USARL Playoffs

[East Coast Tiger]

The grand final at Boston will be Jacksonville v Boston/Philadelphia.

Jax won the southern conference by beating Atlanta.
Philadelphia will play Boston in the northern final after they belted Delaware. Boston beat NY 19-12.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Philly beat the Boston 12 after extra time 33-26. Back to a Philly v Jax GF again.

 

[Arucard]

Boston guys sound pretty pissed at the officiating in the game

 

[East Coast Tiger]

One of their key players sent off after 12 minutes. It's a big call.

 

[spinnerhowland]

One of their key players sent off after 12 minutes. It's a big call.

I agree, and could only see the live stream. But if he punched the Philly player in the face, as reported, the ref doesn't have much of a choice in this era. I love the old days where that would get you 10 in the bin, especially in Finals Footy. But we all know that the more we put the product on TV for the World to see, many want the same tight rules enforced on send offs. What is the current rule in Australia (NRL or lower grades) for punching an opposing player. Not a maybe or reported punch, but one the ref clearly sees and there is no doubt of it happening?

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Never happens in the NRL but from memory Jack Wighton was the last and I think he was binned.

In local footy I reckon it would be a binning as well. Depends on the incident. A bit of a scuffle and a punch thrown is a bit different to a king hit.

 

[deal.with.it]

Yeah should be a sin bin unless it was a king hit ... like danny williams back a few years