northernbloke wrote:I actually wasn't defending the ref. Just interested in view
Its something with london have seen over several years, an urgency playing the ball which is what gets the result is something we have never been good at.
Statistically......and you know I'm a huge fan of such things <even though 98% are made up an the other 2% are wrong> London Broncos and Catalans together with Toulouse and the NZ Warriors are the 4 sides across 3 comps least likely to receive as many panties as their opposition and moreso when playing away.
When I lived in London it bothered me that we seemed to get bugger all, but since I've started traveling to NRL games its patently obvious. The Bunker rarely give anything to the Kiwis and it's LIVE on TV for everyone to see. The owner of Catalans has said as much about his side....but I've not heard much from our benefactor?
Down here, the Aussies hate loosing to NZ at anything. The NZ Breakers Basketball side dominated their comp for a year and they hated it....google "underarm bowling in cricket" to see the lengths they'd go to stop a NZ win