Makaveli wrote: ↑July 6, 2019, 9:16 pm
Tonight we learnt the referee can't stop play if a player is knocked out unless a trainer asks them too. That will go down well in the lawsuit
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Particularly when one official is literally pointing at the heavily concussed player haha
The NRL should look into the NFL's CTE payout and ask themselves if they can afford that. The NFL can.
I made a comment on LU about playmakers choosing not to wear headgear and I think the NRL should be strongly encouraging all players who have suffered a concussion to wear headgear in their first few games back, as a minimum. I'm surprised more players don't wear headgear TBH
Cranky Old Man wrote:Those two referees and the Bunker staff should be dropped to U15s for the rest of the year.
Refereeing like that is bringing the game to ridicule.
It's a fairly regular occurrence. The general refereeing standard is simply not good enough. But rather than just whinging about it (not suggesting you are) I'd like to see some initiatives to help them be better. There's too many grey areas in the rules and too much interpretation, too much media pressure and too many coaches pushing the boundaries. They needed to stick to their guns last year with the penalty crackdown. I believe it was starting to improve the game as a whole.
That’s the problem right now, the noise of this and other forums about how refs treat their teams is just that, noise
The real problem is that the quality of refereeing is bad and seemingly gets worse each year. I think the code makes it’s very hard for them and that combined with general incompetence ends with every team going into a game playing Russian roulette where at any given moment any team can get the bullet
Cranky Old Man wrote:Those two referees and the Bunker staff should be dropped to U15s for the rest of the year.
Refereeing like that is bringing the game to ridicule.
It's a fairly regular occurrence. The general refereeing standard is simply not good enough. But rather than just whinging about it (not suggesting you are) I'd like to see some initiatives to help them be better. There's too many grey areas in the rules and too much interpretation, too much media pressure and too many coaches pushing the boundaries. They needed to stick to their guns last year with the penalty crackdown. I believe it was starting to improve the game as a whole.
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I agree 100%. I loved the refereeing crackdown last year and blowing the pea out of the whistle. I also loved that they stopped “squaring up” the penalty count in games. Like you, I also thought it improved the product out of site
But like anything the NRL does when it comes to rules, they eventually abandoned it after about half a season. That really **** me
gangrenous wrote:One area where we all agree. Then Phil Gould, Andrew Johns and co. ruined it for everybody. Jerks.
And this is why Voss is the best in the business. He was insisting time and time again 'the players just have to adapt' instead the 9 team was whinging non stop. Andrew Johns now whinges about playmakers getting tackled after passing the ball but that is precisely the type of incident that was being tidied up. Now it's completely random if and when a penalty will be blown.
And the players were adapting last year and then they bowed to pressure and we're back to what I consider an inferior product to what it could have been.
I agree on the approach to make things easier for the refs.
I think the NRL could implement some minor rule changes to make it easier for the referee to look for the big decisions such as forward passes and defence infringements. It’s hard for refs having to constantly make grey area interpretations, especially in the ruck.
1. The second marker at the play the ball must have his hand on the back of his front marker.
2. Attacking team who does ‘Not’ play the ball properly, steps off the mark etc, results in a simple handover, not a penalty.
3. A player who slows the game for ‘non contact injuries or not foul play injuries’ can not take part in the remainder of the tackle set.
These rules are designed to reduce the impact of some minor indiscretions, simplify decisions for referees, speed up play and reduce time wasting.
I remember Julian and I had a discussion regarding Jack Williams - I still say he will be a decent player. It is hard to believe we lost him and TPJ while Luke Bateman ran out in first grade.
An inexperienced Brisbane line-up has edged a sloppy Cronulla 24-22 on Sunday afternoon with the Sharks losing despite scoring more tries than their opponents for a third straight week.
julian87 wrote: ↑July 7, 2019, 4:34 pm
Gee it’d be good if Brisbane upset them here.
Good result for us but I still don't want to see Broncos win. I guess I can take some joy whatever the result.
They’re so **** terrible I had no issues cheering them on
They’re a classic villain for me. Couldn’t care less or give a **** about them unless they are in someway threatening
What an indictment for that club. So irrelevant that neutral fans can cheer them on
Kyle Flanagan gets a Grade 1 Dangerous Contact charge. Will be free to play this week with an early guilty plea. Mind boggles how they came up with such a low level charge for putting the knee into a guy's head while he's on the ground. That type of act deserves suspension. Similarly Lodge needed to get some kind of contrary conduct charge for his reaction in kicking the legs out afterwards. MRC has gone soft this week.
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Northern Raider wrote: ↑July 8, 2019, 5:15 pm
Kyle Flanagan gets a Grade 1 Dangerous Contact charge. Will be free to play this week with an early guilty plea. Mind boggles how they came up with such a low level charge for putting the knee into a guy's head while he's on the ground. That type of act deserves suspension. Similarly Lodge needed to get some kind of contrary conduct charge for his reaction in kicking the legs out afterwards. MRC has gone soft this week.
I've just seen this tonight. Absolutely ridiculous. How is it possible that the Sharks and Broncos players get away with stuff like this?