Next one is in the bin

[wibble]

I am a bit ambivalent about this.

I think the referees and NRL, by sticking to their guns, have in general created a much cleaner and better product this year, after dragging the players kicking and screaming with them.

But I also agree with Cleary's complaint in yesterdays presser that the warning and subsequent bin is a bit "out of context" (i.e. random) and so important stages of games, in a tight NRL contest, are decided by pretty minor breaches (and some just wrong calls) that result in sin binnings.

 

[t-ba]

I thought only the Fulcrum could be binned on the sabbath, shows what I know

Depends on the Sabbath. It can be the Islamic, Jewish or Christian Sabbath depending on a combination of the players Chinese Zodiac and their favourite colour. Teams can also employ a reverse Shabbat Goy to sit out for the Fulcrum under special circumstances.

 

[no name]

So Friday nights rule is 3 penalties in 3 minutes is a binning.
Sunday arvo 3 penalties in 3 minutes and no binning.

Frustrating as f**k.

I wonder how Kaide Ellis and Keegan Hipgrave went watching last nights game?

Twice the Roosters gave away 3 penalties in 3 minutes and at one stage Melbourne gave 4 penalties away in 3 minutes and no sin bin on any of these occasions.

Has the sin bin crackdown ceased in the last two rounds?

 

[wibble]

I wonder how Kaide Ellis and Keegan Hipgrave went watching last nights game?

Twice the Roosters gave away 3 penalties in 3 minutes and at one stage Melbourne gave 4 penalties away in 3 minutes and no sin bin on any of these occasions.

Has the sin bin crackdown ceased in the last two rounds?

Although Radley was binned.

The whole game was a strange mix of nit picking when it didn't matter, and ignoring the crackdown when some clearer rules enforcement would have made a better looking game.

 

[no name]

The sin bin is officially dead again.