Cronulla-Sutherland vs New Zealand (Netstrata Jubilee Stadium - 18:30)
- Warriors. How the Sharks are favourites I'll never know.
Smart money
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Cronulla-Sutherland vs New Zealand (Netstrata Jubilee Stadium - 18:30)
- Warriors. How the Sharks are favourites I'll never know.
Smart money
Good game of football.
Great game, SJ makes a huge difference to us and having a ref who doesnāt hate us helps, even with the obvious second half square up.
Both games today were good actually although Melbourne somehow getting a bloke binned from the opposition was the epitome of a joke
Super proud of the boys. Another gutsy effort. If only we could find one ref that liked us.
Whatever happens this season has been great for your boys!
I really hope this has been the season that changes them mentally.
The halfback looks really promising
Yea, he was good again tonight.
Would like to see RTS allowed to go home now. He's really given up a lot and with little to play for it would be a fitting reward.
Tricky one, RTS may want to play in the end.
You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be cheering the Titans on! They have some talent, and are added considerable prime beef next season. Roosters are indeed a joy to watch. Keary's first try was a beauty.
Both games today were good actually although Melbourne somehow getting a bloke binned from the opposition was the epitome of a joke
yeah look I don't see a circumstance in which you can call the referee a c*** and not get binned.
Itās still an overreaction in my view. A penalty sure but 10 minutes? It didnāt cost the game at least but it wrecked the game.
I wasn't aware of exactly what he said, but swearing at a ref should be an automatic yellow; I don't see any controversy in that.
Going back to the Roosters, although the result was never in doubt, I thought they got some pretty favourable calls from the officials. The try that went up as 'no-try', I really don't think there was enough there to overturn. And that was not the only favourable call, as I recall.
Canāt agree with the Butcher one, thatās been an obstruction all year. Itās the old fashioned non deliberate shepherd basically. What could Butcher have done? Get out of the area or go backwards there were options. You allow that as a try you open up a can of worms heading into finals and donāt tell me coaches wouldnāt exploit it.
Lol. No it's not mate. It's an obstruction MAYBE if he was a decoy runner. He's not. He played the ball. As Annesley pointed out, you cannot expect a player who has put himself in a legal position, to be forced to run backwards after playing the ball. There is no part of the game in which that is an illegal play.
You don't open a can of worms allowing that, because it has been exploited by coaches for 112 years. It's a basic middle-third option when you're attacking the tryline - dummy half engages 2 defenders and turns the ball back inside to go to the other side of the ruck. If you're not getting taught that, your coach isn't doing a good job.
More to the point, no-one was impeded. Tex Hoy runs straight past Butcher, gets a full shot on Lindsay Collins, and attempts a tackle that a pre-schooler would have executed with more conviction.
You cannot obstruct a defender. This rubbish has been creeping into games and it's like players don't get it, defenders shouldn't have to deal with decoys and what not- it is legalised so called cheating. You play the ball, get out of the way or run through the line, take your pick. Don't obstruct the players and don't stand there looking like you don't mean to take an advantage. It would just become a deliberate tactic. I'm glad it happened in a match that had little consequence. It is actually more annoying that teams think they can get away with it especially as they don't need to do it.