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Frank_Grimes

First Grade
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HERE is the proof NSW was robbed at ANZ Stadium last night.

Eleven refereeing decisions from Matt Cecchin and Gerard Sutton that clearly favoured the Maroons and stunned 82,000 fans at the game and millions of television viewers.

All night the Maroons got the 50-50 calls.

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It was one of the worst State of Origin refereeing performances for years and here’s how it unfolded:

8 minutes — James Maloney penalised for pushing over Billy Slater (even Paul Vautin bagged the decision).

8.5 minutes — Val Holmes scores a try despite putting his foot on the line.

15 minutes — Dane Gagai belts Jarryd Hayne in the head — no action. Clear to all but two refs and two touchies.

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Incidents from the 8th, 9th and 15th minutes.Source:The Daily Telegraph

37 minutes — Cameron Smith forward pass to Thurston from dummy half. Phil Gould says: “That pass was a metre forward”

39 minutes — Nathan Peats penalised for stripping on Tim Glasby — looked legitimate tackle — Glasby lost control.

42 minutes — Thurston slips then throws forward pass to Michael Morgan. Gus again: “At least a metre forward”.

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Incidents from the 37th, 39th and 42nd minutes.Source:The Daily Telegraph

46 minutes — Josh Dugan taken out by Will Chambers chasing Pearce bomb (far worse than Maloney did to Slater). Should have been Blues penalty for 12-point lead.

51 minutes — Jarryd Hayne taken out by Chambers and Cronk chasing Pearce kick. Should have been a Blues penalty. QLD score try minute later.

60 minutes — Hayne penalised for strip on Gagai — clearly a loose carry.

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Refereeing cost NSW a series win.Source:The Daily Telegraph

66 minutes — Woods interfered with by QLD Dylan Napa at play the ball — should have been NSW penalty deep in own half.

75 minutes - Billy Slater clearly offside when Maroons force a line drop-out. They scored the match winning try shortly afterwards.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/or...i/news-story/6353a4b0b7296f9b8f9e9a4d7e97ecec
 

myrrh ken

First Grade
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9,817
Well - they were all bad decisions. Obviously they all impacted on the game.

There were probably a few the other way.
 

grouch

First Grade
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I hope all the NSW fans blaming the referees for that choke feel embarrassed now. Rothfield agrees with you.
 

myrrh ken

First Grade
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A wonderfully unbiased view...

Buzz? Is that you?

Which one do you disagree with in particular?

Don't agree with the we wuz robbed sentiment of the article, but a lot of refs calls did go against the blues and were wrong.

The Maloney penalty, the strips and the try come to mind.
 

Apey

Moderator
Staff member
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Maloney's push was soft but completely unnecessary. Holmes looked in on replay. Some dud forward passes missed though.
 

Still Nutty

Juniors
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NSW lost because they thought, by going through the motions in the 2nd half, they would win....they blew it, pure and simple.

They lost intensity and then started playing catch up football, when they were in front, and didn't complete sets. They gave a way dumb penalties (the strip by Wade Graham with 10 minutes to go on the 3rd tackle and only 10 metres out from the Qld line when we were defensively hammering them, as an example).

I bleed Blue and there were some ordinary calls BUT we were our own worst enemies in the second half and didn't compete at an origin level with origin intensity...regardless of those calls, the game was still there to win but we lacked leadership at crucial times to get the team refocussed.

I hope it is....but I'm not sure even the pain of that loss will be enough to help them climb that mountain at Suncorp in game 3
 
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NSW blew their best chance to win the Series right there. So much for the much anticipated Blatchy's celebration. NSW anally raped themselves in front of their duped fans.
 

Perth Red

Post Whore
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2 strips that went unpunished and slater obstruction when he was running through, clear of day in front of ref. Cant say the refs were biased one way or other, they called it as they saw it and missed some on both sides. Good attempt to deflect from the massive choke though buzz!
 

Vic Mackey

Referee
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24,496
I think QLD definetly got the rub of the green from the refs but nsw lost it purely because their halves were too shit to close it out.

In saying that if QLD went a whole half at suncorp without getting a single penalty the reaction from the courier mail would be ten fold what we're seeing from slothfield
 

OldPanther

Coach
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13,404
We lost because we tried to defend the lead like the Broncos 2015. If our halves closed the game down properly those penalties wouldn't have been a factor.
 
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Thurston beat the All Conquering Blues with one arm disabled. Pearce had two useless arms, two useless legs and a brain which is 99% little white dogs in yellow dresses and 1% how to win Origin.
 

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