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[OXY-351]

You're all wrong. Even Bill Harrigan agrees. He didn't have proper control of the ball to start with, therefore Farah didn't actually kick it out of his hands as such.

He also agreed that Bird should not have been pebalised for his tackle on Cronk. (Great copybook tackle....let
me guess, you fools think Bird would have been penalised for that?) That penalty lead to the Boyd try.

So you have to wonder how things could have turned out if the ref wasn't so incompetent.

I agree the ref's were pretty poor, but I can't agree with Harrigans comments that Uate should have got a penalty for Cam Smith elbowing him in the head (after Myles ankled tapped him). Uate fell in to Smith's elbow.

I actually have a fair bit of respect for NSW not whinging about the ref's in the post match press conference. I'm sick of every post match origin turning in to a whinge about the refs.

 

[Kaz]

Someone from the bulldogs site posted this.

http://www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=94825

Just listened to Billy on the grill team. He said he did not and still hasnt spoken to Stuart and that he agree's with the try being awarded. Phil Rothfield is at it again.

Also this

Bird shouldnt had got penalised.

Jennings sin binning was another good call because he ran 20m and his punch connected.

He did say though Matt Scott should had been binned too for instigating the fight by throwing the ball at Birds head.

http://www.thekennel.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=94806&page=15

 

[Broncoman]

Ricky Stuart said in the press confrence the Inglis try was a try. The Blues wern't robbed we just made some poor mistakes. We need to work on that and hopefully wipe the Toads in Sydney.

 

[john1420]

Ricky Stuart said in the press confrence the Inglis try was a try. The Blues wern't robbed we just made some poor mistakes. We need to work on that and hopefully wipe the Toads in Sydney.

If there was a 'like' button I would have clicked it for this post

The Blues forwards did enough to win

It's not the Refs that cost them the game, but the halves who dismally failed to take advantage of the forwards work

 

[john1420]

He didn't have proper control of the ball to start with, therefore Farah didn't actually kick it out of his hands as such.

Sorry Rock but you've got your Blue coloured glasses on if you think this is true

Inglis had the ball in 2 hands and was in the act of grounding it - how the hell do you see that as 'not in proper control of the ball'?

 

[Fozz]

And following up on kaz's post:

http://m.foxsports.com.au/story/1226365286631;jsessionid=42D722225B74FDDAFBD85DC20E14D8D6

Hollywood never spoke to Sticky.

So either Buzz, Webster or Stuart are making up rubbish. I'm inclined towards Buzz.

 

[JaseC]

Did Harrigan admit it should have been a penalty when Jayne punched JT in the face?

Or when Slater was held before he received the ball in that line break?

 

[Porthoz]

Someone has been fibbing...

http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/...-been-disallowed/story-fn31yxah-1226365286631
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...arts-try-concession-claim-20120524-1z68g.html

And for those NSW'kers with doubts, note how Farah PLAYS AT the ball, dislodging it from Inglis hands.
To avoid a fuzzy image, don't forget to wipe the tears from your eyes first!

 

[shaneomac]

such terrible reporting in all media as far as im concerned...

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...same-old-result-for-blues-20120524-1z5vj.html

like these pearls...

"after he had appeared to knock on after planting the ball on Robbie Farah's knee"

"For a moment, anyway. Ben Creagh, so criticised for running away from Justin Hodges in 2009, was first to protect his teammate."

im pretty sure it was luke lewis but could be mistaken i guess..

 

[Anonymous person]

such terrible reporting in all media as far as im concerned...

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...same-old-result-for-blues-20120524-1z5vj.html

like these pearls...

"after he had appeared to knock on after planting the ball on Robbie Farah's knee"

"For a moment, anyway. Ben Creagh, so criticised for running away from Justin Hodges in 2009, was first to protect his teammate."

im pretty sure it was luke lewis but could be mistaken i guess..

hahah gold.

it was luke lewis, he came charging in first. was awesome seeing Tate see him when he was charging, and jump in the way to protect his mates.

robbie farah should get his legs checked, his knee must be awfully dislocated.

 

[Kaz]

I haven't listened to it yet.

The podcast with Bill Harrigan on it.

http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/shows/grill-team/podcasts

It would be the entire show, it goes for 30 mins.

Interview with Harrigan starts at about 19:50

 

[mrslong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EwUavS48K8

Minute 5.40 - worst decision ever.
Down by 10 with 10mins to go now, you could say the Refs sealed the game. Sometimes you just need to htfu and play football.

 

[Steve]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EwUavS48K8

Minute 5.40 - worst decision ever.
Down by 10 with 10mins to go now, you could say the Refs sealed the game. Sometimes you just need to htfu and play football.

Thought the same thing. We had a horrendous run in that game - still can't believe we pulled it out of the fire all these years later.

 

[Porthoz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EwUavS48K8

Minute 5.40 - worst decision ever.
Down by 10 with 10mins to go now, you could say the Refs sealed the game. Sometimes you just need to htfu and play football.

Minute 9:32... Not 12 months Locky... 70 and counting, and I reckon there's a good chance it will go well beyond that! :rockon:

 

[Dexter]

As far as the heading is concerned, to be robbed of something you have to have had it in the first place.

 

[OXY-351]

As far as the heading is concerned, to be robbed of something you have to have had it in the first place.

Although in the case of the inglis try it would seem that possesion isn't 9/10ths of the law