don't still get sin binned.

Wonder how the NRL explains this one

A try being scored does not negate the offence as the offence was foul play not a professional foul.
I think it was a rather soft sin binning but a shoulder charge (which it fits the definition of, even though it is probably not what we think of when we think shoulder charge), highish and on a kicker.
This day and age that play was always going to be a sin bin.

 

[hank37w]

Ya party pooper.

 

[jirskyr]

Definitely a sin bin. He didnt even try and make it look like a tackle. He went 100% sideways in. A dumb play that cost us big time. The tide turned after this.

I am fine with it, the question is always about consistency - will they bin every player who makes shoulder contact with a kicker?

They did bin Tariq Sims on the weekend x2 - the first one was rubbish, he was committed and Reynolds dug deep into the line, but the second one was fair due to dangerous contact.

I'm fine so long as they are consistent and our kickers, as ordinary as they are, get protection as well.