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Yeah, I care about international RL. It's not about England, I would care just the same if it was NZ, Samoa or f**king Burkina Faso. The fact that Australia consistently pull shit like this just turns the whole thing into a joke, what's the point in anyone else playing if Australia are just going to appoint their own officials to screw over the other teams?
Nobody would have a problem if it was a neutral video ref who had made a legit mistake. What you need to realize is that it was an Aussie video ref (that the ARL insisted on being there despite a prior agreement for neutral refs) making a clear wrong call in the last minute of a crucial match that directly led to Australia winning the game. Do you understand why people have a problem with that? The whole thing would have been avoided if the ARL had just stuck to the agreement of neutral refs, but then that would mean Australia would be out of the tournament by now so I'm guessing the ARL probably feel pretty proud of themselves.
Perenara, with both Ian Smith and Bernard Sutton as video refs. Perenara is shit BTW but I'd take incompetence over blatant cheating any day of the week.
Yeah, even if it was a guy from Brazil or somewhere with no idea of the rules then I wouldn't have any complaints because that way at least you could know that it was a legit mistake and not a deliberate stitch-up. Like I said, I wasn't all that invested in the match outcome, but an Aussie video ref screwing over the team playing against Australia in the last minute of the match to allow Australia to win just doesn't sit right. And in this case I'm 100% sure it happened because the bloke was an Aussie and didn't want to be the guy that dumped them out of the tournament. Which is just f**king wrong any way you look at it.
Those same Aussieshad no problem ruling a try to England where it could have been disallowed for an obstruction, and disallowing an Australian try for obstruction which could have been awarded.
How many more people are going to post this? Read the f**king thread.
They didnt focus on him at all, only on Hall. Had they shown the same focus on Inglis, everyone would instead be blowing up that England didnt get a line drop out.
They will stop posting it when you stop ignoring it.
