RIP NRL

[Cockosh]

You're attacking a football that is being kicked by a foot.... which is part of the legs. That's what your attacking.

They arent meant or not meant to do anything but get the football. Sia got the football. As per the rule quoted above, he was committed before the ball was kicked and a penalty is not warranted in those circumstances.

There was two officials looking directly at this, the ball hits the trainer... do you think if they could get out of that shit show by just saying "hey guys, it doesnt matter, its a penalty anyways" they wouldnt have taken it? Shit they'd have erred on the side of that over some trainer fiasco.

But there was no justification for a penalty, because it wasnt a penalty. Neither official even considered it, Sia was charged for it, the rules clearly state it wasnt a penalty... it's really just you and select few others who clearly dont know the rules who are saying it was a penalty.

Edit: I trust you've found that successful charge down that was penalised now?
Or no?

It’s hard so far none of them involve the tackler taking out the kickers legs and putting him in a dangerous position

 

[Pete Cash]

I'm still fascinated that people are missing the most obvious reality of the grand final; Joey Leilua causes losses. Raiders could've won if he hadn't tried to be the hero and score the winning try. Easts didn't score at the end because of Cummins, they scored because Leilua didn't get back onside and allowed a Keary, Mitchell, Tupou three on two overlap before Tedesco finished it off. I mean Jarrod Croker was the centre who ended up tackling Tedesco and he had to come across from the other side of the field.

If people want to blame someone, blame it on the BJ.

Lmao this is like a sub 80 iq take. Beej cannot be blamed for the last try. He legs tackled a much bigger player and the roosters won a fast play the ball.

Beej was one of our better players overall. Roosters were just the better side

 

[myrrh ken]

I can't believe there are two sets of fans sooking in here.

 

[adamkungl]

Again this goes back to the weird psychosis of roosters fans

We got a lucky call against Melbourne and we didn’t go trawling through the evidence to argue we were actually screwed. Roosters fans are such insecure weirdos they can’t even cop they got a bunch of breaks. The world is always out to hurt roosters fans *trophy cabinet collapses under the weight of their success*

Tbh this isn't much different to 2010 with the roles reversed

We were bitching about the infamous "Morris was in" call
Merge fans were coming up with lists of injustices that proved that they were in fact the victims

League fans gonna league fan.

I have no doubt a huge chunk of Raiders fans would be debating this nonsense if they had won and everyone was blaming the refs

If you dig up threads from the '7 tackle set' in the Sharks Cows semi... or the 'Hand of Foran' in 2012
I'd bet any money that the exact same rubbish is going around in circles

 

[carcharias]

Give me page 50 merkins!!

 

[Cockosh]

It's a penalty 100%. Funny how the players such as Aaron Woods and Paul Gallen have said on radio that it should have been a penalty, but the paid lackey's don't bring it up. What happened to the muppets on here claiming Soliola was attempting a charge down?

If that isn’t dangerous then nothing in nrl is.

 

[Valheru]

Again this goes back to the weird psychosis of roosters fans

We got a lucky call against Melbourne and we didn’t go trawling through the evidence to argue we were actually screwed. Roosters fans are such insecure weirdos they can’t even cop they got a bunch of breaks. The world is always out to hurt roosters fans *trophy cabinet collapses under the weight of their success*

The difference being the decision that benefited you guys was widely celebrated, this one that allegedly benefited us has resulted in the death of the sport apparently.

I am certainly not saying that we are dudded, simply that 6 again standing would have dudded us.

 

[Game_Breaker]

You seem very obsessed with the one rule the ref disregarded but are ok with the many others they got blatantly wrong. Perhaps your bias is clouding your impartiality.

The other times you think they got wrong are just your opinion and perfectly legal within the laws of the game

Changing their decision mid play is not sanctioned by the rule book and the Roosters scored a premiership winning try seconds later

 

[Valheru]

Again, all of these examples that rooster fans are nitpicking about are not momentum swinging decisions.

The roosters were on the rack, Roosters life member Ben Cummins decision to reverse the six again took them off the rack.

MOMENTUM

When you guys got an incorrect penalty for a strip after the original call was a loose carry that gave you a piggy back out of your half and the ensuing set resulted in cronk being binned and us being on the back foot for 20 minutes.

How is that not momentum changing?

But that is life and shit happens. It wouldn't have even been brought up if it wasnt for the whinge after the game which TBF to you guys has largely come from neutrals.

 

[Game_Breaker]

No they just got the call wrong.

You seem to prefer incompetence over an error in process.... in the event it favours the raiders of course.

So to be clear
You’re whinging about a non call you THINK they got wrong but resulted in the Roosters scoring the first try anyway.
(Ref still has the power to judge if it’s a penalty or not)

Is that correct?

My focus is on the ref illegally changing his decision that resulted in a premiership winning try being scored

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Roosters fans are easier to bait than sharks groupies .

 

[Valheru]

So to be clear
You’re whinging about a non call you THINK they got wrong but resulted in the Roosters scoring the first try anyway.
(Ref still has the power to judge if it’s a penalty or not)

Is that correct?

My focus is on the ref illegally changing his decision that resulted in a premiership winning try being scored

That's not correct.

Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

 

[nick87]

It’s hard so far none of them involve the tackler taking out the kickers legs and putting him in a dangerous position

It's hard because it's never happened.
It's never happened because it's not a penalty.
It's not a penalty because the rule explicitly states the a defender who commits before the kick should not be penalised.

Two officials saw it, and never considered a penalty.
A video ref, who can intervene in this because it's foul play, did not see it as a penalty.
In the discussions post game about trainers, not once has Graham Annesley said it was a penalty (which would have been a super easy get of jail free card for the NRL re: the trainers to just say "well actually, that should have been a penalty anyways so the trainer thing wasnt a big deal")
The match review committed did not charge him.

It maybe time to just concede you're wrong.

 

[Game_Breaker]

That's not correct.

Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

Tell me how it’s not correct?

 

[Valheru]

Tell me how it’s not correct?

Because I was talking about the strip call being wrong

 

[Game_Breaker]

Because I was talking about the strip call being wrong

So you have zero problem with the Soliola legal charge down?

 

[Valheru]

So you have zero problem with the Soliola legal charge down?

I think it could easily have been called a penalty but can live with it not being so.

 

[Cockosh]

It's hard because it's never happened.
It's never happened because it's not a penalty.
It's not a penalty because the rule explicitly states the a defender who commits before the kick should not be penalised.

Two officials saw it, and never considered a penalty.
A video ref, who can intervene in this because it's foul play, did not see it as a penalty.
In the discussions post game about trainers, not once has Graham Annesley said it was a penalty (which would have been a super easy get of jail free card for the NRL re: the trainers to just say "well actually, that should have been a penalty anyways so the trainer thing wasnt a big deal")
The match review committed did not charge him.

It maybe time to just concede you're wrong.

Don’t hold your breathe. To concede that a player whose legs are taken out and flipped into a Dangerous somersault position would make me an imbecile like you . You are pointing at the inaction of refs as some sort of justification. The same refs that totally screwed both teams with the 6 again call, the sst strip, the Liu charge down. You can’t make this stuff up.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

The same refs that totally screwed both teams with the 6 again call

How exactly did the Roosters get screwed by that?

You can’t make this stuff up.

I don't know, you're doing a pretty good job of it

 

[Valheru]

Don’t hold your breathe. To concede that a player whose legs are taken out and flipped into a Dangerous somersault position would make me an imbecile like you . You are pointing at the inaction of refs as some sort of justification. The same refs that totally screwed both teams with the 6 again call, the sst strip, the Liu charge down. You can’t make this stuff up.

Add to that the near decapitation of Victor Radley