Referees Making Up the Rules on the Spot Thread

[Diesel]

We had a player penalised for throwing a tackled players boot today. I don’t mind it to be honest.

I also wanted to give a wrap to Peter Gough. Good ref. And I was saying that when we were behind at HT

Back the day, I remember a Penrith player knocking on, getting pissed off and booting the ball towards the oppositions goal line from 70 metres out. The ref made them walk to the other end of the field to collect the ball and then penalised him for mouthing off.
Can’t remember who the ref was but seems like a Billy Harrigan thing to do

 

[bileduct]

Obstruction rule changes every week it seems.

 

[Perth Red]

Obstruction rule changes every week it seems.

Blatant miss by the refs and VR that one lol.

 

[bileduct]

Blatant miss by the refs and VR that one lol.

Really quite pathetic because it's a textbook open and shut case of an obstruction. Scott has not committed to any tackle, he's come up in the line in his position, held his ground, has an eye on the ball and the decoy runner just charges straight into him.

 

[gerg]

Really quite pathetic because it's a textbook open and shut case of an obstruction. Scott has not committed to any tackle, he's come up in the line in his position, held his ground, has an eye on the ball and the decoy runner just charges straight into him.

From memory Ryan Sutton got penalised twice in one match (Souths) for a carbon copy of this.

Edit - I think one of them was even an 'inside shoulder' obstruction.

 

[T-Boon]

its become a very difficult part of the game to adjudicate. Thanks coaches.

 

[hrundi99]

From memory Ryan Sutton got penalised twice in one match (Souths) for a carbon copy of this.

Edit - I think one of them was even an 'inside shoulder' obstruction.

Yep re Sutton.

Hence the anger towards this miss.

 

[Someguy]

‘It’s ok guys it was an accident’ Ashley Klien decides its play on after a Reynolds crusher tackle.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Maxwell making shit up in the bunker all the time

 

[Pete Cash]

Klein had a fair shocker both ways

He missed two stone cold offsides and a lifting tackle

That's outside his new interpretation of the crusher

 

[Perth Red]

Ref today deciding the ten second capts challenge Time limit doesn’t really mean ten seconds lol

 

[T-Boon]

Ref today deciding the ten second capts challenge Time limit doesn’t really mean ten seconds lol

they have that power. Stop bitching.

 

[Perth Red]

they have that power. Stop bitching.

so it’s not actually a rule, just an interpretation?

 

[bileduct]

‘It’s ok guys it was an accident’ Ashley Klien decides its play on after a Reynolds crusher tackle.

Wait.. what? No penalty or anything?

99% of "crusher tackles" these days are accidental.

 

[Someguy]

Wait.. what? No penalty or anything?

99% of "crusher tackles" these days are accidental.

literally said it was an accident so play on.

 

[Frailty]

Obstruction rule changes every week it seems.

Pretty sure they've changed interpretation again:

Bad defence aside, apparently you CAN run behind your own players again.

 

[t-ba]

Pretty sure they've changed interpretation again:

Bad defence aside, apparently you CAN run behind your own players again.

Ponga's rules.

 

[Vee]

Maxwell making shit up in the bunker all the time

Agreed. He's no better than he was on the field. Or coaching the refs.

 

[Volcom6685]

Ponga's rules.

You’ve always been allowed to run behind a player as long as they aren’t in the defensive line or impeding a player . You can’t catch a ball behind a player or run from one side of a player to the other . Pretty sure people who whinge about this need to learn the rules

 

[no name]

You’ve always been allowed to run behind a player as long as they aren’t in the defensive line or impeding a player . You can’t catch a ball behind a player or run from one side of a player to the other . Pretty sure people who whinge about this need to learn the rules

Ponga caught the ball on the inside of a lead runner, so there is that.