'13 | R7 | Fri | Sea Eagles 12-20 Rabbitohs | Brookvale

[Beachy Eagle]

Faoso will be in trouble, probably 4 weeks with his loading (assuming).
Stewart may get 1 and play.
Matai, was just one of those that bounces off the ball, no idea with this judiciary.

Sound about right mate, congrats on a hard fought win for your boys

 

[Ziggy the God]

Man there has been some penalties this weekend, kinda ruins the game somewhat.

Sound about right mate, congrats on a hard fought win for your boys

Thanks, well played to you.

That was a huge win for us because it was against your guys.

I just wish I had gone long Ice making machines and shipped them to Brookie, I would have made a fortune.

 

[Lucky Roy]

But yeah, dirtiest game I've ever been to. Was awesome.

I know you weren't there but try and get your hands on a video of the Newtown-Manly final in 1981. It will make your head spin. As will any game featuring Wests in the late 70s, Norths in the early 80s and on it goes. You haven't seen a thing.

 

[SaraSassypants]

someone please tell gus that he ran behind his own player just like hodges in that origin try that gus whinged about for 10 weeks afterwards

Exactly! Was a clear no try. The only reason people on here are whinging about it is because the commentators have short term memory. You cannot run behind your own player simple as that. Asotasi didn't have to make contact with the player because the shepherd occurred when Symmonds ran behind NOT because the decoy took anyone out.

 

[Beachy Eagle]

Exactly! Was a clear no try. The only reason people on here are whinging about it is because the commentators have short term memory. You cannot run behind your own player simple as that. Asotasi didn't have to make contact with the player because the shepherd occurred when Symmonds ran behind NOT because the decoy took anyone out.

The rules were changed after the Hodges debacle, there has to be a defender impeded for it to be an obstruction. The"Shepard" rule died a long time ago. Players run "behind" team mates 100 times a game.
So if Asotasi wasn't obstructed from stopping Symonds from scoring then it should have been a try

 

[Tone83]

Manly fans having the nerve to complain about the refs is a good laugh. Manly played dirty as f**k and the refs called them on about half their shit, then to appear unbiased they made up bullshit calls for souths. This was both a moral victory and a regular victory for the bunnies.

 

[de$$ie]

Manly fans having the nerve to complain about the refs is a good laugh. Manly played dirty as f**k and the refs called them on about half their shit, then to appear unbiased they made up bullshit calls for souths. This was both a moral victory and a regular victory for the bunnies.

I hope you're joking, the officiating tonight was abysmal. Both teams copped some shocking calls, all in the name of evening up the count.

 

[Bumble]

I know you weren't there but try and get your hands on a video of the Newtown-Manly final in 1981. It will make your head spin. As will any game featuring Wests in the late 70s, Norths in the early 80s and on it goes. You haven't seen a thing.

Will do - this is all I could find on Youtube but f**k :lol::lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0na1EatEjM

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Any win at Brookie is a massive one. Well done Souffs. Hope we can do te same in a couple of weeks.

 

[Jason Maher]

The rules were changed after the Hodges debacle, there has to be a defender impeded for it to be an obstruction. The"Shepard" rule died a long time ago. Players run "behind" team mates 100 times a game.
So if Asotasi wasn't obstructed from stopping Symonds from scoring then it should have been a try

Feel free to provide reference for this load of shite.

 

[yobbo84]

Manly were dominated. Completely, utterly dominated. That's all that matters to me.

 

[Patorick]

On again in round 23.

Hope both teams are still going well.

 

[Generational Player]

That's what two teams playing rugby league is supposed to look like. I wish they could play more often, what a great game.

I can't believe Bryson Goodwin was a big difference maker haha, he did great at defending Lyon and that right side. I remember last season at Brookvale, Lyon gave Matt King trouble all night. The Stewart Brothers are both looking a little bit rusty, hopefully they can both shake it off as the season goes on. And I'll always appreciate what he's done for the club, but Brent Kite was doing his best Logan Swann impression out there with some of his errors. Also great to see Justin Horo chatting and communicating a lot with Kieran Foran out there, it seems like he could do quite well under Forans playing making abilities.

 

[BunniesMan]

On again in round 23.

Hope both teams are still going well.

With Melbourne more affected than anyone by Origin it wouldn't surprise me if round 23 is 1st v 2nd and potentially a minor premiership playoff.

At worst both teams will be top 4.

 

[BunniesMan]

That's what two teams playing rugby league is supposed to look like. I wish they could play more often, what a great game.

I can't believe Bryson Goodwin was a big difference maker haha, he did great at defending Lyon and that right side. I remember last season at Brookvale, Lyon gave Matt King trouble all night. The Stewart Brothers are both looking a little bit rusty, hopefully they can both shake it off as the season goes on. And I'll always appreciate what he's done for the club, but Brent Kite was doing his best Logan Swann impression out there with some of his errors. Also great to see Justin Horo chatting and communicating a lot with Kieran Foran out there, it seems like he could do quite well under Forans playing making abilities.

The biggest improvements we've made from last year besides the Teo-Taylor upgrade is getting Goodwin into the team.

He is extremely underrated and a huge improvement from King. Goodwin might not set the world on fire offensively but he doesn't need to given who is inside him. In defense he is outstanding. Makes the right decision almost 100% of the time.

Teams that want to be contenders need players like him. He is one of the biggest reasons we held them to 12 points.

 

[Grapple]

The biggest improvements we've made from last year besides the Teo-Taylor upgrade is getting Goodwin into the team.

He is extremely underrated and a huge improvement from King. Goodwin might not set the world on the fire offensively but he doesn't need to given who is inside him. In defense he is outstanding. Makes the right decision almost 100% of the time.

Teams that want to be contenders need players like him. He is one of the biggest reasons we held them to 12 points.

Wait till you play a grand final and he plays horribly out of position and the halfback exploits that fact. He's underrated for a reason.

 

[Beachy Eagle]

Feel free to provide reference for this load of shite.

However, Harrigan said that last year a change was made to the interpretation of the rule and that Clark made the correct call.
"The change was that: If in the opinion of the referee or video referee the play had no effect on the scoring of a try then a try will be awarded," Harrigan told the NRL website.
"The reason for this change was that the obstruction rule had become so technical that tries were being disallowed when they shouldn't have been.
"There remain a number of indicators that referees should look for in determining if an obstruction has taken place but the over-riding one they must consider is whether a player actually had an effect on the try being scored.


Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/league

Best I could find as a reference, they changed it again this year after round 5 to give VR the discretion to determine wether the attacking player had initiated enough contact to impede the defence and assist the try.

Sorry if my reference wasn't exactly technical and word for word but was just a generalisation of the rule change as I understood it...... Next time I will unsure to quote the rules verbatim.

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