Roberts contrary conduct

[abashii]

It's such an inconsistent rule. I swear I've seen players do it and it's not even mentioned. Trent Merrin for eg apparently did it as well but it wasn't sighted.

That's very zen. If a player touches a referee in Penrith and nobody sees, does he still miss a round?

 

[Porthoz]

It's such an inconsistent rule. I swear I've seen players do it and it's not even mentioned. Trent Merrin for eg apparently did it as well but it wasn't sighted.

Not being an arse, but did you mean sighted or cited?

 

[Taylor1921]

Roberts should not get a suspension for that. It should be up to the refs.. If the ref feels like Roberts should get suspended the. Suspend him.

 

[Sproj]

Roberts should not get a suspension for that. It should be up to the refs.. If the ref feels like Roberts should get suspended the. Suspend him.

Imagine giving refs this power in games! Klemmer, you're a jerk, you're suspended...and sent off.

 

[Crazy Sam]

The Roberts one was worse than the Klemmer one, but I don't think either should be suspended even though they did the wrong thing.

Remember a few years back when Cecchin touched Parker on the shoulder and Parker told him not to do it? :takdir:

 

[broncos4life]

The Roberts one was worse than the Klemmer one, but I don't think either should be suspended even though they did the wrong thing.

Remember a few years back when Cecchin touched Parker on the shoulder and Parker told him not to do it? :takdir:

Both should be punished, but there is no way that the Roberts one was worse than Klemmer's

 

[Super Freak]

JAMES Roberts is set to be charged with contrary conduct for lightly patting a referee on the chest in an apparent effort to thank him.

The pending charge, expected to be handed out on Monday, has divided opinion with Brad Fittler adamant players should be fined rather than suspended if they touch a referee innocuously.

Bulldogs prop David Klemmer is set to miss two weeks for lightly contacting referee Ben Cummins in Canterbury’s victory over Penrith.

Former match review committee chairman Greg McCallum told The Courier-Mail Roberts was certain to be charged for contrary conduct too.

The NRL is cracking down on any contact between player and referee regardless of intent, a stance NRL clubs are increasingly frustrated by.

Roberts’ referee touch was even lighter than ’s.

Brisbane may consider contesting any charge as Roberts was not looking at the referee when he touched him and did not speak to him.

They could argue he didn’t know it was a referee.

His clean record should mean he escapes suspension if he is only hit with a grade one charge.

Roberts does not have any loading or carry over points.

However, the carry-over points he could accrue this week would harm Brisbane later this year if he was charged for anything.

The Broncos were awarded a penalty in the 78th minute of Brisbane’s win over the Warriors and Roberts patted the chest of referee Matt Noyen.

“This is one of those incidents that divides opinions but he touched the referee and the NRL has for a few years now been very tough on contact between player and referee,” McCallum, who left the match review committee in 2013, said.

“I think he will be charged. I would be surprised if he wasn’t.

“Sam Moa was suspended last year for a similar incident.

“I think James’ touch wasn’t as bad as ’s who seemed fired up but unfortunately they all get rolled into the one.

“There is a strong feeling in the NRL that referees shouldn’t be touched full stop.

“I don’t think Roberts will get enough points to be suspended where as has and that will divide opinion too.”

Roberts could be the second Bronco in three years charged over touching a referee.

Sam Thaiday was suspended for one game in 2013 for grabbing Adam Devcich’s shirt to illustrate how he was held down in a tackle.

Then Broncos coach Anthony Griffin launched an uncharacteristic tirade at the NRL match review committee for charging Thaiday over his shirt tug.

The Broncos fought that charge and lost at the judiciary.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...m/news-story/db0c20fd34d4d122eaef51d368647015

 

[Unbreakable]

That's fine, he won't miss any games, as long as every other person who so much as breaths on a referee from here on out is charged as well.

 

[Super Freak]

I think they should do what they did with Glenn.

Plead no contest.

 

[Kimlo]

I think they should do what they did with Glenn.

Plead no contest.

Does that give him an even 100 points?

Being on 94 points with early plea is shit for later in the year.

 

[Morkel]

Does that give him an even 100 points?

Being on 94 points with early plea is shit for later in the year.

125. Gives him a week off and 25 points. Worth it.

 

[Kimlo]

125. Gives him a week off and 25 points. Worth it.

Can he take the early plea, and tell them **** you, to get an extra 6 points so he'll have 100 clean? That would be ideal.

 

[Morkel]

Can he take the early plea, and tell them **** you, to get an extra 6 points so he'll have 100 clean? That would be ideal.

Or maybe we can "negotiate" the fine & suspension with the NRL like the Rorters got to do with Pearce?

 

[Kimlo]

Worth a shot.

 

[Morkel]

Meh, it's a rule, we just have to cop it. I'm still of the opinion that Hodges' lifting tackle was worth a week, but that's history now. My point simply being that if I'm being impartial, Roberts getting charged is fair.

 

[Browny]

No issue as long as it's applied this way all year, but NRL and consistency do not go together

 

[subsbligh]

Why's he touching the ref in the first place?

He's not his mate.

He's not a peer.

He's shouldn't be talking to him, let alone touching him.

Clearly no intent from Roberts (unlike Klemmer) but agree this should be a mandatory/strict offence.

But then you get this absurd situation with Soward decking the ref and not be scrutinised, supposedly as it was accidental.

 

[subsbligh]

And a week off might do some good for Roberts':

-injury
-fitness
-headspace