Official William Kennedy

[Thresher]

From memory we had 2 players left lying on the ground with that play the ball. One of them was Brailey, who went close to conceding a penalty by trying to slow it down

 

[bort]

good thing he never drops them then, might be the safest fullback under the high ball in the game. Only time he might spill it is when he's under pressure and getting contested by a chaser and they both are going for it in the air but that's a tough situation and bit of a lottery for any fullback.

But generally speaking he just doesn't have dropsies moments. when the kick goes up to him as a Sharks fan you don't have to stress at all. Wasn't like that with Holmes or Michael Gordon.



We all know his shoulder wasn't right in the finals 2022 and it effected him but something I don't think we knew that Fitz said IIRC was that Will had struggled with his shoulder for like 12 months or something and just played through the pain. It wasn't just when he came back into the team back end of season but it seemed most obvious a problem then.



Check out the first try we conceded when AFB went over. I cant get a good zoomed out angle on the highlights to really see what happened.
But the balls played from the ruck and Will pushes to his right (from his viewpoint) even though there doesn't seem to be much indication it's going that way and we seem to already have some defensive numbers there.

AFB receives the ball and runs to the left and a isolated Kafusi who goes low on him. Will adjusts and comes back to help Oregon but it's too late.

Was WK's view obstructed? Was it a misread? Or was it Wills predetermined job to help out right side of the ruck in that instance?

Seems like we had the numbers to potentially stop that AFB try but yea quick PTB, fatigue and a rampaging AFB easier said than done I know and like I said I can't get a good replay of it but seems like he kinda missed his assignment

Will possibly cued by one of their halves?
If Nicho swung short off a quick ptb opposition fullback would often be wise to follow

 

[Gards]

Will possibly cued by one of their halves?
If Nicho swung short off a quick ptb opposition fullback would often be wise to follow

yea maybe, looked like he rushed right expecting a play to be put on

 

[Deleted member 2543]

I think the two guys being left on the ground had more to do with the try than where WK or Kaufusi were standing. It’s possible they adjusted the line to not have WK isolated against AFB though.

You raise a good point about the lack of a good angle. There was a similar Parra try last night where they replayed it only from really close angles. Was weird.

 

[Gards]

How did Will keep his arm inside the field of play after taking that catch in our in goal? On replay look like his arm went down and touched the sideline

Also a penalty for borking a player. Wtf is this **** NRL? It's not dangerous, why is it a thing? Looked like a genuine bat back attempt anyway

Just another rule to keep the bunker employed before AI takes over?

The NRL - masters of answering the questions no one is asking.

 

[Deleted member 2543]

How did Will keep his arm inside the field of play after taking that catch in our in goal? On replay look like his arm went down and touched the sideline

Also a penalty for borking a player. Wtf is this **** NRL? It's not dangerous, why is it a thing? Looked like a genuine bat back attempt anyway

Just another rule to keep the bunker employed before AI takes over?

The NRL - masters of answering the questions no one is asking.

They are trying to stop things like this.

Ramien gets one back for the Sharks

Jesse Ramien scores and grabs the lead for the Sharks

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Penalty on WK was an over zealous interpretation. Probably not a penalty but correct by the letter of the law.

WK got lucky on a couple of others though, so Sharks can't complain overall.

 

[Hughesy215]

It was a genuine bat back attempt. That was just a mistake on the ref. The rule is that you can't jump up and try and make the fullback drop it by getting in their way. Which I kind of like. I hated that players could do that and force an error without having to do much themselves.

Will didn't do that. The ref just made an error

 

[Gards]

They are trying to stop things like this.

Ramien gets one back for the Sharks

Jesse Ramien scores and grabs the lead for the Sharks

www.nrl.com

Penalty on WK was an over zealous interpretation. Probably not a penalty but correct by the letter of the law.

WK got lucky on a couple of others though, so Sharks can't complain overall.

That looks like a different situation. Dragons player was physically touched, borderline interfered with or impeded by Cam taking him out which seemed to be the main factor in the ball being spilled, not being distracted or borked.

Kennedy didn't even touch the fullback

It was a genuine bat back attempt. That was just a mistake on the ref. The rule is that you can't jump up and try and make the fullback drop it by getting in their way. Which I kind of like. I hated that players could do that and force an error without having to do much themselves.

Will didn't do that. The ref just made an error

Cheers, that sounds somewhat reasonable. The incorrect ruling on Will made the rule look utterly silly

 

[Deleted member 2543]

That looks like a different situation. Dragons player was physically touched, borderline interfered with or impeded by Cam taking him out which seemed to be the main factor in the ball being spilled, not being distracted or borked.

Kennedy didn't even touch the fullback

I just mean that is why the rule was made. Penalty for baulking is a thing now whether you touch them or not.

Ref obviously ruled that it wasn't a genuine bat back attempt, which was a correct application of the rule (but appears to be an incorrect decision given the benefit of a slow-mo replay).

 

[bort]

I just mean that is why the rule was made. Penalty for baulking is a thing now whether you touch them or not.

Ref obviously ruled that it wasn't a genuine bat back attempt, which was a correct application of the rule (but incorrect decision given the benefit of a slow-mo replay).

The definition of genuine must be eyes on the ball as it is very hard for me to come to the conclusion he didn't 'genuinely' want to bat the ball back

 

[apezza]

Gee the referees make lives hard for themselves by focussing on all these interpretations.

It's not hard to tell if a defender catching the ball is impeded by the attacking player (who is not genuinely going for the ball).

It makes them second guess themselves - and leaves themselves open for public scrutiny.

 

[HaroldBishop]

The definition of genuine must be eyes on the ball as it is very hard for me to come to the conclusion he didn't 'genuinely' want to bat the ball back

Absolutely no way it wasn't a genuine attempt, was a terrible call for mine.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Gee the referees make lives hard for themselves by focussing on all these interpretations.

It's not hard to tell if a defender catching the ball is impeded by the attacking player (who is not genuinely going for the ball).

It makes them second guess themselves - and leaves themselves open for public scrutiny.

Absolutely no way it wasn't a genuine attempt, was a terrible call for mine.

#allwewantisconsistency

 

[Sir Chadley]

#allwewantisconsistency

#yanevergunnagetit

 

[Gards]

Absolutely no way it wasn't a genuine attempt, was a terrible call for mine.

Always happens when a new rule comes in, they are trigger happy to enforce it even when they shouldn't

Remember when the high contact was getting clamped down on a few years ago and Chad got penalised against Souths for a butterfly like touch on another player. Lost us the game

 

[HaroldBishop]

Always happens when a new rule comes in, they are trigger happy to enforce it even when they shouldn't

Remember when the high contact was getting clamped down on a few years ago and Chad got penalised against Souths for a butterfly like touch on another player. Lost us the game

Yeah I thought Chad was unlucky to be penalised for his high shot on Ponga as well.

 

[Thresher]

Seems to be getting better every game, and that's a trajectory from an already high mark.

 

[beaver2233]

Seems to be getting better every game, and that's a trajectory from an already high mark.

his defence has been unreal

 

[puma1355]

Quiet achiever

 

[Sparkles]

Hmmmm.... Pretty ****ing good, Will