2023 R16 Sat - Newcastle 16-18 Sydney @ McDonald Jones

[horrie hastings]

Gagai has been mostly rubbish all game, especially his defence. Right call by Billy to leave him out of this year's Origin side imo.

Gaigai was definitely the weakest link today

 

[Valheru]

Atkins has the ability to penalise timewasting. I thought the 15 seconds Whoregraves took to play the ball was almost worth it.

Yeah because that doesn't happen every week.

Time was also off.

 

[JamesRustle]

Oh and if the Knights wouldn't have done the same if leading by 2 points.

Correct. And I would have thought the same of any knight player who I don't like.

 

[Apey]

Lol if we didn't have Ponga we'd be 17th. He was close to if not best on the field but the rest of our idiots are NSW Cup standard.

 

[KennySterling]

I thought the Nein team barracking for the Panthers was pathetic last night, but Brandy and co cheering for the Chooks is nearly as bad.

f**k I'd love unbiased commentary.

Wish they'd invest in a mic' that works for the lovely Lara.

Never heard a word she spoke throughout the game on the Watch NRL app.

 

[This Year?]

I can't believe how the Knights bumbled their way to that loss. Done all the hard stuff only to f**k it up. Can't say much for Atkins except that he sure got his fill of pubes.
I thought Manu had a great game but the real hero for the Roosters was Nat Butcher. I hope Keary is OK.

 

[footy75]

Put a fork in the Knights.

 

[Apey]

Because a penalty could be 2 points. A team potentially wins a game on that ridiculous interpretation.

I've seen some arguments about this call but the call was correct. The rule is that you can strip an attacking player attempting to ground the ball for a try, or in the act of scoring a try. Best was 1m off the ground being held by 3 Rooster players at the time he was stripped. Of course he was trying to free himself to score a try, but he wasn't in the act of scoring it:



I thought the referee and Graham Annesley explained it correctly and I don't say that often. Annesley normally just agrees with the refs no matter what but he showed an identical instance from the Manly Parra game and said that should have been penalised too. Roughly 6mins in it starts:

Graham Annesley weekly football briefing - Round 16

NRL head of football elite competitions Graham Annesley holds his weekly football briefing relating to round 16 of the 2023 Telstra Premiership.

www.nrl.com

I would expect my team to get penalised in the same situation.