The Bunker

[Last Week]

I'm laughing because you're saying the bunker wasn't asked to rule on a forward pass. By way of Cecchin sending it up as a try, technically they have. That's where the stuff-up is.

You can think technically all you like, fact is they went upstairs to see if a Parramatta player touched the ball.

 

[Timmah]

I know that, but the way they went upstairs was incorrect and as a result they've made the bunker call on something they're not allowed to. By signalling the try Cecchin's error has forced the Bunker to make a call they aren't supposed to make. Whether they were asked to or not, they've effectively made a forward pass ruling because it didn't go up as No Try.

 

[El Diablo]

it was forward out of the hands

 

[Snappy]

Like I said, it's beyond you.

This time it wasn't it as the bunker went with the touchies call that Feckin missed as he didn't refer to the touch judge and missed the touchies call.

We know a forward pass can't be ruled on by the bunker.

The bunker went with the touchie.

Archer said Feckin screwed up.

The way you post rudely and carry on is like in the schoolyard. It's obvious you ain't an adult.

Tip, your childish name calling makes you look like a child

 

[Rabbits20]

I'm laughing because you're saying the bunker wasn't asked to rule on a forward pass. By way of Cecchin sending it up as a try, technically they have. That's where the stuff-up is.



I don't follow, you accuse someone else of posting rudely and carry on like a schoolyard yet you've been labelling people as a goose and continually using a childish insult in place of the name of a referee?

Log off mate.

That's what I call Cecchin.

I can't stand him. Imo he is the worst ref.

All Snappy does is give me shit all the time when I post on the main forum. So he can cop it back. Anything I say Snappy pulls up. I rarely pull up things he says as I try to respect him.

Snappy should try to respect me too. Funny thing is I reckon we both could agree on this one. But he says leave it to the adults to start the argument:roll::roll:


If you're telling me to log off then so should snappy.

By the way, I agree with what you're saying Timmah.

I said that too and snappy said leave it to the adults.

So I then gave him his own medicine back.

I know you see where I'm coming from.

 

[Rabbits20]

:lol:

Archer conceded in his interview that Cecchin erred in the process and that it should not have gone up with a live ruling of try.

Cecchin failed to take the advice of the touch judge BEFORE making that live ruling. That's where the confusion was created - the live ruling was incorrect and got muddled along the way.

Agree.

 

[Dragonwest]

The ball went forward and hit the ground making it fair game to be a knock on.

 

[some11]

18/03/2016

The Bunker rules on a forward pass.

RIP, we hardly knew ye.

 

[Rhyno]

Best thing since slice bread

 

[Glen]

The best part was the James Graham standard hissy fit, then allowing Corey Norman to breeze past him to set up a try

 

[Aus_Dog]

In the end the main thing is it didn't decide the game.

I was of the impression that the current rules are that there has to be sufficient evidence for the video ref (bunker) to overturn the on field refs decision. If the bunker cannot rule on a forward pass then what did they base the no try decision on?

If they based it on the touch judge call then does that mean they can rule on what other officials tell them after the refs referral? If so it's the first I've heard of it.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

In the end the main thing is it didn't decide the game

Pretty hard to say it did or didn't at 6-0. Complexity of the game changes at 6-6. It's not as simple as score minus possible score equals still a win, therefore didn't decide game.

I fail to understand why Cecchin or any ref has to say anything when it goes upstairs, unless there's the probability the Bunker aren't going to get a good look (ie a big pileup with bodies obstructing view). Send it upstairs and let them rule on it. I can't see why some guy needs an opinion in real time when we're saying the technology is there and it's king, so we're using it.

 

[POPEYE]

it was forward out of the hands

I was unfortunate enough not to change channels before I went for a piss, when I came back I caught Matty Johns saying it was backwards out of the hands. What did Ch9 say . . . do they still telecast RL

 

[typicalfan]

The bunker didn't call the pass forward the touchie did. Technically the correct call and the pass was easily forward.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

I dont understand the controversy here...

Its very simple. The ref said the ball went forward, however he couldnt tell if it was a forward pass or if it was legal until a Parra player knocked it down towards the try-line. The review clearly showed no Parra player touched it, therefore the Dogs player threw it forward. NO TRY.

I cant say im surprised 9 spent the next 5 minutes bitching. Gus has never struck me as the sharpest mind....

 

[Timmah]

We know who called what - the process is the problem.

 

[Timmah]

I dont understand the controversy here...

Its very simple. The ref said the ball went forward, however he couldnt tell if it was a forward pass or if it was legal until a Parra player knocked it down towards the try-line. The review clearly showed no Parra player touched it, therefore the Dogs player threw it forward. NO TRY.

I cant say im surprised 9 spent the next 5 minutes bitching. Gus has never struck me as the sharpest mind....

The controversy is that it went upstairs as a TRY. If the ref said the ball went forward (which he didn't when he initially sent it up), then it should have gone upstairs as NO TRY. Cecchin erred at that point and Archer admitted as much. Cecchin's error is what created the whole confusion.

 

[ek999]

I know that, but the way they went upstairs was incorrect and as a result they've made the bunker call on something they're not allowed to. By signalling the try Cecchin's error has forced the Bunker to make a call they aren't supposed to make. Whether they were asked to or not, they've effectively made a forward pass ruling because it didn't go up as No Try.

Cecchin sent it up as a try thinking it was touched by a Parra player. If it wasn't touched by a Parra player then it had to have been a forward pass. The bunker did not make any call on whether the pass went forward or not

It was extremely good refereeing and Cecchin should be congratulated for it

 

[Sea_Eagles_Rock]

Right decision. Personally I think it should have gone up as 'No Try' - Check if it touched an Eels hand and went forward.

 

[Last Week]

Cecchin sent it up as a try thinking it was touched by a Parra player. If it wasn't touched by a Parra player then it had to have been a forward pass. The bunker did not make any call on whether the pass went forward or not

It was extremely good refereeing and Cecchin should be congratulated for it

The trajectory of the ball has nothing to do with determining a forward pass.