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Is that the most one-sided refereeing performance you've seen this year?

Tommy Smith

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If either Roberts or Parker avoid a charge for their blatant kick and headbutt then we know for sure that there's some serious Broncos favouritism going on.

Either way, on last night's performance they're going to cop the same unlubricated fist up the arse vs the Storm or Cows that the Titans copped at the hands of the referees last night.
 

Meth

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The previous play line is just face-saving from the officials because the incompetent fools missed it.

I am inclined to agree, but I do like the idea of limits being put in place to the Bunkers' ability to interfere.

The pocket ref should have seen it.

A touchie should have seen it.

They all saw it and just chose to ignore it.
 

Meth

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I was annoyed when the Bunker randomly jumped in to overturn a scrum awarded to the Titans. They just seem to do it (and not do it) on a whim.

Plus, it slows the game down as players are waiting, hoping for the Bunker to overturn a decision.
 

user_nat

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I was annoyed when the Bunker randomly jumped in to overturn a scrum awarded to the Titans. They just seem to do it (and not do it) on a whim.

Plus, it slows the game down as players are waiting, hoping for the Bunker to overturn a decision.
They need to lower the shot clock for this reason.
If something is obvious enough to over turn the feed, it shouldn't require players stalling for the bunker to spot it. If the Titans actually did knock on (and I have no idea as I could see nothing) then it would have been just as ridiculous for them to get the ball back.
 
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Its also spilled over into social media and at least two other media outlets.
The fact that every other person except Broncos fans dont think this game was fairly called should tell you something.

I can't believe the level of delusion Broncos fans have.

It's not that I don't agree, it's obvious there was some very dodgy calls. It's just the level of outrage that I can't understand. We've seen worse games called in origin.

LU is pretty notorious for it's disdain for anything Broncos. So I really shouldn't be surprised that the one game where we finally get things go our way, everyone is up in arms.
 

Shorty

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It's not that I don't agree, it's obvious there was some very dodgy calls. It's just the level of outrage that I can't understand. We've seen worse games called in origin.

LU is pretty notorious for it's disdain for anything Broncos. So I really shouldn't be surprised that the one game where we finally get things go our way, everyone is up in arms.
But it isn't just LU, it's literally everywhere.
In the car this morning I listened to 3 separate radio stations (one being rural queensland!) And they all agreed it was a horrible match in terms of officiating.

I would agree that its on par with origin 3 but that game was a dead rubber, the stakes were not nearly as high,
 

Pete Cash

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It's not that I don't agree, it's obvious there was some very dodgy calls. It's just the level of outrage that I can't understand. We've seen worse games called in origin.

LU is pretty notorious for it's disdain for anything Broncos. So I really shouldn't be surprised that the one game where we finally get things go our way, everyone is up in arms.

I can cop a team getting the rub of the green. It happens but its really the roberts kick in the back that stands out as one of the worst decisions of the year and then the pathetic way the ref explained it.
 

Pierced Soul

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Terrible refereeing, was origin 3 as bad? Thing is I think the broncos were better, but any chance titans had of an upset was taken away.

One positive for the titans is that despite the shit reffing against them they scored 28 points
 

AlwaysGreen

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Yep. Rewatching the game now and the Fridays were the better side with Milford and Boyd excellent. But decisions by the refs made it very difficult for the titans to get into the game, plus Taylor's injury didn't help.
 

madunit

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Not this year, Worst ever
I honestly cant remember a worse performance
Well no. Ever heard of the Earl Park Riot?

I wrote about it ages ago:

August 11, 1928 – the equal first St.George took on the equal last Balmain in a spirited encounter at Arncliffe’s Earl Park.

From midway through the first half the game was littered with spiteful clashes, scuffles, foul play and cheap shots. An alleged elbow by St.George forward George Carstairs broke Balmain’s Tony Russell’s’ nose midway through the first half.

Referee Mick Brannaghan did nothing.

In a scrum late in the first half, St.George’s Arnold Traynor reeled out of a scrum with blood freely flowing from his nose.

During the second half, Russell kicked Carstairs in the face while the latter was picking himself up from a tackle to play the ball.

Referee Mick Brannaghan did nothing.

Later, a scuffle between two players saw Harry Flower from St.George intervene to help out his team mate. Surprisingly, after much serious incidents had lead to cautions or no action at all, Flower was sent off.
The crowd went from frustrated to furious.

With five minutes remaining in the game, Russell again kicked Carstairs in the head knocking him unconscious, this time nowhere near the action.
Former Test player turned touch judge, Charlie Hedley, ran onto the field to inform the referee of the incident.

Referee Mick Brannaghan did nothing.

The crowd was incensed, yelling out “We want Russell!”

As fulltime sounded an end to the atrocious play, Balmain’s George Bishop set after Traynor.

St.George coach, Frank Burge and Secretary Reg Fusedale ran onto the field to assist the unconscious Carstairs.

The crowd had seen enough and they spilled onto the ground, practically following Burge and Fusedale. Some spectators ripped off fence palings and made a bee-line for Russell. There was even one spectator allegedly seen with an axe!

Police at the scene, used batons, handcuffs and their fists to rescue Russell and rush him to the dressing room.

He was then taken to an ambulance suffering injuries to his face, back, ribs, arms and legs. He allegedly met a revived Carstairs and they began fighting before the ambulance driver intervened.

The NSWRL announced a full inquiry into how the riot happened and what penalties needed to be delivered. In the most confusing decision yet, the NSWRL blamed the fans for the riot and no reason to punish any of the players.

Russell declared he accidentally kicked Carstairs with the side of his boot as he stepped over him, while Carstairs, unsurprisingly, couldn’t remember what happened.

After that day of violence and rioting, the most amazing words came from the seemingly oblivious official, Mick Brannaghan.

"It was one of the cleanest games I’ve ever refereed."

http://andrewrlp.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/now-thats-controversial-fight.html
 

AlwaysGreen

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Just rewatching the roberts kick. Gerald 'walter sobchak' Sutton tells Ryan James: 'dude, I can't talk to you now'.

Dude? Seriously?
 

T-Boon

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I think the captain challenge (or coaches challenge) would fix most of the issues from last night.
 

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