Round 26 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Sunday 6th September 2015 4:00pm @ Remondis Stadium

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Jaws
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Still means **** all. The two games we threw away earlier this season came back to bite us.

Those 2 early season losses wouldn't have mattered nor affected our final position on the ladder if we had won the game on Sunday which we should have. Sharks and refs combined it didn't happen though

If they get the right decision then I'm OK with it, even if it makes the game longer.

I'd like them to bring the captains challenge into the NRL like they've had in NYC for the last few years. Gal could have used it on the Horo intercept for example. Could have been used for the Holmes try against the Dragons but still

Gallen would use up all his challenges before kickoff
 

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It's pretty hollow to come back after the fact and say it was a wrong decision. Like we already knew that. It took one rewind to say, yep, their whole right side was offside so that's a penalty. They caught the ball from our dummy half, like clearly that's a giveaway that something is wrong.

There's too many incompetent first grade refs. Worse still is that this same ref decided to call time off early-ish in the match to talk to our captain about Ennis being involved in melees, and refused to let the captain say a word. They treat players like children and then cry wolf when they complain about a decision.
 

CHOGM

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!00%, this is what they do in the NFL, just a quick check. Works well.
Thank you! This is the point everyone misses. If you give the video refs 100% power on scoring plays, they're already reviewing while you're cheering. They can start reviewing on sides while the guy is sprinting to the try line. The technology is there. It will speed things up.
 

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yeh i would hate to score a try only to have it taken off of us for a knock on at dummy half 3 tackles earlier
You only review back to the last play the ball. No ones suggesting the video ref reviews back any further.
 

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Thank you! This is the point everyone misses. If you give the video refs 100% power on scoring plays, they're already reviewing while you're cheering. They can start reviewing on sides while the guy is sprinting to the try line. The technology is there. It will speed things up.

And what happens if it's one of those ones where they take a few minutes to decide. In theory you could have someone lining up for the conversion, only to be stopped because the try has been disallowed. No thanks, that would be ****ed.
 

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And what happens if it's one of those ones where they take a few minutes to decide. In theory you could have someone lining up for the conversion, only to be stopped because the try has been disallowed. No thanks, that would be ****ed.

They don't have unlimited time to check it, it's on a time limit.
 
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