The Bunker - How Do We Fix It?

[sharks86]

Keep it but they shouldn't be able to watch the game or get score updates, takes the context of the game out of the decision, previous players cannot adjudicate on their ex team, take away the commentary as well, they sound nervous and unsure and that makes the fans insecure, it also takes away from chicken time being a surprise.

The rules on obstruction and grounding should be clear cut, black & white, I honestly think the rule for groundings should be about ball control, something like if you don't maintain possession after the event of a grounding it's an automatic no try (that's a bit extreme but you get my point) sick to **** of players brushing a ball with their pinky finger and some weeks it being a T and some a NT.

Try and closely mimic the Rugby system as possible, it literally never ends up being controversial, definitely a no too captains challenge either, just another excuse to slow a fast game down more (this ain't cricket).

Call the players by the numbers and stop coaching the ruck, judge a tackle by the 3 second rule and call wrestling and peeling penalties more often (without warning the players involved first) and stop the having to explain every bloody decision to the penalised teams Captain, no more warnings, or talk to your players or pulling players aside, if they continue to enfringe send them for 10.

Most of all the NRL has to put less pressure and more confidence in their refs to make a call, especially a game ending call in Golden Point, they need to stand behind those decisions 100% (unless they are extremely wrong) I honestly believe the refs are scared to make a call because of the mass backlash they cop, it takes away all their authority and ability to fairly adjudicate.

Yeah

Agree, well said

 

[Addy]

The first step in fixing the bunker is for the NRL to acknowlege that its broken, which they won't do

 

[brently]

The first step in fixing the bunker is for the NRL to acknowlege that its broken, which they won't do

Spot on. Did you see that arseclown Tony Archer say the overrule of Austin's try was the correct decision - said there's no evidence in any of the shots to say he wasn't over the line before he made the extra effort. No evidence = uphold the on-field call! FMD. :take that

Or, Burgess, did I mishear and I am just an angry, deaf old man?

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

Spot on. Did you see that arseclown Tony Archer say the overrule of Austin's try was the correct decision - said there's no evidence in any of the shots to say he wasn't over the line before he made the extra effort. No evidence = uphold the on-field call! FMD. :take that

Or, Burgess, did I mishear and I am just an angry, deaf old man?

dude, the austin call was completely correct. prior diving on him pushed him in the in-goal

 

[Gumby]

How do fix it?

Simple.. We umm kill the batman!

 

[brently]

dude, the austin call was completely correct. prior diving on him pushed him in the in-goal

Prior did come in and propel at least part of his body over the line but Austin added a big effort of his own, lifting the arm carrying the ball and lunging forward. Agree to disagree though.

 

[dylan the villian]

is there a difference between the val try the week before where he planted the ball down over his had and was called double movement over the austin try? no sharks bias, im just interested in what people call the difference as?

 

[Proud Shark]

is there a difference between the val try the week before where he planted the ball down over his had and was called double movement over the austin try? no sharks bias, im just interested in what people call the difference as?

No for me. Both were definite no tries due to promoting the ball.

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

No for me. Both were definite no tries due to promoting the ball.

Imo austin was over the line before his second effort. Priors flop got him there

 

[Proud Shark]

Imo austin was over the line before his second effort. Priors flop got him there

He still lifted himself up/reached with the shoulder to get it down. Looked like promoting it to me.

 

[vicsharkfan]

Shorten the field to 99.90m would help, no need to reach out