Worst refereeing decision you've seen

[_Johnsy]

ECT

Thanks for finding the rule about 2 min before I located it, so a penalty can be reversed.

I found it bizarre that the laws of the ame under the NRL banner were not so easy to locate. Found the International laws from 2008.

http://www.arldevelopment.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/NDO_Webpage_Docs/ARL_International_Laws_of_the_Game_2008.pdf

Cheers

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Anasta was actually penalised for a grapple, and the penalty was blown simultaneously with Faalogo's punch to the head.

Faalogo should have been sent off rather than binned though.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Thanks for finding the rule about 2 min before I located it, so a penalty can be reversed.

Cheers

Nowhere in the rule book says a penalty can be reversed and you can show no example of it happening. I'd say that suggests it can't and hasn't.

 

[Matt23]

As a Knights fan, there's not too many really bad ones against us that spring to mind actually. I guess the one freshest in the mind is the Tigers game last year, Houston got penalised for getting pushed. Then in golden point Farah pushed our marker over and kicked the winning FG from dummy half.

X2, if it had been the other way, the pricks in pink would have blown it up within seconds

 

[Valheru]

Apart from what has already been mentioned the “try” awarded to the warriors against the roosters when they had that “home game” at Christchurch in 2010. Not the game winner but one of their earlier tries where he planted the ball square on the dead ball line and the video ref had 27 looks at it and still awarded it.

 

[Black Majik]

I remember a Panthers/Sharks game early 2000's at Shark Park.

Ball was played by Penrith and Priddis passed it back. Player catches and puts a chip kick over the Cronulla defense, but Priddis catches it and passes it back to the kicker who came racing through and they score. No offside, no Video...just a try!

We won that game too!

 

[_Johnsy]

It can. its there in black and white !!

I cannot remember the game. I am not 100% sure, but fairly certain.

I am sure you actually saw the text before the section you quoted.

Section 16. Duties of Referee and Touch Judges (continued)
Changing decision
9. The Referee judges on matters of fact and shall not subsequently alter those judgments. He may cancel any decision made if prior foul play of which he had no knowledge is reported to him by a Touch Judge.

It states nowhere in the laws of the game that he cannot do the below.

Deciding not to award a penalty he previously awarded, then awarding the penalty to the other side is exactly what I am talking about. no need to play semantics.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

It can. its there in black and white !!

I cannot remember the game. I am not 100% sure, but fairly certain.

I am sure you actually saw the text before the section you quoted.

Section 16. Duties of Referee and Touch Judges (continued)
Changing decision
9. The Referee judges on matters of fact and shall not subsequently alter those judgments. He may cancel any decision made if prior foul play of which he had no knowledge is reported to him by a Touch Judge.

It states nowhere in the laws of the game that he cannot do the below.

Deciding not to award a penalty he previously awarded, then awarding the penalty to the other side is exactly what I am talking about. no need to play semantics.

Do you know what the word "prior" means?

 

[_Johnsy]

Can you be any more condescending?

It does not change the scenario I gave you.

If he gave a penalty to the attacking team, then was alerted to PRIOR foul play had been committed by one of the attacking teams players on a defending team player, if a touchy reports it.

The referee can then chose not to award the original penalty.

He can chose to award a penalty on the basis of the prior (there it is again) foul play committed, reported to him by a touch judge.

Do you comprehend ?

 

[dogslife]

And Anasta was penalised for holding down before Faalogo belted him so the penalty was already given and cannot be reversed. The ref even said that from memory.

Anasta was penalised for a grapple tackle after the fact. The real crime was that Faalago was only sin binned, and Souffs got the penalty

 

[Hutty1986]

That Benji "drop-kick" in the semis last year was one of the worst decisions in recent memory, plenty to choose from when it comes to useless video refs. Good to see Butters still whinging around 06, I was cheering Brisbane home that night big time

 

[cleary89]

The anasta one was the correct decision, except he needs to get sent not just binned.

 

[Vic Mackey]

1989 Bruce macguire penalized for running into a canberra player that was 5m offside

Only time in history it has been penalized

 

[Vic Mackey]

You can say others were bad calls but most of them are discretion

This one harrigan just plain made a rule up

 

[Grapple]

I remember a pretty bad call on Matt Orford in 09', going for a ball after a grubber and supposedly "impeding" Preston Campbell, that cost Manly the game (up 17-16) as the penalty was right in front of the posts with two minutes to go.

But there was one dive that still stands out in my memory from Scott Prince, where he wasn't even touched AT ALL and subequently got him a penalty. I think it was against The Storm.....

Prince's was right up there with Isaac Luke's famous "stay down until we get the penalty".

 

[Bulldog Force]

only cos you choked in the alst round and got beaten by a team you should have beaten (cant remember which team it was but it was an upset)

And guess what? There were plenty of games we weren't fancied to win that we won, and there were plenty of other games we were supposed to win that we lost. THAT'S LEAGUE.

That call was the worst because the referee admitted he got it wrong.

 

[newman]

That Benji "drop-kick" in the semis last year was one of the worst decisions in recent memory, plenty to choose from when it comes to useless video refs. Good to see Butters still whinging around 06, I was cheering Brisbane home that night big time

That was 50/50 at best that call. Far from the worst call Ive ever seen.

In the last 3 years the refs have come out twice and admitted they have majorly stuffed up against the Sharks (Douglas send off against Manly and Rd 1 against Tigers). We have been on the end of some shocking decisions, Im waiting patiently for these to even out.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Can you be any more condescending?

It does not change the scenario I gave you.

If he gave a penalty to the attacking team, then was alerted to PRIOR foul play had been committed by one of the attacking teams players on a defending team player, if a touchy reports it.

The referee can then chose not to award the original penalty.

He can chose to award a penalty on the basis of the prior (there it is again) foul play committed, reported to him by a touch judge.

Do you comprehend ?

No he wasn't. There was no prior fould play. You clearly don't know what "prior" means. The foul play was AFTER the penalty.

Do you comprehend?

 

[gronkathon]

That was 50/50 at best that call. Far from the worst call Ive ever seen.

In the last 3 years the refs have come out twice and admitted they have majorly stuffed up against the Sharks (Douglas send off against Manly and Rd 1 against Tigers). We have been on the end of some shocking decisions, Im waiting patiently for these to even out.

Its the vig on the money you had to get from the games admin to stay afloat

 

[M2D2]

When Anasta had his head almost punched off by Faalago & 5(c)uff$ were awarded the penalty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEQmVy0ASYA

Worst decision ever, end thread/

Incorrect. Ref got the call 100% Correct.

But hey, dont let the lawbook get in the way of the bullshit your spewing.