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Is it just me or did anyone else notice the Referee

Posted by Dean Catterall on May 30, 2015 at 10:17am

I find that any try scored by parra is always sent to the video ref when an opposition try is sent up to the video ref its always called a try its ridiculous that last nights panthers no try was sent up to the video ref as a try and was clearly not, the refs seem to be guessing on a decision when they clearly didn't see what happened this has happened on a number of occasions and in particular the warriors golden point win if that try was sent up as no try it would have been disallowed its only a matter of time before it costs us again also we seem to get penalised a lot for strips that are loose carries the refs cant see the strip and just guess that it was a strip because the balls on the ground that cost us at least two penalties last night that lead to try's all we want is a fair go and we will win more than we loose.

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Bernie Dowling May 30, 2015 at 10:45am

Good points Dean. How they could rule the Penrith no try as a possible try is almost unbelievable. Three of Penrith's run of 5 straight penalties were on dubious strips. The last one was ridiculous. With four Eels in the tackle, there is no way the ref could have seen a strip. The speed with which the ball came out suggested a knock on. Yet the ref could not wait to blow the penalty. Daniel Anderson needs to book a Monday or Tuesday session every week with the ref's boss to go over our matches.
- Ham Sammich > Bernie Dowling May 30, 2015 at 1:19pm
  
  Monday or Tuesday? With how terrible the refs are you'd need to book the entire week to discuss their inconsistencies.
macybrown May 30, 2015 at 11:48am

Agree was just thinking about the ref calling that blatantly obvious dropped ball a T before sending upstairs. He even referred to the useless touchie who didn't seem to have a problem with it either.
Really disgustingly bad officiating there. What a shocker.
Hugo May 30, 2015 at 11:52am

That decision by the touch judge...to tell the ref that it was a try when the player clearly dropped the ball over the line was ...stunning. In today's world where the video refs have to have clear evidence to overturn the decision it becomes doubly important. It was a clear dropped ball and the linesman was half a metre away with a clear line of sight. If I was the refs boss I would be asking some serious questions of the linesman. It wasn't as if the linesman didn't see it as he went straight to the ref and told him it was a definite try. If your not up to the task...
- FME > Hugo May 30, 2015 at 1:40pm
  
  He had panthers fans giving it to him from the sideline so he got scared and gave them what they wanted.
Mitchy May 30, 2015 at 12:03pm

Agreed. What makes me worried is the penalty square up. Parra gained 1 in second half and Penrith about 4. That alone could've hurt us
Yobz May 30, 2015 at 1:27pm

That disallowed try - the ref actually called it a one on one strip (by Hoppa iirc). The ball then went backwards off Hoppa. From there the decision was who grounded the ball first.

So it wasn't a dropped ball at all.
- Bernie Dowling > Yobz May 30, 2015 at 1:35pm
  
  The video ref must have called it a dropped ball as it was a 20m restart. Hoppa grounded the ball to be on the safe side so if it was a one on one strip, it would have been a restart under the posts. It was a dropped ball alright, plain as day.
- FME > Yobz May 30, 2015 at 1:41pm
  
  But hoppa grounded the ball way before any panther got near it. Explain that.
FME May 30, 2015 at 1:35pm

So how bad are the touchies going if from a better position they still SOMEHOW saw a try there?? It was so clear that it wasn't a try so he must not have seen what happened and had a guess. And strangely enough that guess went against us. Again. Even with a lot of stripping the ball penalties. No way the ref ref could see what was going on so he guesses. And guess what, against us.