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Ok, so first off I am a Parra fan. Of course a part of me thinks that penalty cost us a chance of a fairytale finish, but i also realise that we were outplayed. And so I'm not going to complain about that penalty in isolation - it could have gone either way.
But the real problem is that we have got to the end of yet another season and the lack of direction that the referees have, along with an inability to fix rules that are causing problems while tinkering with ones that aren't, has led to a huge debate about a call that was made with three minutes to go in the Grand Final.
To explain:
In the first few minute of the game Steve Turner is tackled around the legs. Mat Keating lets go AFTER Turner hits the ground, Turner gets up and runs off, making another 15 metres. Melbourne put a grubber into the in-goal, get a repeat set, and score.
In the last five minutes Fui Fui tackles Slater around the legs, hangs on, and is penalised.
Both actions of the Parramatta players were punished. Now, this isn't an excuse why we lost, it is simply pointing out that in two identical situations the Parra players took totally opposite actions, and both were punished because of the inconsistency of the intepretations.
How could this be avoided?
Well, in the last two years we have had people saying that if a player gets up and runs again after being tackled then it should be brought back for a play-the-ball, not a penalty. Because the Turner incident was line-ball and they didn't want to give a penalty so early in a Grand Final, they let him run on. If the referees had brought him back, maybe Fui doesn't feel the need to hang on at the end.
There has also been suggestions that if you tackle around the legs you should be allowed to hang on a bit longer. The current rules encourage high tackles but then penalise when someone slips a little bit too high.
Neither of these sensible suggestions have even been thought about, never mind adopted, and yet we've had ridiculous borrowed ideas like "The Bunker" bandied about.
The people in Rugby League have always been concerned that a bad call would one day cost a team a premiership. While that is not so clear cut here, it was certainly the case of the inconsistency of ruling costing a team a chance to win. And it simply because the rules and intepretations of rules have been left to rot. Things are getting worse, not better.
Everyone in league knows its time for Finch and Harrigan to go. And take Annesley with them.
But the real problem is that we have got to the end of yet another season and the lack of direction that the referees have, along with an inability to fix rules that are causing problems while tinkering with ones that aren't, has led to a huge debate about a call that was made with three minutes to go in the Grand Final.
To explain:
In the first few minute of the game Steve Turner is tackled around the legs. Mat Keating lets go AFTER Turner hits the ground, Turner gets up and runs off, making another 15 metres. Melbourne put a grubber into the in-goal, get a repeat set, and score.
In the last five minutes Fui Fui tackles Slater around the legs, hangs on, and is penalised.
Both actions of the Parramatta players were punished. Now, this isn't an excuse why we lost, it is simply pointing out that in two identical situations the Parra players took totally opposite actions, and both were punished because of the inconsistency of the intepretations.
How could this be avoided?
Well, in the last two years we have had people saying that if a player gets up and runs again after being tackled then it should be brought back for a play-the-ball, not a penalty. Because the Turner incident was line-ball and they didn't want to give a penalty so early in a Grand Final, they let him run on. If the referees had brought him back, maybe Fui doesn't feel the need to hang on at the end.
There has also been suggestions that if you tackle around the legs you should be allowed to hang on a bit longer. The current rules encourage high tackles but then penalise when someone slips a little bit too high.
Neither of these sensible suggestions have even been thought about, never mind adopted, and yet we've had ridiculous borrowed ideas like "The Bunker" bandied about.
The people in Rugby League have always been concerned that a bad call would one day cost a team a premiership. While that is not so clear cut here, it was certainly the case of the inconsistency of ruling costing a team a chance to win. And it simply because the rules and intepretations of rules have been left to rot. Things are getting worse, not better.
Everyone in league knows its time for Finch and Harrigan to go. And take Annesley with them.
