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Re: Playing the whistle
I think there's an unspoken rule that when the touch judge puts up their flag, the ref will blow the whistle and play will stop. Actually it's not even unspoken, it's up there in the rule book
The ref should have blown the whistle right there and this thread wouldn't need to exist... but it was just too easy for him to hold out and refer it to the bunker. Chaos ensued
The ref should have blown the whistle right there and this thread wouldn't need to exist... but it was just too easy for him to hold out and refer it to the bunker. Chaos ensued
Re: Playing the whistle
Well, that didn't happen, so it's not right, and they should have played the whistle and stopped the try and we would not have been here to begin with. But alas..dubby wrote:"An NRL spokesman conceded the touch judge’s flag should not have gone up but when it did the onfield ref should have stopped play."
NRL statement issued.
Pigman and Lucy are wrong.
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Also, that's an entirely different interpretation than the one stated above in the rules. So the NRL is wrong in one way or another.
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Re: Playing the whistle
Haha. Good ol Lucy: I'm wrong, but I'm still right!!!
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The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.
If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
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Re: Playing the whistle
Spot on.
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The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.
If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
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Re: Playing the whistle
Yep. Pigman and Lucy dying on a ridiculous hill together here. Amazing.dubby wrote:"An NRL spokesman conceded the touch judge’s flag should not have gone up but when it did the onfield ref should have stopped play."
NRL statement issued.
Pigman and Lucy are wrong.
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Even when the NRL, Referee Boss, ex players and journalists say it was the wrong decision Pigman and Captain Punish still hold firm.gangrenous wrote:Yep. Pigman and Lucy dying on a ridiculous hill together here. Amazing.dubby wrote:"An NRL spokesman conceded the touch judge’s flag should not have gone up but when it did the onfield ref should have stopped play."
NRL statement issued.
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Surely these two have zero credibility going forward. We can always remind them of today when they next claim a referee had no bearing on the result.
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Re: Playing the whistle
I'm now reading elsewhere that the referee is not allowed to send it up to the bunker if the touch judge raises his flag. If so, we were screwed on a whole new level as well.
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Re: Playing the whistle
Great. So the ref should have stopped the game is the NRL’s view, despite that not being how they do things in obvious try scoring situations, they are more than happy to let the game play out in those circumstances. And the touch judge shouldn’t have raised his flag.
The reality of the situation is the game wasn’t stopped, so what do we do? We can stand arsound arguing or we can play football and stop a try
the touch judge raising his flag doesn’t stop the game. By the rule book he can not stop the game, only the on field official can. So whether he should stop the game is one thing, that he didn’t and we stopped playing is entirely on us.
For what reasons the on field official elected to let play continue, which is what our players should have done, continued to play and saving a try, which we could have easily done, we stood around gesturing at officials. It cost us, it shouldn’t have
It goes back to what you’re taught on day 1 of any sport
Play to the whistle.
And this is why, so you don’t get **** like this. If we play to the whistle, we remove the ability for these errors by the officials and bunker
The reality of the situation is the game wasn’t stopped, so what do we do? We can stand arsound arguing or we can play football and stop a try
the touch judge raising his flag doesn’t stop the game. By the rule book he can not stop the game, only the on field official can. So whether he should stop the game is one thing, that he didn’t and we stopped playing is entirely on us.
For what reasons the on field official elected to let play continue, which is what our players should have done, continued to play and saving a try, which we could have easily done, we stood around gesturing at officials. It cost us, it shouldn’t have
It goes back to what you’re taught on day 1 of any sport
Play to the whistle.
And this is why, so you don’t get **** like this. If we play to the whistle, we remove the ability for these errors by the officials and bunker
Re: Playing the whistle
This is embarrassing now.Pigman wrote:17.43. The Touch Judge cannot stop the play for any signals infringement but he may signal the nature of an infringement if the Referee is unsighted and seeks his guidance.
There is. The touch judge can not stop play. The on field referee is the one who can whistle a play dead based on the touch judges signals and advise. It was clear in this case the touch judge improperly signaled his flag for a knock on as if the ball was in touch, it was clearly not in touch, and the on field official allowed play to continue.
Like I said. Play the whistle. But in the end this is semantics! The try should not have been awarded
I’d love to know how the bunker felt there was enough conclusive evidence to overturn the no try call. No view showed conclusively that the sharks didn’t touch the ball, there was no justification to over turn it
Now if what GE says is correct and there was a whistle, that’s a totally different thing. I’ll be trying to listen for that at some point today for myself, but if there was any sound out of that whistle, then absolutely the raiders players did the right thing and that play should not have been allowed to stand
I honestly can't explain this any more clearly, Nick.
Son, we live in a world that has forums, and those forums have to be guarded by Mods. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Nickman? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Lucy, and you curse GE. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know -- that GE’s moderation, while tragic, probably saved lives; and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, keeps threads on track and under the appropriately sized, highlighted green headings.
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Re: Playing the whistle
How many times do we see the whistle not used. A player drops the ball as cold as a spud. Everybody in the ground knows it's a knock on. The ref "says" knock on..there's no whistle. It happens all the time.
Play to the whistle sure..
How about this scenario..
A player carrying the ball 5m out from the tryline drops it cold, regathers it and plants it over the tryline before the whistle has been blown..ha
Play to the whistle sure..
How about this scenario..
A player carrying the ball 5m out from the tryline drops it cold, regathers it and plants it over the tryline before the whistle has been blown..ha
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Re: Playing the whistle
You could try...T_R wrote:This is embarrassing now.Pigman wrote:17.43. The Touch Judge cannot stop the play for any signals infringement but he may signal the nature of an infringement if the Referee is unsighted and seeks his guidance.
There is. The touch judge can not stop play. The on field referee is the one who can whistle a play dead based on the touch judges signals and advise. It was clear in this case the touch judge improperly signaled his flag for a knock on as if the ball was in touch, it was clearly not in touch, and the on field official allowed play to continue.
Like I said. Play the whistle. But in the end this is semantics! The try should not have been awarded
I’d love to know how the bunker felt there was enough conclusive evidence to overturn the no try call. No view showed conclusively that the sharks didn’t touch the ball, there was no justification to over turn it
Now if what GE says is correct and there was a whistle, that’s a totally different thing. I’ll be trying to listen for that at some point today for myself, but if there was any sound out of that whistle, then absolutely the raiders players did the right thing and that play should not have been allowed to stand
I honestly can't explain this any more clearly, Nick.
Re: Playing the whistle
Nor can I. The touch judge raising his flag doesn’t stop play. He can not stop play. The play only stops if the on field official calls it.
He didn’t stop play. We did stop playing.
A try was incorrectly overturned by the bunker.
A **** up on every single level. Including ours.
He didn’t stop play. We did stop playing.
A try was incorrectly overturned by the bunker.
A **** up on every single level. Including ours.
Re: Playing the whistle
I honestly don't understand how this is possible.
But you know what? I have better things to do.
But you know what? I have better things to do.
Son, we live in a world that has forums, and those forums have to be guarded by Mods. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Nickman? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Lucy, and you curse GE. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know -- that GE’s moderation, while tragic, probably saved lives; and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, keeps threads on track and under the appropriately sized, highlighted green headings.
You want moderation because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that forum -- you need me on that forum. We use words like "stay on topic," "use the appropriate forum," "please delete." We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very moderation that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather that you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you get a green handle and edit a post. Either way, I don't give a DAMN what you think about moderation.
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Re: Playing the whistle
I'm sorry, I enjoy reading the posts of those saying the Raiders players should have played to the whistle but in this instance you need to take the circumstances leading up to the try into consideration. If nothing had happened then what you are saying is correct - play the whistle. But in this instance we have the following;
1. Touch Judge raises flag
2. Ref says "Knock On".
3. Unconfirmed reports as yet, but potentially a blown whistle.
It is like being at a set of lights that just turn green and driving through despite a Police Officer signalling you to stop before then saying to keep going. Despite the light being green you are going to hold up traffic to see what the Police Officer wants before starting to drive again, even though the lights are saying to drive.
1. Touch Judge raises flag
2. Ref says "Knock On".
3. Unconfirmed reports as yet, but potentially a blown whistle.
It is like being at a set of lights that just turn green and driving through despite a Police Officer signalling you to stop before then saying to keep going. Despite the light being green you are going to hold up traffic to see what the Police Officer wants before starting to drive again, even though the lights are saying to drive.
Re: Playing the whistle
Good decision. He has never once admitted that he is wrong. Despite all of evidence confirming that he is wrong here, he will stick to his guns. At least the wall might give way. Or your skull.T_R wrote:I honestly don't understand how this is possible.
But you know what? I have better things to do.
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Re: Playing the whistle
There's absolutely no consistency from week to week anyway.
What our officidam throw up today won't stand next week...hence the frustration.
Quoting our coach...we are the only sport in the world that changes rules mid week, " I get an email on Wednesday telling me of a rule change, I have one training session"
What our officidam throw up today won't stand next week...hence the frustration.
Quoting our coach...we are the only sport in the world that changes rules mid week, " I get an email on Wednesday telling me of a rule change, I have one training session"
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Actually, Im currently enjoying the company of your colleagues at Queensland Health. My little halfback is out for another seasonDr Zaius wrote:Good decision. He has never once admitted that he is wrong. Despite all of evidence confirming that he is wrong here, he will stick to his guns. At least the wall might give way. Or your skull.T_R wrote:I honestly don't understand how this is possible.
But you know what? I have better things to do.
Son, we live in a world that has forums, and those forums have to be guarded by Mods. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Nickman? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Lucy, and you curse GE. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know -- that GE’s moderation, while tragic, probably saved lives; and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, keeps threads on track and under the appropriately sized, highlighted green headings.
You want moderation because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that forum -- you need me on that forum. We use words like "stay on topic," "use the appropriate forum," "please delete." We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very moderation that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather that you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you get a green handle and edit a post. Either way, I don't give a DAMN what you think about moderation.
Re: Playing the whistle
Well I'm sure that a visit to SCUH is more enjoyable and productive than debating with Pigman.T_R wrote:Actually, Im currently enjoying the company of your colleagues at Queensland Health. My little halfback is out for another seasonDr Zaius wrote:Good decision. He has never once admitted that he is wrong. Despite all of evidence confirming that he is wrong here, he will stick to his guns. At least the wall might give way. Or your skull.T_R wrote:I honestly don't understand how this is possible.
But you know what? I have better things to do.
I hope the little man is alright. Your son that is, not pig. Screw him
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I'll swipe some drugs and get back into it with Pigman, pain suitably dulled.Dr Zaius wrote:Well I'm sure that a visit to SCUH is more enjoyable and productive than debating with Pigman.T_R wrote:Actually, Im currently enjoying the company of your colleagues at Queensland Health. My little halfback is out for another seasonDr Zaius wrote:Good decision. He has never once admitted that he is wrong. Despite all of evidence confirming that he is wrong here, he will stick to his guns. At least the wall might give way. Or your skull.T_R wrote:I honestly don't understand how this is possible.
But you know what? I have better things to do.
I hope the little man is alright. Your son that is, not pig. Screw him
Son, we live in a world that has forums, and those forums have to be guarded by Mods. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Nickman? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Lucy, and you curse GE. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know -- that GE’s moderation, while tragic, probably saved lives; and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, keeps threads on track and under the appropriately sized, highlighted green headings.
You want moderation because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that forum -- you need me on that forum. We use words like "stay on topic," "use the appropriate forum," "please delete." We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very moderation that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather that you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you get a green handle and edit a post. Either way, I don't give a DAMN what you think about moderation.
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Useful for that caved in skullT_R wrote:I'll swipe some drugs and get back into it with Pigman, pain suitably dulled.Dr Zaius wrote:Well I'm sure that a visit to SCUH is more enjoyable and productive than debating with Pigman.T_R wrote:Actually, Im currently enjoying the company of your colleagues at Queensland Health. My little halfback is out for another seasonDr Zaius wrote:Good decision. He has never once admitted that he is wrong. Despite all of evidence confirming that he is wrong here, he will stick to his guns. At least the wall might give way. Or your skull.T_R wrote:I honestly don't understand how this is possible.
But you know what? I have better things to do.
I hope the little man is alright. Your son that is, not pig. Screw him
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Re: Playing the whistle
Pigman, the only other person in your corner is Lucy. That alone should set off a few warning lights for you.
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Well, me and the official rules of the touch judges responsibilities. But let's not get into semantics.Northern Raider wrote:Pigman, the only other person in your corner is Lucy. That alone should set off a few warning lights for you.
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It’s never worried me fighting popular GH opinion regarding refereeing matters before
Why would it bother me now?
The Lucy factor is balanced out by the Dubby factor
Now if Manbush comes in and expressed his support for my view point, then all bets are off
Why would it bother me now?
The Lucy factor is balanced out by the Dubby factor
Now if Manbush comes in and expressed his support for my view point, then all bets are off
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The rulebook says play should be stopped.Captain Punish wrote:Well, me and the official rules of the touch judges responsibilities. But let's not get into semantics.Northern Raider wrote:Pigman, the only other person in your corner is Lucy. That alone should set off a few warning lights for you.
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The NRL have come out and said that play should have been stopped.
You are wrong. What part of this don't you get?
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Re: Playing the whistle
I have a question.
Why did the touchie put his flag up at all?
Did the ball and or player carrying the ball cross the sideline ?
It's just I'm hearing the touchie put his flag up for a knock-on..is this true ? Is so why ?
I've been in and around this game for 40+ years.
If a ball is kicked into touch the touchie raises his flag to mark the spot.
If a player tippy toes on the sideline with ball in hand the touchie raises his flag to say "out"
If the ball spills over the sideline from a misguided pass etc the flag goes up.
Was he anticipating the Sharks winger going over the sideline and got a little excited ?
Why did the touchie put his flag up at all?
Did the ball and or player carrying the ball cross the sideline ?
It's just I'm hearing the touchie put his flag up for a knock-on..is this true ? Is so why ?
I've been in and around this game for 40+ years.
If a ball is kicked into touch the touchie raises his flag to mark the spot.
If a player tippy toes on the sideline with ball in hand the touchie raises his flag to say "out"
If the ball spills over the sideline from a misguided pass etc the flag goes up.
Was he anticipating the Sharks winger going over the sideline and got a little excited ?
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Re: Playing the whistle
The rule book states the touchie can lift his flag when the ball goes out of bounds or touch in goal. It didn't do either, so he was out of his depth calling an on field play.Dr Zaius wrote:The rulebook says play should be stopped.Captain Punish wrote:Well, me and the official rules of the touch judges responsibilities. But let's not get into semantics.Northern Raider wrote:Pigman, the only other person in your corner is Lucy. That alone should set off a few warning lights for you.
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The NRL have come out and said that play should have been stopped.
You are wrong. What part of this don't you get?
The NRL have gone completely against their own rules and definition in an attempt of damage control, which only opens a larger can of worms. They again have only proven Ricky correct by changing interpretation mid season.
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Re: Playing the whistle
The Touchie did a flag lift to indicate a knock on. He isn’t meant to do this under the current rules, but you do see this occasionally to tip the ref for a forward pass or knock on.-PJ- wrote:I have a question.
Why did the touchie put his flag up at all?
Did the ball and or player carrying the ball cross the sideline ?
It's just I'm hearing the touchie put his flag up for a knock-on..is this true ? Is so why ?
I've been in and around this game for 40+ years.
If a ball is kicked into touch the touchie raises his flag to mark the spot.
If a player tippy toes on the sideline with ball in hand the touchie raises his flag to say "out"
If the ball spills over the sideline from a misguided pass etc the flag goes up.
Was he anticipating the Sharks winger going over the sideline and got a little excited ?
The Touchie had a clear view of the ball touching the players arm and the on field ref also called a knock on.
How the video ref overruled this I’ll never know.
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That's the issue, there wasn't any conclusive evidence to overturn
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Regardless of who is right and who is wrong we lost the game because he wasn't tackled and the bunker stuffed up. The NRL coming out and saying they got it wrong doesn't change the result, but somebody making that tackle possibly does.
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I’m really not sure that is what happens, 99% of the time in try scoring situations the flag will stay down whether the touch jundge thinks it’s out or not. the ref will then consult with the touch judge to get his opinion on whether it was in or out and how to send it to the bunker. I really can’t think ofPigman wrote: ↑July 21, 2018, 9:42 am Great. So the ref should have stopped the game is the NRL’s view, despite that not being how they do things in obvious try scoring situations, they are more than happy to let the game play out in those circumstances. And the touch judge shouldn’t have raised his flag.
The reality of the situation is the game wasn’t stopped, so what do we do? We can stand arsound arguing or we can play football and stop a try
the touch judge raising his flag doesn’t stop the game. By the rule book he can not stop the game, only the on field official can. So whether he should stop the game is one thing, that he didn’t and we stopped playing is entirely on us.
For what reasons the on field official elected to let play continue, which is what our players should have done, continued to play and saving a try, which we could have easily done, we stood around gesturing at officials. It cost us, it shouldn’t have
It goes back to what you’re taught on day 1 of any sport
Play to the whistle.
And this is why, so you don’t get **** like this. If we play to the whistle, we remove the ability for these errors by the officials and bunker
Any other examples where a touch judge has raised his flag in general
Play and it hasn’t resulted in play being stopped. Do you have any examples?
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Well Mr Macfarlane can sit next to me on the couch next week....BJ wrote: ↑July 21, 2018, 11:31 amThe Touchie did a flag lift to indicate a knock on. He isn’t meant to do this under the current rules, but you do see this occasionally to tip the ref for a forward pass or knock on.-PJ- wrote:I have a question.
Why did the touchie put his flag up at all?
Did the ball and or player carrying the ball cross the sideline ?
It's just I'm hearing the touchie put his flag up for a knock-on..is this true ? Is so why ?
I've been in and around this game for 40+ years.
If a ball is kicked into touch the touchie raises his flag to mark the spot.
If a player tippy toes on the sideline with ball in hand the touchie raises his flag to say "out"
If the ball spills over the sideline from a misguided pass etc the flag goes up.
Was he anticipating the Sharks winger going over the sideline and got a little excited ?
The Touchie had a clear view of the ball touching the players arm and the on field ref also called a knock on.
How the video ref overruled this I’ll never know.
And I'll take a punt and say bogeyes was in the bunker...making the bigs calls ??
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It doesn't matter why or if the touchie should have lifted his flag. Its not for the players to decide if the touchie has made the correct call. He lifted his flag. And as the rulebook states, that's the end of play. The players knew it. The punters know it. The NRL knows it. The only two people on this earth that don't get it are you and pig because in your echo chamber on Facebook you've somehow come to the conclusion that this is Ricky Stuart's fault.Captain Punish wrote:The rule book states the touchie can lift his flag when the ball goes out of bounds or touch in goal. It didn't do either, so he was out of his depth calling an on field play.Dr Zaius wrote:The rulebook says play should be stopped.Captain Punish wrote:Well, me and the official rules of the touch judges responsibilities. But let's not get into semantics.Northern Raider wrote:Pigman, the only other person in your corner is Lucy. That alone should set off a few warning lights for you.
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The NRL have come out and said that play should have been stopped.
You are wrong. What part of this don't you get?
The NRL have gone completely against their own rules and definition in an attempt of damage control, which only opens a larger can of worms. They again have only proven Ricky correct by changing interpretation mid season.
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I think what this proves once and for all is that Pigman is just another Lucy Alt, there’s really no other explanation
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Suspected this for a while.kiwi raider wrote: ↑July 21, 2018, 11:45 am I think what this proves once and for all is that Pigman is just another Lucy Alt, there’s really no other explanation
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Re: Playing the whistle
So, you are saying that in every instance of unfair play when the touchie now raises his flag the ref has to immediately stop the run of play and momentum regardless of it being off the ball, to stop, cause the touchie saw something he didn't like?Dr Zaius wrote:It doesn't matter why or if the touchie should have lifted his flag. Its not for the players to decide if the touchie has made the correct call. He lifted his flag. And as the rulebook states, that's the end of play. The players knew it. The punters know it. The NRL knows it. The only two people on this earth that don't get it are you and pig because in your echo chamber on Facebook you've somehow come to the conclusion that this is Ricky Stuart's fault.Captain Punish wrote:The rule book states the touchie can lift his flag when the ball goes out of bounds or touch in goal. It didn't do either, so he was out of his depth calling an on field play.Dr Zaius wrote:The rulebook says play should be stopped.Captain Punish wrote:Well, me and the official rules of the touch judges responsibilities. But let's not get into semantics.Northern Raider wrote:Pigman, the only other person in your corner is Lucy. That alone should set off a few warning lights for you.
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The NRL have come out and said that play should have been stopped.
You are wrong. What part of this don't you get?
The NRL have gone completely against their own rules and definition in an attempt of damage control, which only opens a larger can of worms. They again have only proven Ricky correct by changing interpretation mid season.
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Rather than now, when they let the play carry on and bring it back after the play dies to check if any foul play occurred?
Like I said, a massive can of worms is now opened by the NRL going against their own rules. It says above that the touchie can only call plays regarding touch or touch in goal. It was neither, so the ref overruled the touchie correctly and allowed the play to carry on as the touchie was obviously having a mental breakdown and thought he was an on field ref and could call onthat.
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