Cancelling Rooster privilege

[Waylander]

Though I never liked him because he was a souths fan Badger said the same thing to a good mate of mine. He didn't fit in with the clique in the ref ranks and felt he was pushed out of the game.

Yep. The story was if you weren’t in with the Suttons, you were not treated fairly.

[A Country Member]

I think since the advent of the video ref we have a seen the demise of the ‘square-up’ penalty.

While I wasn’t a fan of Bill Harrigan, due to his high regard of himself, he was the master of the square-up and minimising penalties and giving them to both sides at similar points on the park. This generally gave each team a chance to advance and for the most part, left it up to the players to determine the result.

Whilst this was still somewhat manipulating the contest, by choosing certain times to blow his whistle, he did it for certain indiscretions and the game seemed to flow better and teams knew the boundaries.

As we know, the problem these days is the amount of referees. They will never have that ability to pick and choose as there is too much analysis. I however believe that most fans would cop the odd miss from a ref if there were less penalties, like they do in Origin.

nb. I don’t watch much footy other than the Roosters but I did last night. The ref, Liam Kennedy, who I hadn’t noticed before did an outstanding job. He stayed out of the game and let it flow with 6 penalties and 2 ruck infringements. As a result, the teams had to sort it out themselves. Liam had only ref’d NRL about 20 times and it showed as he wasn’t reliant on the bunker. Also, leading into Origin, there may have been a directive to change the way they officiate.

Anyway, just my take

[bondi.boy]

Our coach said "circus music and streamers."

That about says it all.

[Carlos Parra]

You only had to watch the Swans v Carlton game last night to see different interpretations of the rules. Carlton got away with a head slam and countless incorrect disposals, but the umpire only ever pinged the Swans.

[King Salvo]

Big Shout out to Damien Hardwick triple premiership winning coach (2017/2019/2020) of the Mighty Richmond Tigers AFL Club who stood down as head coach during the week.

Oh we're from Tigerland
A fighting fury
We're from Tigerland
In any weather you will see us with a grin
Risking head and shin
If we're behind then never mind
We'll fight and fight and win

For we're from Tigerland
We never weaken til the final siren's gone
Like the Tiger of old
We're strong and we're bold
For we're from Tiger
Yellow and Black
We're from Tigerland

[Tommy Smith]

You've gotta be a troll account.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Big Shout out to Damien Hardwick triple premiership winning coach (2017/2019/2020) of the Mighty Richmond Tigers AFL Club who stood down as head coach during the week.

Oh we're from Tigerland
A fighting fury
We're from Tigerland
In any weather you will see us with a grin
Risking head and shin
If we're behind then never mind
We'll fight and fight and win

For we're from Tigerland
We never weaken til the final siren's gone
Like the Tiger of old
We're strong and we're bold
For we're from Tiger
Yellow and Black
We're from Tigerland

You are on the wrong forum mate

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

There should be no room for varying interpretation of the rules.

Excatly. Rules are supposed to be black and white. Since when were they open to interpretation?

[Noosa Rooster]

Excatly. Rules are supposed to be black and white. Since when were they open to interpretation?

Whilst ever there is a human in charge there will be interpretation so just need to accept it. The problem is and has always been IMO consistency.

So long as the interpretation is consistent we should be able to live with that. The problem is it’s not and that would be my biggest beef.

[Montana]

I think the new rules (in particular 6 again) have dramatically reduced referee accountability. With a wave of their arm magic happens and everyone gets excited. Except those of us who want to see a fair and unbiased contest!

[bondi.boy]

I liked 2 referees better.
look what happened with that infamous "6 again" in the 2019 Grand Final...the 2nd ref made the right call and the 6 again to the Raiders was cancelled.

[rented tracksuit]

Big Shout out to Damien Hardwick triple premiership winning coach (2017/2019/2020) of the Mighty Richmond Tigers AFL Club who stood down as head coach during the week.

Oh we're from Tigerland
A fighting fury
We're from Tigerland
In any weather you will see us with a grin
Risking head and shin
If we're behind then never mind
We'll fight and fight and win

For we're from Tigerland
We never weaken til the final siren's gone
Like the Tiger of old
We're strong and we're bold
For we're from Tiger
Yellow and Black
We're from Tigerland

Why is this post here? Does it have something to do with a baseball team in the states somewhere or possibly a basketball game? Either way, it’s irrelevant.

[NorfolkStreetKid]

Why is this post here? Does it have something to do with a baseball team in the states somewhere or possibly a basketball game? Either way, it’s irrelevant.

The narcissist KAKFA Queen Sally thinks it owns this forum.

[rented tracksuit]

The narcissist KAKFA Queen Sally thinks it owns this forum.

Im actually rather taken with Sally’s skills. Being able to google and dribble at the same time is quite impressive!

[Steggles]

Why is this post here? Does it have something to do with a baseball team in the states somewhere or possibly a basketball game? Either way, it’s irrelevant.

Much like the poster.