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Jared Maxwell

skeepe

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Nonsense. Utter nonsense.

The Referee is the sole judge of what constitutes an advantage.

That is the rule.

There has never ever ever been any interpretation that ever used the word kick in any way. You just made that up. The interpretation that was placed on it was the 10m radius situation, which was criticised so much that they went back to straight referee discretion. Are you are referee? By your slander of refs you clearly aren't. I guarantee the rule you have just made up is a complete load of bullshit.

I can assure you that I have not made it up. Kicking and passing has always, always been considered taking your advantage, except for that ridiculous year they decided 10 metres would constitute advantage.
 

Vic Mackey

Referee
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Spin take it you haven't watched rugby league inthe last 2 years?

Every game players pass it after a knock On, the recieved knocks on and the ref says no advantage
 
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I can assure you that I have not made it up. Kicking and passing has always, always been considered taking your advantage, except for that ridiculous year they decided 10 metres would constitute advantage.



It's up to the ref. No situation can be clearly defined, which is what the 10m rule was supposed to address. But it failed. So it is completely up to the ref. The rule says so, NRL dierctives say so and the reality on the field has born it out. Kicking off the deck is absolutely not a guarantee of advantage being taken. I think your union loving brain is getting confused.
 

RWB

Bench
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Skeepe was Jeremy Smith's forward pass leading up to the Sharks first try deliberate or not based on the rulebook?

Whilst you have it out...
 

ellskimore

Juniors
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It's up to the ref. No situation can be clearly defined, which is what the 10m rule was supposed to address. But it failed. So it is completely up to the ref. The rule says so, NRL dierctives say so and the reality on the field has born it out. Kicking off the deck is absolutely not a guarantee of advantage being taken. I think your union loving brain is getting confused.

I don't know why you two are arguing so hard about this thing. That play was hardly a turning point in the game or anywhere near as influential in the outcome of the game as the call made in golden point.
Interestingly, apparently Steve Clarke said as video ref he would have awarded the Colin Best try if it went upstairs.
 

roboshark

Coach
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There are some teams that will always get the dodgy calls in their favour....and then there are others who will always be screwed over because no one cares

Both those teams were on display today at leichhardt


The nrl continues to let it happen
 

MacDougall

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There are some teams that will always get the dodgy calls in their favour....and then there are others who will always be screwed over because no one cares

Both those teams were on display today at leichhardt


The nrl continues to let it happen

Lol for aaaaaaaages the Tigers had entire seasons scratched out on the back of dodgy refereeing. Honestly I think it's proof that the glamour clubs are favoured. When Wests were a shambolic group of reserve graders and has beens they were trounced by refs every weekend. Now that they are high rollers they seem to get the calls. So I can sympathise but I'm also reasonably happy that we don't have to suffer the crap the likes of Canberra, Cronulla and Penrith suffer through.
 

wibble

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Knights, Raiders, Panthers, Warriors and Sharks fans could probably all find some unlucky bounce, stupid play, or bad call that could have changed their team's fate this round. That is the nature of close games in sport, even more so in the NRL when the rules are so stupid and open to interpretation.

But the Maxwell penalty for offside in extra time was definitely a big call, and seems to be just a blatant lack of application of a rule (rather than an interpretation of the on field situation). That is a worry in a professional sport, with big betting on games, and many officials at the game.

The commentators missed it as well, so either we have interpreted the situation incorrectly (was it an offside penalty for Sharks defenders being inside the 10 and in front of the kicker on Carney's field goal attempt? maybe it was for something else?) or plenty of officials, ex players and commentators just don't know one of the basic rules.
 

Vic Mackey

Referee
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I don't know why you two are arguing so hard about this thing. That play was hardly a turning point in the game or anywhere near as influential in the outcome of the game as the call made in golden point. .
umm if the tigers get a scrum 10m out then it could be 12-0 and there is no golden point

anyways there were plenty of questionable calls in the game and both teams had their chances to win it. tigers went 100m to score ryans second try with no help, if the sharks were good enough they would have stopped it and won
 

ellskimore

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umm if the tigers get a scrum 10m out then it could be 12-0 and there is no golden point

anyways there were plenty of questionable calls in the game and both teams had their chances to win it. tigers went 100m to score ryans second try with no help, if the sharks were good enough they would have stopped it and won

Mate, the difference between the two calls is that one was questionable whereas the other one was clearly the WRONG call.
 
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