Maybe but if Penrith treat that game like a final and somehow get over Melbourne they could end up playing a depleted Roosters in the final. Who knows but it was a hugely disappointing weekend of results so far.Should they play the Storm I’d be prepared to back the winner from the other side of the drawer. Storm v Panthers will be like a gf & the winner would find it hard to backup.
Maybe I’m just a Dragons tragic. Most days I find it hard to enjoy watching and especially listening to NRL. As soon as I saw that incident I thought of when Sims was suspended when his shoulder made contact with an opposition players head. Same, same, if anything Verrils was worse. I laugh when commentators make a big deal about how there’s nothing in the tackle when it’s a player from another club, but when it’s Dragons, it’s instantly voiced how the players gunna be suspended and of course he does.How the contact with the head rule applies really irritates me.
A Roosters player was falling and Proctor hit him in the head no more than 20cms from the ground. Verills just collected Kelly in the head with his shoulder as Kelly got bent over from a forceful low tackle.
Proctor…seriously…he can’t disappear. I’d argue Verills had no time to change his position. Neither tackle was deliberate foul play.
I do appreciate the health aspect behind the rule, but I really struggle with these kind of penalties.
Used to be but I understand that now the foot must pass over the ball (Ie; can’t just roll it between your legs). Rarely see penalties now for the not playing the ball ‘square-on’, or for moving off the mark or for touching the man playing the ball, or for not standing square as a marker. Sometimes the refs even stop play and tell the ball carrier to go back to the mark and play it again. Beats me! Basically, the ruck is pretty random, apparently in the interests of making it fast.Too late for a penalty crackdown now but they should next season
the ball is supposed to touch the foot isn’t it ?
It's just the way there going to go once the ball gets played.. the markers talk too each other about who's going what side but the pointing helps the defensive line know which player will be inside them.. there's alot of talking that goes on in defence it's just another way of communicating without turning aroundCan anyone tell me why, when players stand at marker, they often point to their left or right?
Can anyone tell me why, when players stand at marker, they often point to their left or right?
Hope you put some money on this young fella!Storm over Manly
Souths spring an upset over Panthers
Rorters over Titans
Eels over Knights
Oops!Don't mean too revive a dead thread.. but why are manly almost odds on? I've got the roosters 12.5 + there's no way manly are gonna lap them tonight I don't understand why the roosters are paying $4 am I missing something? I can see manly being kept too under 12 points to be honest
need to be a little bit wary of the sea eagles formI have just read Fox Sport and they have 2 articles about the rorters defeat , BUT nothing about Manly’s tremendous win .
It is a case of the journo’s having their tissues out having a good cry . What a pack of A-holes for not giving theSea Eagles any credit .
need to be a little bit wary of the sea eagles form
yet to beat a top 4 side this season ..
but love the way they play , esp when Turbo is on
I wanted to ALSGI , but at the last moment I thought that I might need a few beers to watch the game , so there was no dough left to bet with .Hope you put some money on this young fella!