2017 NRL General Discussion Thread

[squiddy]

if Papali isnt dropped then Mal loses any credibility he had. He dropped Fifita for doing the exact same thing that mal has done in regards to his brother. But im sure he will look after his qld mate

Not to mention drink driving is a hell of a lot worse than writing letters on some strapping , he'll papali I could have easily killed someone

 

[Thresher]

I don't see what was wrong with that play the ball, it just looked untidy.

 

[HaroldBishop]

And they get the benefit of the video again. Might be time to look for a movie to watch I think.

Decided not to watch, fed up with this scheduling.

 

[slide rule]

I don't see what was wrong with that play the ball, it just looked untidy.

Yeah. Just because something doesn't look pretty it doesn't mean it's wrong.

 

[Thresher]

Yeah. Just because something doesn't look pretty it doesn't mean it's wrong.

It's like having a steering wheel in your pants, drives ya nuts.

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

wtf are penrith even doing???

 

[dylan the villian]

wtf are penrith even doing???

just sticking to gus's plan

 

[Sutty]

They are an Anthony Griffin special, constantly playing dudes out of position and mixes the team up every week, understandably a cluster****

 

[vicsharkfan]

Panthers really....

 

[Sutty]

THANK YOU A PROPER SCRUM RULING

 

[Thresher]

I was about to say that the ref can't buy Penrith a try here

 

[Addy]

This episode of SVU is pretty great

 

[sharks2010]

Not that it matters but was that pass forward for Gillett's try or what

 

[evertonshark]

Not that it matters but was that pass forward for Gillett's try or what

My word it was, not even a mention from commentary

 

[egg]

That was a terrible decision

I think everyone agrees with BWB on the Penrith no try decision
Sporting news printed this

Let's just pause it right there and dig deep into the NRL rulebook. It states:

''If a tackled player loses possession of the ball at the moment of impact with an opponent or with the ground, play shall proceed unless stopped for some other reason, e.g the ball has been knocked forward.''

The key word right there is FORWARD. Footage shows the ball clearly goes backwards out of Wallace's hands - the reason why the on-field referee awarded the try in the first place.

Thus, as the rulebook says, ''play shall proceed''.

Now The Bunker is defending themselves over a decision which has no support from their own rules.

The post-game clean-ups from Tony Archer and The Bunker are becoming ridiculous and are now a weekly process.

Know your rules and know how to use - simple

 

[sharks2010]

Balls go backwards all the time and they call it a knock on. the refs are under the illusion that if a player 'loses controll' that it's an automatic knock on recardless if it goes forwards or backwards

 

[rahnos]

I have a bet with a mate about a rule that I need some help with. I'm of the belief that you can't be ruled offside in goal, but you still can't throw the ball forward (if you do it would result in a dropout I imagine). He thinks that you can't be offside in goal which means you are allowed to throw the ball forward to get back into the field of play. Can someone help?

 

[snowman]

there is no offside in the ingoal, but you cant throw a forward pass

 

[rahnos]

Cheers mate. Easy 100 for me

 

[sharks2010]

Except if you're the Broncos. You can do what you want