2020 R18 Sat - Roosters 42-12 Knights @ SCG

[This Year?]

Just watched it and shame on fox for keeping the camera on Cordner for the moments silence. That was absolutely deplorable and made me feel sick.
The game itself felt fast with finals like intensity and I think the Knights will be better for it. They competed in small parts but simply didn't have the class of the Roosters.
I'm puzzled by the obstruction call on Crighton, but it shows something must be made clear about the rule. What does Crighton have to do after playing the ball? Does he have to jog back to his line like Ben Creagh being chased by Justin Hodges or do the Roosters simply not switch the play back towards where Crighton played the ball? Also Luke Keary shades James Tedesco as the best player in the NRL IMO.

 

[Valheru]

I'm puzzled by the obstruction call on Crighton, but it shows something must be made clear about the rule. What does Crighton have to do after playing the ball? Does he have to jog back to his line like Ben Creagh being chased by Justin Hodges or do the Roosters simply not switch the play back towards where Crighton played the ball? Also Luke Keary shades James Tedesco as the best player in the NRL IMO.

Yeah that was a strange one. I guess generally the play moves past the player who played the ball pretty quickly except when attacking on the line.

The roosters player did run around him but the defence was in between crighton and the other roosters players so a bit odd.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Just watched it and shame on fox for keeping the camera on Cordner for the moments silence. That was absolutely deplorable and made me feel sick.
The game itself felt fast with finals like intensity and I think the Knights will be better for it. They competed in small parts but simply didn't have the class of the Roosters.
I'm puzzled by the obstruction call on Crighton, but it shows something must be made clear about the rule. What does Crighton have to do after playing the ball? Does he have to jog back to his line like Ben Creagh being chased by Justin Hodges or do the Roosters simply not switch the play back towards where Crighton played the ball? Also Luke Keary shades James Tedesco as the best player in the NRL IMO.

It wasn't Crichton (unless you are talking about was a different incident than the one I think). It was Nat Butcher who played the ball in the try disallowed to Lindsay Collins for obstruction.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Graham Annesley in his weekly briefing said it should have been a try. He went through how they came up with the decision, but he said it was wrong (https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/09/14/graham-annesley-weekly-football-briefing---round-18/ the incident is dicsussed from the 18 min 54 second mark).

 

[Frailty]

Graham Annesley in his weekly briefing said it should have been a try. He went through how they came up with the decision, but he said it was wrong (https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/09/14/graham-annesley-weekly-football-briefing---round-18/ the incident is dicsussed from the 18 min 54 second mark).

I'm not convinced by Annesley's explanation and I think he is just trying to be popular.

This is how I see this play: It is not Nat Butcher's responsibility to move. Too much focus is on Nat Butcher and the "Where was he supposed to go", when it should be on the ball runner, who changed direction and ran behind Nat Butcher.

Because of his run Tex Hoy either has to go behind Nat Butcher (which he probably should have done), or run around the front which he did. Because he came from that angle, he couldn't stop the ball runner's momentum in the tackle. Ultimately, he can't slide across because of the Roosters player.

It's the equivalent of a dummy half using the player playing the ball as an obstruction to dive over for a try. No one expects the person playing the ball to disappear, but it's up to the player in possession not to use them in an obstructing manner.

 

[This Year?]

It wasn't Crichton (unless you are talking about was a different incident than the one I think). It was Nat Butcher who played the ball in the try disallowed to Lindsay Collins for obstruction.

Yeah it was Butcher. My apologies for having a Rabs moment.

 

[Captain Apollo]

I'm not convinced by Annesley's explanation and I think he is just trying to be popular.

This is how I see this play: It is not Nat Butcher's responsibility to move. Too much focus is on Nat Butcher and the "Where was he supposed to go", when it should be on the ball runner, who changed direction and ran behind Nat Butcher.

Because of his run Tex Hoy either has to go behind Nat Butcher (which he probably should have done), or run around the front which he did. Because he came from that angle, he couldn't stop the ball runner's momentum in the tackle. Ultimately, he can't slide across because of the Roosters player.

It's the equivalent of a dummy half using the player playing the ball as an obstruction to dive over for a try. No one expects the person playing the ball to disappear, but it's up to the player in possession not to use them in an obstructing manner.

Sorry but Hoy got a clear shot on Collins and missed. That is not obstruction at all.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Yeah it was Butcher. My apologies for having a Rabs moment.