We should've got a lot more than ten penalties tonight. Souths were very dirty, and got away with it.
Really? Any incidents you have a problem with in particular that you feel were missed? I thought we were physical without crossing the line. Remember lads, this is rugby league - its a contact sport!
Well played Rabbitohs. Your blokes came out loud and proud and eked it out in the end.
I would argue 1 shocking set of decisions kept you in the game.
Wicks is stripped 10 out from his own line, ruled dropped ball. The eels are hanging on, but Scott is penalised for making a tackle while onside (your hooker held it too long); from there the bunnies go in out wide and get back in the game.
Eels had it in their grasp though - a couple of bad decisions by our players cost us in the end.
On the grounding: i believe knock on as to ground with torso ball must be on the ground, you can't take itnto the ground with torso (i may be wrong?). Clearly reynolds takes it to the ground with torso. I thought that was a good call?
Thanks mate. I thought he lost the ball but in saying that we got penalised a few times for stripping/hands on the ball when in fact the Parramatta player lost it. These sorts of penalties have become a bit of a lottery! Ben Cummins didn't help by putting massive pressure on himself early on by getting involved far too much when it wasn't warranted!
With regards to the Adam Reynolds try, the rule states you are allowed to ground the ball for a try with your upper torso. It is a bullshit rule but by the letter of the law it should have been a try. Ben Cummins sent it up as a try but the bunker somehow conclusively determined that the ball came off his arm before he grounded it with his torso. I'm not so sure how they managed to see the ball come off his arm. They must have some bloody good cameras in that bunker.
Way too much negativity in this thread.
Players that were heroes last week are being bagged out relentlessly, when in effect, a few small simple errors and a couple of poor judgement calls cost us this game.
Souths were good. We were good. They were just that little bit gooder when it counted, and it showed on the scoreboard at the end.
I am furious about one thing though, and it's already been mentioned a few times, but that tackle on Edwards by Inglis was just a pure act of thuggery, and I'll be very disillusioned with this game if he doesn't get at least a week. It was a deliberate forearm to the head.
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I think you summed up the game pretty well. You guys were not bad at all. It was a game of football played to a very very high standard. If you guys were playing against the Broncos, Sharks or Cowboys I think you guys would have won. Its just that we were absolutely desperate as well after some of the most humiliating performances in the clubs recent history over the last few weeks.
Why did Norman put a nothing kick on the third tackle gifting them good field position? It was as dumb as Foran's similar kick in the Panther's game. They are elite halves on big money, surely they can count to 6? Or is the trainer sending out the message to kick early?Both of those shit kicks had a big impact on each game
To be fair, I think Norman does that quite often. While he does come up with moments of magic, he also comes up with a fair few shocking plays. I said it a few pages earlier in this thread that I think your better off letting Norman go to the Roosters and trying to get Ryan Matterson back.
By the way I also think that you guys made a mistake in not taking the 2 points at goal; both sides were tiring and taking the two would have not only extended your lead but ensured that you retained possession.
I wouldn't read too much into it - bloke reckons kneeing Semi in the head when he'd already grounded the ball isn't foul play...
Fair play to Souths - deserved winners.
But the officiating was bullshit.
You guys had the better of the luck in regards to refereeing decisions. There was nothing in the Inglis elbow to the head and even if you did have a problem with it. It got penalised anyway so you can't really say that it was missed or that you got ripped off.
I already said before that the Semi thing could have been an 8 point try but probably wasn't because there was no intent there to collect him high; the guy was just coming across to make a covering tackle but accidentally clipped him. Once again, if you have a gripe with that, I could point to the fact that Beau Scott was penalised for tripping Adam Reynolds.
