: Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:11 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

The only thing I could think of was that Howell was off side at the kick that I think he knocked back

The ref gave off side thats for sure

Indeed.

: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:03 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

With regards to the disallowed try for Dorn, I think it would be impossible for us to tell standing on the terrace and not side on, and he did seem to pounce rather quickly...

The Kaye disallowed try was baffling though.

I'd be amazed if Dorn was offside when he was halted by the whistle. I might have been behind the goal, but it was a fairly long pass and didn't go a long way backwards. I just thought it was a sloppy pass and Dorn read it to perfection. Normally if something's dodgy I half-expect it to be pulled up, but it didn't even occur to me there could have been anything wrong with it. The ref seemed to call it without any assistance from the touch judge.

It seemed the ref was happy to give the Kaye try until the touch judge signalled to him.

: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:18 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Not sure how they came to that conclusion given that:

a) it was given as offside
b) a penalty was given
c) it never went forwards

You're right now that I think about it. There was a penalty given. I'll shut up in future if I'm not sure.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:03 am  

BroncOnIon wrote:

:oops: You're right now that I think about it. There was a penalty given. I'll shut up in future if I'm not sure.

Doesn't usually stop me

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:12 pm  

I imagine Melling was moved out to the wing after dodgy performances under high kicks at FB last season. Sure enough, Cas punted his way. He caught them all.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:54 pm  

If Melling regains his form I would prefer him at FB, Welsi is very solid but Melling is not a winger! We have also Garner as a wing option. This was the only question mark about the performance on Sun for me. Kaye slotted in well at hooker, I think he may be rookie of the year. He knows where the try line is.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:36 pm  

poplar panther wrote:

If Melling regains his form I would prefer him at FB, Welsi is very solid but Melling is not a winger! We have also Garner as a wing option. This was the only question mark about the performance on Sun for me. Kaye slotted in well at hooker, I think he may be rookie of the year. He knows where the try line is.

Pleased to hear that. Too much reliance on Dorn to score all the tries is a recipe for disaster. We need a good spread of people heading for the line if we are to be successful.