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2024 R24 Thu - Penrith 22-24 Melbourne @ BlueBet

Round 24: Penrith v Melbourne

  • Penrith Panthers

    Votes: 10 52.6%
  • Melbourne Storm

    Votes: 9 47.4%
  • Draw after Golden Point

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    19
  • Poll closed .
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That Penalty against Fish for the late tackle on that Kiwi midget was total bullshit! How in the blue f*ck could he have pulled out of that??

It was late mate. He might have gotten away with it but instead of trying to pull out and minimise contact, he went full bore.
 

Pantherjim.

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Real "I'm writing this while trying not to cry" Bunniesman vibes about this

Why would I be crying?

We’re the first team on the modern salary cap era with 4 consecutive grand final berths and 3 consecutive premierships.

Your club on the other hand with it’s Penrith hybrid status…
 

Apey

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it is still late, sorry I don’t buy the “he couldn’t pull out”. Players know exactly what they are doing or are you saying JFH is from the NAS school of dumb dumb. You will take every half out of the game if it’s open game to hit every half whenever
It's just always a penalty. The onus is on the defender to time it right. It's going to happen sometimes with how fast our game is. It's not intentionally late but it's still late.
 

Iamback

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it is still late, sorry I don’t buy the “he couldn’t pull out”. Players know exactly what they are doing or are you saying JFH is from the NAS school of dumb dumb. You will take every half out of the game if it’s open game to hit every half whenever

Because it isn't that simple.

Every set someone is hit after passing it, not everyone is worthy of penalty

How many dummies were thrown by the Storm?

That Wishart try for example was a lazy middle, so you have a player who makes a decision to pressure the half.

In this case we are talking less than a sec late.

Again big games shouldn't be decided like that,
Different story if we are talking a high hit or contact with the kicking leg.

To your question to if I was Cleary. I'd be fine with it as he beat the Knights the other week taking the line on

I'd rather that the a half that plays behind the line
 

lockyno1

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Because it isn't that simple.

Every set someone is hit after passing it, not everyone is worthy of penalty that

How many dummies were thrown by the Storm?

That Wishart try for example was a lazy middle, so you have a player who makes a decision to pressure the half.

In this case we are talking less than a sec late.

Again big games shouldn't be decided like that,
Different story if we are talking a high hit or contact with the kicking leg.

To your question to if I was Cleary. I'd be fine with it as he beat the Knights the other week taking the line on

I'd rather that the a half that plays behind the line


You can defend halves and what not you just cannot hit them late the guidelines have been consistent all year. Do we need more halves missing games? The Wishart one he had the ball so go for it tackle him you can’t tackle or hit him after he’s passed it
 

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