Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:37 am  

maybe was handbags but it's a sending off offence which has been implemented all season but ignored on saturday. you cant pick and choose which games you enforce the rules

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:41 am  

it's like the VR in the champions league final ignoring a handball on the goal line as he doesnt wants red card to spoil the game.

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:52 am  

tad rhino wrote:

it's like the VR in the champions league final ignoring a handball on the goal line as he doesnt wants red card to spoil the game.

Theres no comparison between the 2 at all.

If anything it was 10 mins to both players and no more. Like u agree, handbags. Happens weekly.

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:09 am  

yet he got a ban for striking.......

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:53 am  

Honestly I'm with Marty here - we spend way too much time complaining about referees. If you get your act together as a team you can pretty much take the ref out of it. Control what you can control.

There were a couple of bad calls but when the owner of Cats starts calling for neutral referees it's getting really silly.

Give the refs a break, they're trying to do the best they can. If we want to attract more referees and increase standards maybe speccies should start by not roasting them at every single opportunity, 80% of the time just because of sour grapes.

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:57 am  

as someone said, those calls go against leeds in a final it's different

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:00 am  

I dunno. Saints deserved the win on the night they were the better side. Ref tried to let the teams get on with it and play the game. One or two clear errors but I have no complaints.

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:15 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

I dunno. Saints deserved the win on the night they were the better side. Ref tried to let the teams get on with it and play the game. One or two clear errors but I have no complaints.

Those errors went both ways as well.

Kasiano and Garcia would have been sat down for 10 minutes for high shots based on semi final reffing. Naiqama could argue for a 8 point try with Yaha leading with the knees to the head in the act of scoring his second try etc.

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:26 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Those errors went both ways as well.

Kasiano and Garcia would have been sat down for 10 minutes for high shots based on semi final reffing. Naiqama could argue for a 8 point try with Yaha leading with the knees to the head in the act of scoring his second try etc.

In terms of protecting players from injury, brain or otherwise, sliding in with the knees like Yaha did was far more dangerous than the handbags from Matautia.

We need to get things in perspective.

Re: 2021 | Grand Final : Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:01 pm  

The 2021 Saints Matautia is nothing on the one from the late 90s. Him and Sonny Nickle would put players out injured for 6-8 weeks with broken jaws and get bans to match (if it was done on Sky).