She lost control of the game full stop. I was critical of her during the game because she had no idea at times what she was about to call and that has fuck all to do with her being a female , she is a terrible referee. So spare us the confected outrage.
He looked fine coming on last match at halfback. Like I said when we signed him though he's an average player. Something needs to happen at halfback though, too many times does the ball for with Hutcho when it needs to go wide. Not sure if Taaffe is the answer though.
Yep he has blown me away how good he really is at FB I didn’t see it before he played there for usTracey is goated, very like for like with Edwards.
There was 4, and that is what they are for. If teams didn't blow them early like we so often do there would be more successful challenges in other games, because the refs get it wrong multiple times in every game. I'm one of the first to point out plainly bad officiating, but the ref in this game wasn't responsible for any particular howlers, just the usual human error that we can hope is limit to most games.Six correct captains challenges doesn’t say something to you about the standard of the officiating?
Who knows, Sexton had a good game but the opposition wasn't much. Definitely offers more with the ball in hand and has a genuine shirt kicking game which is something we lack right now.I think he will roll with sexton before Taffe
There was six .There was 4, and that is what they are for. If teams didn't blow them early like we so often do there would be more successful challenges in other games, because the refs get it wrong multiple times in every game. I'm one of the first to point out plainly bad officiating, but the ref in this game wasn't responsible for any particular howlers, just the usual human error that we can hope is limit to most games.
The worst decision of the game was Sutton not binning Sezar, Tigers got a massive call their way on that one. We actually got some rare penalties go our way, how many times have we had one of our players bumped off the play like Xerri was in the 2nd half and yet get no penalty?
Maybe you should consider that you've miscounted the number of successful challenges, let alone what they are for, as being influenced by bias?
Yup, and that wasn't even her call, it was Sutton in the bunker.I thought she was as fair a ref as we’ve had in a long time. We could argue a couple of calls (Sezer not being sin binned for one) but overall I thought she managed a tense game pretty well. I can imagine the NRL calling all coaches this week to remind their players that mouthing off to a female ref is never going to be a great look but especially not now.
Every call is the refs call?Yup, and that wasn't even her call, it was Sutton in the bunker.
But you aren’t allowed to be critical because she’s female Baz ?? I thought she was terrible before this game and nothings changed . And that’s got nothing to do with what’s in her pants.I made a similar comment in the game thread, she is no where near being in the best 8 NRL referees available to ref 1st grade.
If she is seriously good enough and better than all the other men (or woman) then good luck to her, she deserves it. But she is nowhere near it.
I desperately want to rate Morrin but man his hit ups are ineffective. Haven’t looked at his stats so happy to be proven wrong but I would guess his post contact metres would be pretty low compared to other props, he just isn‘t big enough and gets stopped in his tracks more often than not, and doesn’t really have an offload to make up for it.We'll beat Penrith with our Morrin/JAC 1, 2 punch off the kick offs
Here here brother.Three wins in a row lads! We haven’t achieved this since 2019! Let’s celebrate the win!
Three wins in a row lads! We haven’t achieved this since 2019! Let’s celebrate the win!
There were 5 challenges in total, with 1 unsuccessfulThere was six .
Jac is way less affective than Morrin coming out of our end.I desperately want to rate Morrin but man his hit ups are ineffective. Haven’t looked at his stats so happy to be proven wrong but I would guess his post contact metres would be pretty low compared to other props, he just isn‘t big enough and gets stopped in his tracks more often than not, and doesn’t really have an offload to make up for it.
I thought the same. Taaffe is f..king average. Should be considered our 3rd option only after Tracey and Papalii, Crichton isn't a fullback.This game pissed me off so I don't want to talk about it much but Taaffe was noticeably bad. I think he really struggles to get involved with Burton playing both sides compared to when he was at fullback earlier in the season.