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  timbodavo September 4, 2009 at 9:50pm

  yeh we got punded, if ya wanna win a comp u gotta be able to match up in the battle against all odds. We had no thrust with the ball, no depth, no line speed in defence and dragons were the opposite. Yep pretty shitty, got a headache. Todd lowrie got lifted above the horizontal and dropped on the back of the neck. NO penalty given. Next play we knock then they score. Summed up the night
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  graeme September 4, 2009 at 10:10pm

  i agree with what u say the refs where 1 sided all game we did a lifting tackle we got in trouble they did one nothing happened lowire got done in the ruck we where in trouble for that they did same thing no penalty 2 tries where not tries thats why billy said refs call why go up to billy if your gonna say try
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  Tinkerbell September 4, 2009 at 10:10pm

  Please continue to whinge!
  
  I never blame the referees for outcomes as I feel that throughout the season some calls go your way and others do not. In the end I feel like it all evens out. Tonight I had BIG problems.
  
  First of all, I had problems with the 'Ref's Call' decision. Nowhere did I see that ball go down, no where and I couldn't see Archer anywhere near the play. How did he come up with that call? I also had problems with the Lowrie penalty. I felt bad for him - there was no where for him to go. There are probably more circumstances, but I am a mere student of the game and often miss some of the finer intricacies!
  
  It just seemed like everything went against us tonight.
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  cgee221 September 4, 2009 at 10:30pm

  The refereeing didn't help, we were outclassed tonight, but I feel some crucial calls at crucial points in the match went against us and it snowballed from there. Kudos to St. George for taking advantage of it.
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  Badbull September 4, 2009 at 10:35pm

  yes its hard phil..... i agree during the game i was finding it hard to accept all the 50-50 calls... I am sure none of them went our way in 1st half.. couple of morris tries were dubious and even the hayne kick to burt in last few secs when he apparently offside.. but reality was that parra knew they were short staffed on the field and they sensed it amongst each other... the teams that win GFs each year usually always keep the same team on paddock week in week out.. we showed tonight its tuff for us to win without some of our players playing in key positions....we will be better for the loss and with both hindy and grothe back next week ...look out whoever we play...!!
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  Tim September 4, 2009 at 10:46pm

  Dragons have always had the refs on their side this season. Not saying that it made any difference tonight, but the double movement and held up tries were appalling.
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  graeme September 4, 2009 at 11:14pm

  wow just watched the tigers verus doggies there was a try disallowed for double movement which was very similar to one that st george scored wow whats up with these refs
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    Tim > graeme September 5, 2009 at 9:24am

    No doubt that the Dragons were the better team, but it is still frustrating.
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      Buttsy > Tim September 7, 2009 at 7:28pm

      I Agree there were some terrible descisions against us. I think the count was 8-3 you cannot win the big games with a count like that against you.
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  Johno September 5, 2009 at 9:30am

  Totally agree. The bad calls never gave us a chance to try and get back into it, but hey we never deserved to either.