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eels_fan_01 said:I have more doubt that Witt wouldnt have scored, so therefor its a penalty, no try.
LOL...get yourself a refs ticket and away you go, champ.
eels_fan_01 said:I have more doubt that Witt wouldnt have scored, so therefor its a penalty, no try.
mrblue said:OK parra supporter here. While I believe that in this type of scenario a penalty try SHOULD be awarded, that is, where a foul play such as a head shoot or a tackle in mid-air etc. prevents a player from scoring, you can not deny that through out this season and past refs have interpreted that rule differently. On every other occasion either a penalty was given/and a player sinbinned but never a penalty try. Which begs the question, why change the ruling last night.
Another aspect of the Jarryd Hayne try to think about, while Jarryd Hayne went on to score there was a foul play involved which prevented a fair contest for the ball, under the same interpretation there was equally a case for a sinbin as there was at the other end. Only difference is Jarryd Hayne scored the try dispite the foul play.
The rules exist so that consistant rulings can be made from match to match not so they change drastically every other match as was the case here. I support a informed change of the interpretation sure, but again that was not the case here. As such it almost and it has to be said, UNFAIRLY affected the outcome of this match.
Also earlier in the match Tony Archer stopped play to check the grounding of a Warriors try in which Krisnan Inu had possession with no defenders in sight, he whould have scored uncontested if play continued. A big blunder by Archer.
All-in-All you have to say Parra were the deserved victors here.
Hass said:It's a shame that in our quest for 'consistency' we are more likely to criticise the one time someone gets it right while turning a blind eye to the countless times the refs get it wrong.
Referees have been getting penalty try calls wrong for years. Because there are so few penalty tries, many referees look at as being a really big call. This means they won't put their balls on the line unless it's as blatant as possible.
As a result we have less and less penalty tries, making the decision to give one an even bigger call. When a referee actually decides to apply the law people throw their arms up in the air, criticise the ref and say it's not a consistent ruling.
Then the cycle begins again.
Iafeta said:Spot on. They get it wrong earlier in the year, they get bagged, they get it right here, they get bagged. And humorously enough they get bagged by people who don't cite the rulebook..