: Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:51 am  

Sarahgrhino wrote:

P ersonally I thought both teams were rubbish and it was a poor derby game but I don't see why three good tries were chalked off ???

Because they werent tries.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:59 am  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

The Ablett yellow card was rediculous and I was always under the impression that if you blatantly body-checked a defender - flatening him- it was a penalty, wether he would have gotten to the kicker or not.. but hey?

To save my time I'm going to try and ignore those posters too stupid to understand rugby league.

The Ablett incident deserved a sin-binning as it was a professional foul on the back of Sheriffe making a monkey out of several Leeds defenders. Sin binnings usual occur on the back of repeated infringements (not the case here) or a professional foul where the defence is in disarray. I'd have been absolutely amazed if what Ablett did hadn't resulted in a 10 minute rest.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:02 am  

Could you please change m wrote:

I thought that too. Strange one.

Just listen to it on TV, the ref called held about four times before the ball was ripped. Whether he was actually held or not becomes irrelevant as Newton would happily let it be ripped after hearing the call, ie he wouldn't have let it get stolen otherwise.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:04 am  

Sarahgrhino wrote:

P ersonally I thought both teams were rubbish and it was a poor derby game but I don't see why three good tries were chalked off ???

I suggest buying a rule book. And then get someone to read it.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:06 am  

Sarahgrhino wrote:

P ersonally I thought both teams were rubbish and it was a poor derby game but I don't see why three good tries were chalked off ???

Did you have the same view when we did them @ MM the other year?

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:13 am  

Worst refereeing ever ?

Clearly this person has never seen ...

Stan Wall - Yes that wizend old man that carries the kit for the Scousers used to be a full paid up Leeds hater

Robin Whitfield - A man who used to revel in winding up the South Stand ... Anyone remember his contrived 46-all draw ?

Fred Lindop - Wakefield's answer to Darth Vader. The Lord Of The Sith's career came on leaps & bounds after taking Fred's self-improvement course.

John Holdsworth - Coming from Kippax (with a Leeds post code) meant that John avoided his 'home town team' (Cas). A referee who couldn't fail to hide his delight after effecitvely ending a player's career, nothing to worry about then, because the player concerned was in blue & amber.

Don't worry, there are plenty of contenders for that title !

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:25 am  

regarding the decision to disallow mcguires try at the end, people on here saying it went forward off of jjbs hand, the video ref cant disallow a try for a forward pass although he clearly did, you could argue it was a knock on but with the ball not touching the ground for me it shouldnt of been disallowed, when does a pass not become a pass? the rules on this need clearing up

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:30 am  

It was Karma. Lets face it..we had it coming after the robbery at MM.

Its better now rather than later......

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:31 am  

Ian Smith was near perfect last night. He refered anything suspect to the video ref and was proven correct. Best ref performance i've seen for years and should be applauded. The only bad decision he made was allowing the Leeds try that was forward. If you read the rules you'll see that every decision made was the correct one that you're calling wrong.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:42 am  

DoubleAone wrote:

It was Karma. Lets face it..we had it coming after the robbery at MM.

Its better now rather than later......

I must admit the same thought crossed my mind at full time

As for my two-peneth...

While I've not read the all of the other 80 or so pages on yesterday's refereeing but I'm a bit bemused why we don't seem to be able to discuss the decisions can't just be discussed rationally. At the very least they were interesting talking points.

I've no problem with yesterdays result (so this isn't a moan)...as far as I'm concerned games like that make League the best sport to watch - if that means my team has to lose now and again I can live with that!

On the JJB one - to me the key question is when is a pass a pass - the flick looked pretty intentional to me (albeit a reflex adjustment when JJB realised he couldn't take the pass)...in which case I'd have thought the momentum rule should have applied and the try stood.

The problem for the video ref is that he can't rule on a forward pass (a poor rule to me but that's another discussion)...therefore he had little option but to give a knock on.

On the Webb one - as many have pointed out technically the decision was correct. However, why isn't this rule normally enforced?