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i know liam watts has been getting big raps. but the kid is a penalty machine. the one he gave away on the last tackle must have been one of the dumbest i have seen all year
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Plastic Scrummers wrote:Your right in what you say but why should the attacking team receive preference in this situation. Should not the defence be rewarded. Again I say, if you cannot see the try being scored how can you award it.
Because ever since the publication of The Laws of the Game of Rugby League, there has to be a reason to disallow a try. If you can't find a reason to disallow it, it is allowed. Now that has served the game well for over 100 years.
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Plastic Scrummers wrote:Your right in what you say but why should the attacking team receive preference in this situation. Should not the defence be rewarded. Again I say, if you cannot see the try being scored how can you award it.
Seems like you only have an issue with it when goes against you. One word...... Hypocrite!
Joined: Jun 17 2009 Posts: 1839 Location: West Hull, (enemy territory)
Quote:cod'ead:Wrote..Because ever since the publication of The Laws of the Game of Rugby League, there has to be a reason to disallow a try. If you can't find a reason to disallow it, it is allowed. Now that has served the game well for over 100 years
As was the case the week before last against castleford for Watts try, perhaps you should enlighten some of your own fans as to the rules.
Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
Got exactly what we deserved, errors, indiscipline and coughing the ball up equals losing the game.
I'm not going to single anyone out (at the moment, might do later!) as a few people had terrible games but what's most disappointing for me was after awful performances against Wigan and Huddersfield we looked to be getting on track last week. We then serve up the worst forty minutes of the season.
Credit has to go to Wakefield. They hardly made any mistakes had a very efficient game plan that the whole team stuck to and in Tronc and Brough had the two best players. Seriously, how many times did we have to start sets from our own ten metre line? Brough murdered us, bisecting the winger and full back, kicking on the fourth tackle from second receiver and even getting the ball from acting half and hammering it down field. Excellent stuff, if I'd have been watching him do it against any other team!
Referee had a decent game, hopefully he'll continue to develop.
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Joined: Jan 24 2007 Posts: 6308 Location: Over there
Plastic Scrummers wrote:Does anyone else have a problem with this benefit of the doubt rubbish ! Who's idea was this stupid rule. Its either a try or it isn't. If you can't see the try being scored then it's no try. Only in rugby league could this be deemed a good rule.
I prefer the Refs Call used in Australia. If the video is inconclusive, let the ref make the decision based on his gut feeling from the field. Maybe that goes on informally, as you wouldn't want to be in a position where the on-field ref would have disallowed a try and then the video ref gives it because he can't tell.
If I can understand how the try can be given, I don't have too much of a problem with it, and I could see how Thaler, the Wakefield resident, fan, and previous awarder of a penalty try against Hull KR, the only one I have ever seen live, thought it was on the line. If his mike had been turned on, you would have heard him shout "get in!" as Tronc barged forward.
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