The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:07 pm  

Surprised no one has mentioned the muppett in the middle,Jamie Leahy truely awful,We deserved to lose today but those two disalowed tries and the penalty try and the lieing on by the Feath player,our player triying to get up and play the ball but go penalised for an elbow,The bloke is totally inept and simply not good enough.the score didnt really reflect the game.

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:27 pm  

Have never been a big fan of Leahy, I thought in general he was very poor today, but for both sides. It was the TJ who gave the 2 forward passes and he was probably right for at least one of them. The penalty true was unreal.

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:34 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Have never been a big fan of Leahy, I thought in general he was very poor today, but for both sides. It was the TJ who gave the 2 forward passes and he was probably right for at least one of them. The penalty true was unreal.

I thought that you no longer gave penatlty tries for ball steals - I need to check that one at the next refs meeting.

The TJ gave the try for the first forward pass - Jamie overruled it. Second one looked forward to be fair.

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:38 pm  

tim2 wrote: I thought that you no longer gave penatlty tries for ball steals - I need to check that one at the next refs meeting. The TJ gave the try for the first forward pass - Jamie overruled it. Second one looked forward to be fair. Just posted along those lines on the Virtual Terrace - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=452717.

tim2 wrote: I thought that you no longer gave penatlty tries for ball steals - I need to check that one at the next refs meeting. The TJ gave the try for the first forward pass - Jamie overruled it. Second one looked forward to be fair. Just posted along those lines on the Virtual Terrace - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=452717.

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:50 pm  

The most stupid thing is there was a forward pass to Misi Taulapapa late in the game which was an absolute mile forward and wasn't given. A degree of consistency would be appreciated, but not expected off Mr Leahy. He's rubbish and always has been.

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:08 pm  

tim2 wrote:

I thought that you no longer gave penalty tries for ball steals - I need to check that one at the next refs meeting.

The one thing you can't excuse referees for is not knowing the laws of the game.

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:27 pm  

What was the penalty try for? Because I saw nothing.

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:36 pm  

Dr Badvibes wrote:

What was the penalty try for? Because I saw nothing.

Ball steal, I assume. The ball came loose anyway.

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:41 pm  

I only ask because the players didn't seem to know either

Re: The clown in the middle : Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:01 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Ball steal, I assume. The ball came loose anyway.

It was given for a ball steal. The players probably looked surprised because they thought that, under the laws of the game, as agreed by almost everyone, that would be a penalty.