Ive been a massive advocate all season of using the sin bin. Fans, journos, even players all whinge about the ruck penalties...why not use the sin bin? That'll stop teams from attempting to slow down the play the ball! However, I feel that referees are reluctant to use it because the criticism is that 10 minutes is too long! Granted it is a huge chunk out of the game to sit out, but why can we not have a 5 minute sin bin for repeated infringement penalties and 10 minutes for professional fouls?
I find the referees interpretation of the ruck to be so inconsistent! Some of the rulings are an absolute joke. When the ball pops out of the tackled player its virtually a lottery as to whether its going to be a penalty or a knock on. Also no one can tell me that when a team is leading a penalty count something like 6-2 that the referees aren't going to blow a few in favor of the other team so as to even things up and avoid wrath of psychopathic coaches, such as Geoff Toovey!
