Bulldog1966
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yeh fine and sober , you?You okay?
yeh fine and sober , you?You okay?
Na I'm baking, I should probably go to bed though..yeh fine and sober , you?
Smith did his shoulder not his headIt's disgraceful that he wasn't ruled out when he was clearly concussed. Especially when Welch and Smith were ruled out. But that's the stupid NRL doctor's fault, not Penriths..
Smith did his shoulder not his head
Nope, as per the rules, the player kicks the conversion from where the refs tell him to. Annesley has come out and declared that the officials got this one wrong:More cheating
‘Outrageous’: NRL star’s deceitful act exposed
Eagle-eyed rugby fans have spotted a Nathan Cleary misdemeanour during Penrith’s nailbiting victory over the Melbourne Storm in Saturday afternoon’s Preliminary Final.www.news.com.au
Gus says it's happened for ages. The trick was to distract the ref, sneakily kick the tee a bit closer infield etc and it def happened to Annesley as well when he was reffing lol.Nope, as per the rules, the player kicks the conversion from where the refs tell him to. Annesley has come out and declared that the officials got this one wrong:
The NRL has told referees to properly follow conversion protocols, promising there will be no embarrassing repeat of Nathan Cleary’s preliminary final misplacement in the grand final. Cleary took a conversion from well infield of where he should have after Penrith’s second try against Melbourne on Saturday.
The NRL’s head of football Graham Annesley estimated the kick position was seven metres out of place, with head office lucky the Panthers halfback missed the shot.
The onus for the error has been put squarely on officials, with Annesley confirming it was on both referee Gerard Sutton and the touch judge to line up the kick.
Under the NRL’s official processes, the touch judge is meant to stand where the try is scored, before the referee walks backwards to line up where the shot is taken.
But Annesley admitted that process had fallen by the wayside, and told referees it had to be followed correctly in Sunday’s decider between South Sydney and Penrith and beyond.
“That process failed and it shouldn’t have failed. And it won’t fail again in the grand final,” Annesley said. “I have made it absolutely clear that the process needs to be reinforced to the referees.”
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Took a bad decision to make them enforce a rule which has been in place for a million years....they got shamed and had to own up....seems to be the recurring theme in 2021..and told referees it had to be followed correctly in Sunday’s decider between South Sydney and Penrith and beyond.
Gus gets worked up in commentary, partly because its what Nein wants, but his rant on this in terms of being consistent - if its allowed during the GF, it needs to be allowed during the season - is spot on.It’s not just a Penrith issues it’s an NRL issue. Murray got knocked out the first tackle and was allowed to carry on all game. There was no way Gagai should have been let back on the field too. NRL were happy with sending players to the sin bin for the slightest of hits to the head earlier this year and as of probably a couple months ago that changed. Kikau hit on Field should have been sin binned. There was also a tackle on Taafe where he was lifted and dumped on his head that should have been sin binned….wasn’t even penalised. I am not saying I don’t agree with those decisions, I thought Sutton did an excellent job in the grand final (and I think he’s a flog), but it’s just too inconsistent by the NRL. Too many rules, grey areas and contradictions within the same rules like the Leniu charge down - that decision shifted the momentum and cost Souths the game. Also the better teams ALWAYS get the rub of the green.
I actually was quite bored today so looked at a few of our games from this year and there were several incidents within those games that were ruled on differently to the grand final....shots around the head was one of them. Punished during the year but given a free pass on GF day....It’s not just a Penrith issues it’s an NRL issue. Murray got knocked out the first tackle and was allowed to carry on all game. There was no way Gagai should have been let back on the field too. NRL were happy with sending players to the sin bin for the slightest of hits to the head earlier this year and as of probably a couple months ago that changed. Kikau hit on Field should have been sin binned. There was also a tackle on Taafe where he was lifted and dumped on his head that should have been sin binned….wasn’t even penalised. I am not saying I don’t agree with those decisions, I thought Sutton did an excellent job in the grand final (and I think he’s a flog), but it’s just too inconsistent by the NRL. Too many rules, grey areas and contradictions within the same rules like the Leniu charge down - that decision shifted the momentum and cost Souths the game. Also the better teams ALWAYS get the rub of the green.
gus was a goose on sunday, he favoured the rabbits, got the lenui tackle wrong, never shut up, he was a pest on the commentaryGus gets worked up in commentary, partly because its what Nein wants, but his rant on this in terms of being consistent - if its allowed during the GF, it needs to be allowed during the season - is spot on.
100% he had money on Souths.gus was a goose on sunday, he favoured the rabbits, got the lenui tackle wrong, never shut up, he was a pest on the commentary