Jarryd Hayne criticises pricks in pink for not giving Parramatta Eels a fair go

[Poupou Escobar]

Three, I think? Darwin plus 2 at Homebush.

Out of 12... so we give away the home ground advantage in 25% of our "home" games, just for some extra cash :?.

'Just cash' hey? Do you know how much it costs to run an NRL club?

 

[Chipmunk]

Three, I think? Darwin plus 2 at Homebush.

Out of 12... so we give away the home ground advantage in 25% of our "home" games, just for some extra cash :?.

I think for $1.25 million the Darwin game is worth taking the cash for. After all, it not as if we are going to play another club at their home ground.

Unless we are getting more than $1.25 million to play at ANZ, under no circumstances should we be playing "home" games at ANZ against the Dogs or Souths or Tigers.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/n...296026167?nk=56c5f8e8d377832723d73b35f6d676f7

On Tuesday it is Brad Arthur. A day earlier Arthur sat through 70 minutes of hard-slog football as Parramatta hung on to a skinny 6-4 lead and tried to defend its way to victory.

Then the Tigers went left, a standard block play, before the ball found Pat Richards and he sprinkled a little star dust on a dour afternoon.

“It wasn’t a try,” Arthur said.

Archer and Arthur argued for a while, before at some point it was pointed out that it was only one try in a 22-6 result.

Arthur’s despair zoomed to DEFCON 1. The reality was the try broke his Parramatta Eels. After defending for so long they no longer had anything left to come back with and besides, it shouldn’t have been a try anyway.

Archer went away and looked at the vision and came back and called Arthur, telling him yes, he was right.

It should not have been a try.

Under the criteria, James Tedesco took the ball behind a lead runner making the play illegal.

 

[Kornstar]

The amount of replays they looked at and they missed it? The refs are doing a bang up job so far this year across the board!

 

[T.S Quint]

Wow.

Did not see that coming. Still doesn't give us two points though.

 

[Bigfella]

Apparently it was sent upstairs and the officials determined that, because we were not playing at pirtek, the try should be awarded, and the two points added even if he missed the conversion.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

What a surprise.

 

[Incorrect]

So it's clear from the article that Brad Arthur knows his stuff back to front when it comes to the rules around decoy runners, blockers etc etc - he's called it a no try straight away. And so he should, he is a coach of a first grade side. But surely it's more important that the people charged with "enforcing those rules" - on field ref's and video ref's, know them back to front better than anyone. Clearly they don't and it's not good enough.

The worst part is, 2 weeks from now, this will all be forgotten. Other mistakes will continue to be made by the officials and around and around we go.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

These are the best officials we can get. The problem is the rules - they need an overhaul and it starts with removing some of the players cluttering up the field.

 

[emjaycee]

Does this admission by Archer mean that the try will no longer be eligible for try of the year?

 

[Gronk]

Yeah lets change some more rules. The more the merrier.

 

[Incorrect]

These are the best officials we can get. The problem is the rules - they need an overhaul and it starts with removing some of the players cluttering up the field.

Maybe so... but it does not mean they cannot get better. And they could start by familiarising themselves better with the rules and interpretations the governing body they work for come up with. It's embarrassing that Brad Arthur can say to Tony Archer, "It wasn't a try" and then he comes back and says you're right, my guys didn't enforce the rules as they are written.... it's especially galling when we're talking about officials watching a replay as many times as they want to and they still get it wrong. On field calls in the heat and speed of the moment getting it wrong - that I can handle. But blokes sitting watching a screen for 5 minutes and then their boss apologising becasue they still got it wrong? That's embarrassing.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

While I understand ref's make errors and its part of the game, it should be unacceptable for the video ref to make errors in most cases after watching numerous replays. There were three decisions that really killed us against the Tigers that could have been corrected but wasn't:

- the non watmough knock on
- the above mentioned try
- the non over ruling of the line drop out.

 

[eel01s]

While I understand ref's make errors and its part of the game, it should be unacceptable for the video ref to make errors in most cases after watching numerous replays. There were three decisions that really killed us against the Tigers that could have been corrected but wasn't:

- the non watmough knock on
- the above mentioned try
- the non over ruling of the line drop out.

I agree 100%.

There is no excuse for the video refs to get a decision wrong. No actually there is only one excuse - that there is no clear vision of an incident. This was not the case in the three example you mentioned. There was plenty of time to reverse the decisions, and it was done earlier in the game to the benefit of the Tigers.

The sooner the NRL implement a video "bunker" to ensure consistency, the better.

 

[Utey]

What is stopping them from setting up the bunker?

 

[El Diablo]

i think they are going to trial it at some stage this year http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...eo-referee-bunker-system-20150324-1m6p1y.html

 

[Gronk]

There's got to be an investigation !

 

[Twizzle]

The refs may have an excuse and they are dealing with the play in real time, the video refs however, do not

 

[Gronk]

The refs may have an excuse and they are dealing with the play in real time, the video refs however, do not

Todd Greenberg said the other night that there is an average of 18 errors by footballers in a game and yes, refs are human and make mistakes too....

So it's OK then. :sarcasm: Nothing to see here.

 

[El Diablo]

While I understand ref's make errors and its part of the game, it should be unacceptable for the video ref to make errors in most cases after watching numerous replays. There were three decisions that really killed us against the Tigers that could have been corrected but wasn't:

- the non watmough knock on
- the above mentioned try
- the non over ruling of the line drop out.

it wasn't just the video ref. Arthur knew more than Archer who initially wasn't sure