2016 R14 - MON - Dragons 16-34 Bulldogs @ ANZ

[flamin]

It sets a precedent to 'accidentally' throw it over a player's head, to yourself. It's not that f**king hard to understand

Welcome to the rule book. The precedent has been there for decades.

 

[Dragon]

The pass was backwards. The rebound off his other hand was unintentionally propelled forward. How is that so hard to understand? There was no intentional or unintentional forward pass at all.

So he passed it into his own arm now? Then knocked it forward and regathered. You guys are really reaching

 

[tomdl]

So he passed it into his own arm now? Then knocked it forward and regathered. You guys are really reaching

That is exactly what happened.

 

[flamin]

If that is a try, then why isn't the Tackler ever penalised for stopping the attacking player from regathering ?

Because the rules are pretty clear that defenders don't have to give the attacking player a right to regather.

 

[Card Shark]

It sets a precedent to 'accidentally' throw it over a player's head, to yourself. It's not that f**king hard to understand

I do understand.

The video ref followed the rules.

I also said I wish he hadn't to prevent (fair) whingeing about the decision.

 

[Owen Da Saints]

Dragons did well to get over the first dodgy decision, but we were not good enough to get over the second dodgey decision.

 

[GongPanther]

And the video ref cannot rule on forward passes.

Strange how other laws of the rule book get adhered to with the exception most notably of this one.^

It's not as if they actually need a slide rule to figure it out.Other advanced technology is actually here.

 

[flamin]

Strange how other laws of the rule book get adhered to with the exception most notably of this one.^

It's not as if they actually need a slide rule to figure it out.Other advanced technology is actually here.

Technology would need to take into account the momentum of each player to work out if the pass was forward relative to the player. I don't know how you'd do that with current technology - maybe hook each player up to extremely accurate GPS tracking devices.

 

[BM1979]

Hopefully Des takes note and sees the fact we can actually look dangerous in the second half if we actually play footy.

Who am I kidding

 

[TheFrog]

Can't wait to see how they attempt to justify that decision.......................

After passing with one hand, the ball contacted the other hand non-deliberately and went forward. He then caught the ball before it contacted another player or the ground, so it's not a knock on. That is what they ruled.

 

[cleary89]

So he passed it into his own arm now? Then knocked it forward and regathered. You guys are really reaching

Apparently on field ref said thst to widdop. Sterlo and harrigan said it was bs, didnt happen like that and should have been pulled back.

 

[Dragon]

Patten in the bunker literally says " we can see tony williams passes to himself"

Then rules it a try

Not taking anything away from the dogs though, too good

 

[Uncle Kraka]

Apparently on field ref said thst to widdop. Sterlo and harrigan said it was bs, didnt happen like that and should have been pulled back.

How did it happen? Did he see he was into a yawning gap and decided the best thing to do it throw the ball into the air?

 

[Ribs]

It didn't bounce off anything, he was knocked off balance and effectively threw the ball over the defence. Now you can throw forward passes as long as they're to yourself.

Sorted. Oh and as long as an ex player from your own club is in the bunker, just to be sure.

 

[Card Shark]

DCE said whilst it was accidental, he definitely gained an advantage out of it resulting in a try...so should've been disallowed.

Agree with his interpretation.

 

[ek999]

 

[St Tangles]

After passing with one hand, the ball contacted the other hand non-deliberately and went forward. He then caught the ball before it contacted another player or the ground, so it's not a knock on. That is what they ruled.

It was actually the other second hand that passed it forward not the hand hit by the Dragons player.

 

[ek999]

DCE said whilst it was accidental, he definitely gained an advantage out of it resulting in a try...so should've been disallowed.

Agree with his interpretation.

His interpretation is wrong. The only question to ask is was it intentional? If the answer is yes it is no try. If the answer is no it is a try. I don't know how anyone thinks it was deliberate (or that T-Rex is smart enough to think to do it). It was ugly but it is a try under the rules of the game

 

[flamin]

DCE said whilst it was accidental, he definitely gained an advantage out of it resulting in a try...so should've been disallowed.

Agree with his interpretation.

But anytime you knock the ball on and regather you gain an advantage.

 

[mxlegend99]

His interpretation is wrong. The only question to ask is was it intentional? If the answer is yes it is no try. If the answer is no it is a try. I don't know how anyone thinks it was deliberate (or that T-Rex is smart enough to think to do it). It was ugly but it is a try under the rules of the game

You cant know what his intent was.all we know is he threw the ball over an opponents head which is illegal. He didn't juggle the ball. He threw it and caught it quiet cleanly.

You can't judge intent so this now allows players to awkwardly throw the ball forward to himself and claim it to be an accident. How can you prove otherwise?