GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 3:40 am  

GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00

GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAME, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:31 pm  

Real class by shenton there. Then again, Catalans have hardly been shy of milking cheap pens in the past..

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:35 pm  

As Phil Clarke says, the sport needs to change the culture. It won't change if the refs keep giving penalties and the RFL start handing out bans. Shenton actually threw the ball into a man laid on the floor. Shambolic.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:39 pm  

Really disappointed with Shenton with that, that’s not how we should be playing the game.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:40 pm  

I do think that the Shenton one (and one last weekend) were slightly different to most. The defender who’s offside is directly between the dummy half and the first receiver, rather than the dummy half just throwing the ball at someone lying, out of the way, at the side of the ruck.
Just like the dummy half running at the marker who isn’t square, it’s taking advantage of a defender who hasn’t got into the right place.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:45 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

I do think that the Shenton one (and one last weekend) were slightly different to most. The defender who’s offside is directly between the dummy half and the first receiver, rather than the dummy half just throwing the ball at someone lying, out of the way, at the side of the ruck.
Just like the dummy half running at the marker who isn’t square, it’s taking advantage of a defender who hasn’t got into the right place.

please don't defend it, it's cheating plain and simple.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:47 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

I do think that the Shenton one (and one last weekend) were slightly different to most. The defender who’s offside is directly between the dummy half and the first receiver, rather than the dummy half just throwing the ball at someone lying, out of the way, at the side of the ruck.
Just like the dummy half running at the marker who isn’t square, it’s taking advantage of a defender who hasn’t got into the right place.

It he passed to Mcshane he would have caught it. He threw it to the floor though.

All teams do it. No ones "cleaner" than any other despite some stating to the contrary.

The game as a whole needs to take steps to eradicate it though.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:50 pm  

mrpurfect wrote:

please don't defend it, it's cheating plain and simple.

I think there’s a subtle difference. If the defender is between the dummy half and first receiver, I have no issue. It’s the same as the dummy half running at a defender who hasn’t got square at marker.
When it crosses into cheating (in my opinion) is when the dummy half throws the ball at a defender who is at the side of the ruck in a position that doesn’t actually impede the pass.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:51 pm  

First time I've seen Cas do it from what I can remember. Hate to see it. Ref should just say play on.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers - 17:00:00 : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:51 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

It he passed to Mcshane he would have caught it. He threw it to the floor though.

All teams do it. No ones "cleaner" than any other despite some stating to the contrary.

The game as a whole needs to take steps to eradicate it though.

Nope. As far as I’m concerned if a defender is between the dummy half and the first receiver, it’s a penalty.