Moriss' strip on Matterson just as he was crossing the try line was a professional foul. He intentionally stopped him from crossing the try line with the ball. Matterson 100% scores. Why isn't that a penalty try? A send off at the least.
Not saying it would have made the difference but it certainly would have swung the momentum.
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Yeah he was in the process of crossing the line
Over the line they are allowed so definitely a questionable decision.
Aren't you allowed to strip if the player is scoring
Only if the person stripping the ball is in or on the goal line I think
Ben Cummins brain farts when it comes to roosters
1000%
Thats a 50/50 call to say its a penalty you have to be 100% its a try the fact another player was there means it might of been stopped however it could be argured that it was a professional foul and 10 in the bin
Stop making excuses. They have run dry a very long time ago.
This is the big problem for NRL as opposed to something like the NFL. The NRL is just so dependent on a referees interpretation. Take Jennings sin bin tonight, I'm not saying the decision was right or wrong but the game was full of players being deliberately off side but a referee has decided to take action that makes an incredible difference to the contest. The next game that Cummins looks after, he may not sin bin a player in a similar circumstance.
This would never happen in the NFL as all plays are examined to the enth degree.
I think if we want the NRL to continue we just have to put up with the massive inconsistency that the referee gives us.
The NFL is not a valid comparison because each play is a discrete event on its own, it lends itself to each play being reviewed if need be, but even then there is still heaps of controversy when NFL officials review decisions.
The thing that Rugby League fans don't understand, and sadly most referees also don't understand, and crucially most administrators don't understand is that 95% of the rules of RL are subjective by their very nature. They are guidelines only and were instituted to deal with certain situations, not to be enforced for th sake of it. I still have arguments with peoiple over what constitutes a forward pass, my mum insists that sometime in the dim, distant past that if the ball floated forward it was a forward pass, but that was never the case.
The only rulings in the game that are black & white are the ones that involve a painted line, ie: tryline, touch line, dead ball line etc, everything else is subjective.
Forward passes / knock ons, the obstruction rule & the ruck constitute 99% of the games controversy, and they are the most subjective rules in the book. The problem is when referees, and more importantly video referees look for infractions that may or may not be there. Simple of thumb, if it's not obvious, let it go, let the players figure it out.
I was filthy about that decision it's either a penalty try or 10 in the bin for a professional foul it's as simple as that disgraceful decision
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