[Uncle Rico]

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Tue Dec 03, 2024 4:22 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

That game was atrocious, crooked officiating in front of a bumper 11k crowd too.

I had the pleasure of his company on a jolly boys day out at Elland Road for a GB test v Australia, the coach stopped to pick up a mystery guest en route at Ainsley Top on the M62, and it was him.

He was the half time speaker and was full of it on the journey. From memory, and I'm sure this won't come as a surprise he was quite unapologetic about his Yorkshire bias and his refereeing in general, a case of decisions being made based on meritocracy as he saw fit, with transgressions being let go if the victim was asking for it.

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Tue Dec 03, 2024 6:11 pm  

Uncle Rico wrote:

I had the pleasure of his company on a jolly boys day out at Elland Road for a GB test v Australia, the coach stopped to pick up a mystery guest en route at Ainsley Top on the M62, and it was him.

He was the half time speaker and was full of it on the journey. From memory, and I'm sure this won't come as a surprise he was quite unapologetic about his Yorkshire bias and his refereeing in general, a case of decisions being made based on meritocracy as he saw fit, with transgressions being let go if the victim was asking for it.

The good old days

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Wed Dec 04, 2024 3:17 pm  

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Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Wed Dec 04, 2024 3:18 pm  

Happy to see the clampdown on the play acting and attempts to get penalties

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Wed Dec 04, 2024 4:01 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Happy to see the clampdown on the play acting and attempts to get penalties

Absolutely. It was getting silly & needed action. 2 minutes missing game time should do the trick.

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:40 pm  

I don't understand the drop out thing.

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:53 pm  

matt_wire wrote:

I don't understand the drop out thing.

There will be more teams trying to kick short drop outs (i.e just over 10m line). If it fails to reach the ten metre line all that happens is that the kicking team lose the ball rather than a penalty.

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Wed Dec 04, 2024 7:22 pm  

As was the case in NRL last year. It reduces the value of a good short kicking game significantly. It might increase Toby King's value immensely.

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:17 pm  

Not watched the NRL but I'd guess drop outs will suddenly become a contest with lots of collisions. Did that happen?

Re: Refs referring it to video as a try or not : Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:47 pm  

I'd say something like 60% of drop outs became short drop outs. Some very high with no angle but more out on either side to the centre area. Of those, I reckon about half were retained by the defending team. About 10% probably resulted in the tap to the attacking team.