SuperThread LXX - Honouring James Graham's Unbreakable Melon

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Turns out I scored the winning run at cricket today off the last ball.

We all thought that we needed 2 off the last ball, or one to tie. Only hit a single, so everything felt a bit flat. Get off the field after a bit of confusion regarding overs due to storms earlier shortening the game, only to find out the scorers thought that the black box we drew over 158 in the book was their score and not the total we needed to win. Meant we won by 3 wickets.

Good times...

Could watch forever

No wonder IanG is so committed to them, he knows they will beat him down again like when he was a kid...

 

[Red Bear]

Turns out I scored the winning run at cricket today off the last ball.

We all thought that we needed 2 off the last ball, or one to tie. Only hit a single, so everything felt a bit flat. Get off the field after a bit of confusion regarding overs due to storms earlier shortening the game, only to find out the scorers thought that the black box we drew over 158 in the book was their score and not the total we needed to win. Meant we won by 3 wickets.

Good times...



No wonder IanG is so committed to them, he knows they will beat him down again like when he was a kid...

Reminded me of Steve Bowden in this clip
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[Apey]

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[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

What the hell is with the Billy Ray Cyrus get up Billy Slater is wearing?

 

[butchmcdick]

It's a traditional nq outfit

It's a cultural thing you southerners just don't get

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Kinda feel sorry for England.

 

[afinalsin666]

What a f**king joke of a result. If that was Jennings it would have been good.

 

[Bazal]

It was no try. Poms choked, they didn't deserve to win because they didn't give the Aussies enough respect in the second half.

 

[afinalsin666]

Yeah, i know it was no try, shouldn't have been though. Ball was on the ground, and he placed his hand on it. Clear as you can get.

 

[Bazal]

A little fingernail does not constitute downward pressure, nor should it ever.

 

[afinalsin666]

It was two fingers, or a quarter of his hand. If you palm a ball, you are still using not much over a third of your hand. A hand is a hand.

 

[Bazal]

I think it's quite telling that Hall himself didn't get up claiming a try...

 

[afinalsin666]

No one thought it was a try until they saw the footage. That's the whole point of the video referee.

 

[Bazal]

So if Hall got such firm downward pressure, why was he not claiming it?

 

[adamkungl]

It wasn't a try, don't be ridiculous.

f**king disappointing result though. Satisfying to no one really.

Roos half arsed their way to another underserved victory.
England couldnt close out yet another game.

International RL is the loser again.

 

[afinalsin666]

So if Hall got such firm downward pressure, why was he not claiming it?

We see tries all the time where either the player tries to sell the thing and clearly hasn't got it, or they get up and shrug and the footage finds that they did indeed try. There's probably half a dozen of the latter in Ben Barba's career alone.

 

[Big Pete]

Not in those circumstances tho.

If Hall had any indication what-so-ever, he's at least appealing it.

Instead, he knew he didn't ground it and claiming it would mean it'd be a 20m restart.

 

[thorson1987]

Doesn't really matter if he grounded it or not.

Inglis grounded it in the process of tapping it back.

 

[Apey]

Meh, no-try all day every day.

Was hoping Sione would get more ball but just glad he held his own. Be interesting to see if Sheens keeps the same team again.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Meh, no-try all day every day.

Was hoping Sione would get more ball but just glad he held his own. Be interesting to see if Sheens keeps the same team again.

I hope not, Josh Papalli was at best useless.