Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:47 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Still getting every 50/50 call I see. Like someone else mentioned, I don't think Walmsley has played the ball correctly for 3 seasons.

I said that to my sons last night.
Walmsley is a fantastic player but wants a free kick for lots of tackles whilst walking forward before playing the ball.
At some point a referee will pick up on this and it will be interesting to see how they react to it.

They got away with at least one forward pass for a try but it didn't even get a mention from Terry while he regaled about their great rugby.

For all that they are very professional and have an incredible defence. A pity they didnt test themselves against Penrith.

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:03 pm  

Sadly they're still the team to beat, do the basics to a very high standard and punish every error.
I thought the turning point was after Davis made that 50m break then dropped the ball as he was getting up, Catalans never seemed to have any ball or territory after that, game over.

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:08 pm  

Itchy Arsenal wrote:

I said that to my sons last night.
Walmsley is a fantastic player but wants a free kick for lots of tackles whilst walking forward before playing the ball.
At some point a referee will pick up on this and it will be interesting to see how they react to it.

They got away with at least one forward pass for a try but it didn't even get a mention from Terry while he regaled about their great rugby.

For all that they are very professional and have an incredible defence. A pity they didnt test themselves against Penrith.

It was interesting that during the set picked by John Wilkin to highlight their defence that, for the ptb under the posts, the Saints defenders were literally stood side by side. Get pinged for that as they should have been and Catalans were 30 yards down field instead of being trapped in their own 20. It's fine margins at times between looking good and bad and the referees have a big part to play.

That said, Saints were excellent and deserved their luck when it came. Catalans were an indisciplined mess and just awful! I thought it spoke volumes that they were actually on top when concentrating on playing rugby. The turning point came when Davies tried to milk a penalty instead of getting on with the job (although, to be fair, he was reacting to yet another Saints player not being penalised for pushing their luck in the tackle). They quickly spiralled downhill from that point.

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:08 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Sadly they're still the team to beat, do the basics to a very high standard and punish every error.
I thought the turning point was after Davis made that 50m break then dropped the ball as he was getting up, Catalans never seemed to have any ball or territory after that, game over.

Snap!

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:56 pm  

Itchy Arsenal wrote:

I said that to my sons last night.
Walmsley is a fantastic player but wants a free kick for lots of tackles whilst walking forward before playing the ball.
At some point a referee will pick up on this and it will be interesting to see how they react to it.

They got away with at least one forward pass for a try but it didn't even get a mention from Terry while he regaled about their great rugby.

For all that they are very professional and have an incredible defence. A pity they didnt test themselves against Penrith.

There first try 3 yards forward.

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:32 pm  

Ashton Bears wrote:

There first try 3 yards forward.

That’s the one I was referring to.
Makinson was stretching to catch it in front of him.

Looked like a blatant forward with the referee and touch judge perfectly positioned.

I wouldn’t disagree with 3 tries either.

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:34 pm  

Phuzzy wrote:

It was interesting that during the set picked by John Wilkin to highlight their defence that, for the ptb under the posts, the Saints defenders were literally stood side by side. Get pinged for that as they should have been and Catalans were 30 yards down field instead of being trapped in their own 20. It's fine margins at times between looking good and bad and the referees have a big part to play.

That said, Saints were excellent and deserved their luck when it came. Catalans were an indisciplined mess and just awful! I thought it spoke volumes that they were actually on top when concentrating on playing rugby. The turning point came when Davies tried to milk a penalty instead of getting on with the job (although, to be fair, he was reacting to yet another Saints player not being penalised for pushing their luck in the tackle). They quickly spiralled downhill from that point.

Catalan will struggle with that HB pairing.
An old man and the other with no particular talent.

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:20 pm  

jaws1 wrote:

Walmsley plays for a penalty every time he plays the ball he moves forward into the defender ive seen penalties given that way.

They used to call it "moving off the mark " IIRC.

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:13 pm  

fleabag wrote:

They used to call it "moving off the mark " IIRC.

They still do if you're not Alex Walmsley

Re: I hate how safe and sanitised This game has become. : Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:34 pm  

The diving in this KR and Cas game is cringe worthy.

Few KR players need sacking to be honest. The theatrics are borderline football level.