POST GAME Round 3 - Tigers vs Broncos

[Foordy]

Last weeks game probably took it out of us, both mentally and physically ... Cowboys also looked a bit flat this week

 

[broncsgoat]

Was the ball on the ground???
Was his hand moving down??

He pushed it forward.

Would you seriously be ok if that was awarded against us?

I would be fucking livid

 

[Foordy]

Bennett basically laughed in the presser when asked about Jack Bird's no try, he said Bird was the only person in the stadium that thought it was a try. Have to agree with him, I wouldn't have given it, his hand definitely brushed the ball, but there just simply wasn't enough contact to warrant downward pressure imo.

there was also Phil Gould and Darren Lockyer :P

 

[Super Freak]

Was the ball on the ground???
Was his hand moving down??

Yeah that doesn’t exactly constitute downward pressure.

Look at the ball movement, there was no change. His fingertips touched the side of the ball.

There was no downward pressure.

 

[BroncsFan]

Did anyone find it strange they didn't target Opacic on the wing?

Found it more odd that we didn't target Jimmy against Chee Kam/Lawrence

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Turn it up guys, Bird's was not a try. He barely got his fingers to it, let alone applied downward pressure

 

[Wolfie]

I'm pretty sure all Bird needed to do was touch the ball while moving his hand downwards to get a try as the ball was on the ground.

 

[tommy]

Was the ball on the ground???
Was his hand moving down??

It reminded me of the no try of England's against Aus a few years back in the last minute. No try imo.

 

[Culhwch]

I would have been happy for a draw(I still see no point to regular match extra time, potential on injuries and extra burnout on players outweighs the advantages), but then you have blokes like Gould who pushed religiously for it and then turn around and whinge about the result from it when they don't like it. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Simple solution. If it's a draw at full time we check with Gould to see if both teams deserve a point. If so, game over. If not play on. Seems a fair and equitable system.

 

[Socnorb]

Yeah that doesn’t exactly constitute downward pressure.

Look at the ball movement, there was no change. His fingertips touched the side of the ball.

There was no downward pressure.

You mean there wasn't much downward pressure. That was a try every day of the week.

 

[Morkel]

Bank it, move on.

Bird's no-try was a try. If the ball's on the ground, touch it and it's a try. It's only when the ball is bouncing and you slap it down that it needs downward pressure.

The penalty that won it for us was BS. But thank **** they're finally penalising teams for stuff that should be penalised. Johns and others are squealing like stuck pigs that "the players should decide who wins", but they still have to play to the rules. I just hope the refs don't cave and deliberately avoid penalising illegal play just to keep the idiots off their backs. Keep it up, keep penalising, and teams will learn. Or lose. Their choice.

 

[the_next]

Unfortunately, it wasn't.

No downward pressure whatsoever.

I actually disagree.
Grounding how I understand it nowadays is getting a finger tip on the ball. For mine, Bird touched the ball, whilst it was on the ground and didn’t push it forward.
Had it gone to the bunker try, I highly doubt they would have overturned it.

 

[Super Freak]

Broncos grind out golden point win over Wests Tigers

March 23, 2018

A contentious penalty against the Wests Tigers in golden point extra-time has gifted the Brisbane Broncos a 9-7 victory at Campbelltown Stadium on Friday night.

Wests Tigers fans were up in arms after the match following a decision to blow a penalty against Robbie Rochow for not being square at marker while chasing down a field goal attempt.

Unheralded 21-year-old Broncos winger Jamayne Isaako was the man of the moment, kicking the penalty goal to win the game after playing a major hand in taking the match to golden point.

The Tigers led 6-4 heading into the final minutes but successive penalty and field goals from Isaako gave the Broncos a one-point buffer with two minutes remaining.

However, Tigers halfback Luke Brooks would have the final say in regular time, sending the match into golden point with a last-ditch field goal of his own that sent the crowd into raptures.

The Broncos got a penalty 30 metres out and Isaako made no mistake, denying the Tigers what would have been the first time the club opened a season with three consecutive wins in the joint venture’s 19-season

The Broncos didn't score a try in the match, kicking four penalty goals and a field goal in what was the first time in almost six years the Wests Tigers held a team tryless.

To understand the enormity of the Tigers' achievements over the first three weeks, you have to put it into the context of how far they have come in 12 months.

After three rounds last year, which coincidentally was the point in the season in which the club decided to sack coach Jason Taylor, the Tigers had conceded 100 points.

At the same point this year, they've now conceded just 25, doing so against the teams that finished last year's competition in first, second and third respectively.

In the opening fortnight of the competition the Tigers displayed a resilience and toughness that has rarely been associated with the club.

They knocked over their highly fancied counterparts through sheer grit and willingness to work for each other in defence.

Defence is attitude, as they say. So as a coach, there's no doubt Cleary would have been happy to see defence outshining the attack.

Because attack they can work on, and given they'd only scored two tries in the opening two games, work on it they needed.

After 40 minutes, the only adjustments to the scoreboard were respective penalty goals to the two teams, making it three straight games the Tigers didn’t score or concede a try.

Again, showing that the attitude needed to win football games was well and truly part of their make up in 2018.

Ball security was almost non-existent in the opening half, with the strong crowd at Campbelltown Sports Stadium exposed to an error-riddled opening stanza.

It came at a price for Brisbane, who lost winger Corey Oates to a leg injury midway through the opening half.

The second half started identical to the first, with a Brisbane penalty goal slotted between the posts by Isaako.

Broncos marquee man Jack Bird made his debut for the club, returning from a shoulder injury that forced him out of the opening two rounds of the season.

The Broncos centre was rarely sighted until a contentious moment in the 51st minute, where he was denied a try by the bunker who ruled he didn’t ground a Darius Boyd grubber despite getting finger tips to the ball.

The Tigers made the most of the break, going down the other end of the field to score the opening try of the night through some smart football from halfback Luke Brooks.

The Tigers No.7 recognised Boyd defending in the front line and placed a grubber behind the Broncos defence on the third tackle, sitting it up nicely for Michael Chee Kam to collect and slam down for a 6-4 lead.

Isaako then got the Broncos back into the contest and sealed the deal in golden point.

Source: NRL.com

 

[Morkel]

Bennett basically laughed in the presser when asked about Jack Bird's no try, he said Bird was the only person in the stadium that thought it was a try. Have to agree with him, I wouldn't have given it, his hand definitely brushed the ball, but there just simply wasn't enough contact to warrant downward pressure imo.

I thought Wayne said "everyone thought it was a try" but the old bloke does mumble.

 

[Super Freak]

Bird's no-try was a try. If the ball's on the ground, touch it and it's a try. It's only when the ball is bouncing and you slap it down that it needs downward pressure.

It needs downward pressure regardless which is in the fine print of the rules.

Which is exactly why Hall's try against the Aussies in the 2014 Four Nations was not a try.

That has never been a try.

 

[BIGJ1ER]

I’m surprised no one has mentioned how poor Nikorima was. Other than that linebreak he made, he was terrible. His kicking game was atrocious.

Also, was pleasantly surprised with Milford’s kicking game tonight, only really had one bad kick I can remember. Baby steps guys. Now if only he can get every part of his game running together smoothly at once.

Obviously a rough night, and we really didn’t deserve the win, but be grateful we came out with the two points. Hopefully TPJ and Oates are alright, and we bounce back next week

 

[Unbreakable]

 

[Danoz Direct]

Milford's kicking game was good.