Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:46 pm  

Cronk made contact with the arm of the raiders prop just before the ball reached him which caused him not to collect the ball hence the knock on, penalty for me not a sin bin, the waving for 6 to go was disgraceful at any level and then went down the other end and scored, a massive call.

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:58 pm  

acko wrote:

Great game and a great atmosphere which was slightly ruined by the officials with that poor call of waving six to go, Also what i did notice was blatant holding on at the tackle every time over here penalty ever time.

Correct. I thought Roosters were very lucky to get away with a few holding on calls. There was one glaring moment in the second half when Riaders were coming out of their own 30 when a Roosters player cjust stayed in the ruck and it slowed it down so much that the dummy half took an age to get the ball and he was tackeld about 2 metres behind where he picked it up. It was the most blatant pen you will see for not clearing the ruck but no penalty was given. I notice this week in week out in NRL reffing they seem to ignore the rules of the game so that the game "can flow". Roosters' defence was great and a nice bit bit of class for their second try.

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:02 pm  

Thought two fairly evenly matched teams today roosters got the rub of the green on the night and with two blatant poor ref decisions always was going to be a roosters win doesnt help having two sydney based refs obviously trophy was going to stay with them

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:34 am  

Ref changing the decision was poor but they got it right in the end, should never have been 6 to go. Some of the raiders players heard the second call hence the offloads. Also its not like it was the next play Roosters still had to go 90m to score. Canberra had their fair share of the calls, like the Whitehead clear knock on somehow given penalty in the set before the dubious sin-binning but it was them failing to capitalise on the field position especially when they had the man advantage is what cost them.

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:34 am  

Three refs next?

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:49 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Three refs next?

Indeed - the myth that the NRL have solved the officiating conundrum has just been well and truly busted; two massive howlers that have effectively busted open a tight game, and directly influenced the result.

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:28 am  

Josh Papali scores those short range tries for fun, so I would have thought CC see's 10 mins in bin as a very good outcome.Admittedly not a lot of contact, but a foul nevertheless, and enough to stop a probable try.A penalty try maybe too far fetched, but a sin binning definitely.

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:12 pm  

I’m not a Raiders fan but they certainly got the majority of the shabby calls from the officials.

Whiteheads charge down that hit the smirking water carrier would, Im pretty sure, have resulted in a try under the posts.

I thought the Papalii incident was a penalty try, the VR said he couldn’t be sure he would have reached the try line. Well there was maybe 4m to go and no defender directly in front of him so I’m sure he would.

The six to go call was atrocious, anyone who’s played the game knows that it robbed Canberra of the opportunity to turn the screw on the Roosters. A kick to the in goal or even a Roosters first tackle just outside would have kept Canberra in the ascendancy. Instead you’ve got the Raiders slightly out of defensive shape and unfocused due to the perceived injustice. That’s all it takes at that level for a quality team to make a line break!

The rules state that the Referee can not change his decision unless foul play is brought to his attention, so the Referee was wrong to change.

There is precedence for the appropriate action should the Ref deem that he’s got it wrong and interfered with the flow of the game. The decision in that instance is to call for a Scrum which would have provided the time for Canberra to clear their minds and organise their defence.

Whichever side you come down on, for a clubs whole seasons efforts and a Grand Final locked on the scoreboard to be decided by a Referees gaff is very disappointing and a bit embarrassing

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:35 pm  

You cannot say with any certainty that the chargedown would have led to a try. It's a rubbish rule but it was applied correctly. Different issue but there's no way the trainers should be on the pitch as much as they are.

The CC incident IMO was a penalty. A split second out from being perfectly timed. Sin bin was harsh, penalty try would have been ludicrous.

Agree about the ref not being able to change his mind and it doesn't look good but there's two refs - what do you do when they disagree. They made the right call in the end. Play was stopped and Canberra had time to set their line. They had ample possession and field position to score. Roosters defence and a moment of brilliance from Latrell is what won that game, not a refereeing decision.

Re: NRL GRAND FINAL : Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:46 pm  

What a great game the final was the first half was brilliant

What an utter shame Canberra lost the match from a shocking call from the ref

Clearly waved the tackle count clean then once tackle complete called a turnover

Really really bad from normally a very good ref

Cronk tackle was clearly before he got the ball
With the pace JP took the ball at and where he was relative to the line for me would have being a try and should have being a penalty try

On the charge down soliola made an exceptional effort to charge the ball down and took a full paced ball to the face

Advantage should always go to those that have earned it IMO

Whitehead wouldn’t have gone the length of the pitch but Canberra should have had scrum attack to them