dannyt
Coach
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The constant wrestling has made the ruck an absolute mess, so they are lenient on anything that speeds it up, such as not playing it properly.I think what pisses me off the most is that they're all over the frigging place. For 5 years they jumped on anyone not playing the ball correctly, now they don't. They jumped on players not getting to their feet before playing the ball, now they don't. Tripping has been an automatic send-off since I was a kid in the 1960's, now it's a penalty and a small fine. They call players by name and that should never, ever have been allowed. And that's just a few of the things that piss me off these days.
Get rid of the people running the refs and start again.
Occasionally they also come down hard on tactics to slow the play the ball, such as hand on the ball.
The biggest problem is consistency.
You can have offences penalised early in the game are let go at end of games. Offences may be penalised at any point of the season, then not policed at other times of the season.