If I was James Graham, I'd walk the team off

[Hollus]

Suck on that Souffs....makes it a good day then.

hahahaha what's that? celebrating the injury of a player??

oh i can't even!!

[milanja]

Im confused with the rules I thought you couldnt attack the legs of a player who was in the air or if you were in the air So now you can slide two metres into someones legs who is stationery on the ground and be penalised Can someone find that rule and post it here I dont think the rule was brought in for what happened today it is a massive stretch to say that is a penalty

At no point did graham even attempt to go for the legs, his eyes were for the ball, and then turned his head from potentially getting kick by boot or ball, there has to be discretion on all calls, and i am wondering, if reynolds was not injured during that play, would the penalty have still been awarded even if everything else happened the same?

[ROC181]

I read something about souths supporters rejoicing about Blakes injury and calling it karma...Shoe other foot, now!

[Guest]

hahahaha what's that? celebrating the injury of a player??

oh i can't even!!

Lol...... He plays for Souths lol...I said its a good day, I would feel sorry for Reynolds getting injured but I will admit I do have a feeling of Schadenfreude towards Souths and those feelings override any personal feelings I have for poor little Adam and therefore its good news hahaha!

[Kingbilly]

Yes lets encourage players to run up and intimidate the referees with obscene language and invade their personal space. The referee was quite clearly rattled because of it.

Great example you're going to set.

The point was not whether this decision was correct or not. The point is that half backs are being taken out by attacking their legs regularl and very rarely is it a penalty. Basically never until it happens to Reynolds. The fans are absolutely sick of the bias shown towards $ouff$ and from today's action by The Canterbury players I feel its confirmed that thats the way the players feel as well.

Maguire is smart and knows how to exploit it (and I will admit I think it was negigible in our game against them). There is no excuse for the behaviour of the minority today, but there is sure an obvious reason.

[trewhella]

Also in the 8 point try there was an altercation between Burgess and Kasiano. That's should have been checked.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

On reflection there was one decision that was dead wrong and seen the whole unfortunate sequence of events... Including souths winning... That ensued.

It was the Inglis dropped ball at the play the ball...should have been scrum bulldogs feed...they close out the win. Instead souths get an incorrect penalty.

No trouble...just the right team winning on the day.

The officials have got to take responsibility for such a crucial clanger.

Not good enough.

[Ray Stehr]

You can usually tell if something is not quite right and that game and the result smelled bad, real bad. The wrong team won and I hate Canterbury as much as anyone.

[easts4eva]

Now that this rule has come to the surface what's stopping coaches from telling their players to use drop kicks in general play and when they are taken out simply plead field goal attempt. Who's to judge how far out an attempt can be taken?
Apologies if this has been bought up couldn't access every page.

[Johnny Tobin]

On reflection there was one decision that was dead wrong and seen the whole unfortunate sequence of events... Including souths winning... That ensued.

It was the Inglis dropped ball at the play the ball...should have been scrum bulldogs feed...they close out the win. Instead souths get an incorrect penalty.

No trouble...just the right team winning on the day.

The officials have got to take responsibility for such a crucial clanger.

Not good enough.

Souffs get a penalty almost every time they drop the ball with a defender within five metres.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Sportsbet have stated they will refund Bulldogs h2h bets or 1-4 winning margin.

Says a bit.

[TDK]

I have watched league for 30 years and I've seen some dud calls but I've never seen out and out corrupt dealings like that. And I'm no fan of the Dogs.

Let's be fair, that Grub Graham took the legs out of the little grub Reynolds. Whether it was intentional or not, you can't attack the legs of a player kicking the ball. And the hit has injured Reynolds and cost him 4 months on the sideline. It was a penalty everyday of the week.

[One Eyed Willy]

Wow!
Can't agree with the 8 point try. No way did Morris try to kick that little ****er in the head.
But I agree with the penalty at the end, intentional or not, he hit the kickers legs. Now they have to start awarding penalties for kickers getting hit. The last few weeks bbq and junior have been copping a bit of attention after kicks.
Should have been a penalty to the muts after the kick off though. How do they miss them calls???

[John Corey]

Now that this rule has come to the surface what's stopping coaches from telling their players to use drop kicks in general play and when they are taken out simply plead field goal attempt. Who's to judge how far out an attempt can be taken?
Apologies if this has been bought up couldn't access every page.

Don't think it would take long for a coach to say, " guys if they take a field goal attempt from 70 metres out......let them have it". 😆😆

[John Corey]

Let's be fair, that Grub Graham took the legs out of the little grub Reynolds. Whether it was intentional or not, you can't attack the legs of a player kicking the ball. And the hit has injured Reynolds and cost him 4 months on the sideline. It was a penalty everyday of the week.

Agree totally. I don't see any controversy at all with this decision. It's the rule, deliberate or not. And the kick from in front is also an extension of the rule. If it was Pearce that was out for 5 months with knee damage I reckon a few on here would be filthy.

Some of the other decisions were dodgy, but not this one.