ENG v NZ @ KCOM Stadium // Saturday 27 October - Sunday 00h30 (AEDT) 02h30 (NZDT)

[DOGS AND EELS!!!]

That sort of defence is unacceptable.

 

[Mr Angry]

how do you watch it?

 

[Matua]

The stitch up is on. This is why you need neutral referees. DWZ had nothing to do with stopping the try. Johnson had stopped the ball carrier.

 

[Springs09]

how do you watch it?

live on Fox League

 

[Unscrupulous]

Penalty try LMFAO. That is an absolute HOWLER.

 

[stormbati]

Shocking call. Pretty obvious the VR was looking at the same footage we were and I didn’t see the knees connect. I’m kava drunk so not very confident.

 

[Jack Hammer]

Bahahais this the kind of crap UK fans have to put up with?

 

[wibble]

The stitch up is on. This is why you need neutral referees. DWZ had nothing to do with stopping the try. Johnson had stopped the ball carrier.

The non neutral referees is a bad look, though Hicks and Thaler are pretty random in their decisions at the best of times, so not really unusual to see it at an international.

That decision was a joke though. Wasn't even a penalty, was nowhere near a penalty try.

Hope Thaler gets dropped for that, that is poor in an international game. They tend to bin more, and award more penalty tries, in Super League, though I'd still think that was a terrible call in Super League.

But Thaler must have forgotten he is meant to be refereeing to international rules, where the evidence for rewarding a penalty try has to be pretty convincing.

 

[Jack Hammer]

Seriously Denis Betts?!

 

[Mr Angry]

live on Fox League

cheers

 

[Springs09]

Shocking call. Pretty obvious the VR was looking at the same footage we were and I didn’t see the knees connect. I’m kava drunk so not very confident.

He connected but it's a penalty not a try. The try wasn't stopped by an act of foul play.

 

[Unscrupulous]

He connected but it's a penalty not a try. The try wasn't stopped by an act of foul play.

Exactly this. Penalty.

 

[Matua]

I'm so disheartened by the stupidity of that decision that I'm struggling to stay interested in this game.

 

[Springs09]

And that's a rubbish penalty to NZ.

 

[wibble]

And that's a rubbish penalty to NZ.

With a rubbish square up. It's like the terrible NRL penalty blitz, with random penalties everywhere

 

[Springs09]

And a rubbish penalty to England...

Can we get some scoring plays that aren't direct results of bad calls?

 

[Springs09]

With a rubbish square up. It's like the terrible NRL penalty blitz, with random penalties everywhere

No it isn't. Penalty crackdown was there for a reason.

 

[DOGS AND EELS!!!]

Lol

 

[Harrigan]

The hell was that call? He dropped it dead

 

[Unscrupulous]

The hell was that call? He dropped it dead

Burgess brothers are allowed to lose it cold. It is strange though... Usually they get a penalty.