Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Sun Jul 14, 2019 12:23 pm  

Interesting article here https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... ssion=true Should give us hope for Ma'u visa

Interesting article here https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... ssion=true Should give us hope for Ma'u visa

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:46 pm  

Manu Mau had a great game last time out for the Eels. He's deffo going to raise the bar of back row quality for us.

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:35 am  

Freddie Miller. wrote:

I must admit that as an a NRL watcher he has not stood out for me as a special player. However, there are some great second rowers in this comp.

Am going to attend the West Tigers v Parramatta game on Sunday so looking forward to seeing him.

Had a good strong game in the win . I really wanted to see Wests Tigers win in Benji Marshall's 300th NRL game.

Manu Ma'u will play on Thursday night in the first NRL game(Brisbane v Parramatta) to have a female referee as one of the 2 controlling the match. I have seen her as a referee in reserve games and is very competent.

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:22 am  

Freddie Miller. wrote:

Had a good strong game in the win . I really wanted to see Wests Tigers win in Benji Marshall's 300th NRL game.

Manu Ma'u will play on Thursday night in the first NRL game(Brisbane v Parramatta) to have a female referee as one of the 2 controlling the match. I have seen her as a referee in reserve games and is very competent.

Is it the same ref that did the women’s soo , presume so.

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:38 am  

MorningGlory23 wrote:

Is it the same ref that did the women’s soo , presume so.

Correct. Error by me though. Brisbane play Canterbury not Parramatta on Thurs. Parramatta are away to Manly on Sunday. Sorry!

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:38 am  

you are lucky you have a competent woman ref over there,we cant even find a competent male referee over here.

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:18 pm  

fosdyke99 wrote:

you are lucky you have a competent woman ref over there,we cant even find a competent male referee over here.

A bit harsh i think.
The standard this season is much better.Most of the time the refs get it right.
The problem is its always the referee when teams get beaten

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:41 am  

bonaire wrote:

The problem is its always the referee when teams get beaten

No it isn't

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Sat Jul 20, 2019 9:28 am  

bonaire wrote:

A bit harsh i think.
The standard this season is much better.Most of the time the refs get it right.
The problem is its always the referee when teams get beaten

Personally I think some expect far too much out of the referees and they are scrutinised on every decision in every game due to TV coverage. Yes, they make mistakes, but then again, so to the players / coaches etc.

Its rare a referee will cost a team a game, even when you think of some proper howlers (Ganson missing Dobsons forward pass 2012) its one decision out of 80 minutes. Then again, good bloke that Ganson, he took his time but he managed to even out that howler with and equally impressive decision a year later.

Re: Manu Ma'u Signs : Sat Jul 20, 2019 9:49 am  

There is far too much going on during a game for 1 ref to be effective any more, particularly with teams training to push the rules to the limit constantly. I believe it's the clubs who clocked the move to 2 refs as they don't want to pay for it but then spend most of the time whinging about refs. I agree, on the whole they get most things right