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The last 15 minutes of the Souths versus Cowboys game highlighted two glaring problems facing rugby league.
The amount of time wasted on referring an obvious no try to the video, and the farce that has become the scrum, is hurting the game.
Firstly, let’s examine the video referee call.
Dave Taylor attempted to score a try in the corner. It was obvious he didn’t score.
He knew it, the ref knew it and everyone at the ground knew it.
However the referee still called for the video, most likely to rule on whether it was a 10-metre scrum or a 20-metre tap.
Either of the two would have been fine; the focus should have been to get on with it.
Instead it was time out, bringing about an unnecessary pause and then a scrum. It was poor refereeing.
The scrums are ridiculous. The Cowboys were rushing to the scrums to stop the clock while Souths were standing around trying to waste time.
During one scrum the referee ruled time back-on straight away after assuming one Cowboy player moved from the bind.
He then asked the Souths players, who were trying to waste more time to hurry up and pack.
This has become the norm, but it’s all ridiculous. Eventually the NRL must bring in time-out when the ball goes out.
While we’re still caught up with this ridiculous messing-about with scrums, we are still another 15 years away before progress is made.
What they have now, though, can’t last the test of time because its farcical.
In other news Steve Matai, the game’s biggest grub, got away with a cheap shot on the referee when he gave the referee a little elbow on the way back after having a penalty ruled against him.
This is your classic cover up. The negative headlines of ‘player hits referee’ has been averted by coming up with the line ‘new HD camera clear as day’.
What happened was this hot head gave away a penalty and decided to give the referee a little elbow on the way through. It was a disgraceful act. He should have got a couple of months for it.
Kurt Gidley looks like he will miss the Origin series after being injured for Newcastle in their easy win against Penrith.
Gidley has played five Origin series for five losses.
It is a myth that he is a quality versatile player. He is nothing but a half-decent first-grade fullback.
Buderus struggled at Origin level from 2006 to 2008, so Ricky Stuart’s suggestion that he should try to play Origin in 2012 is ridiculous. However, injury to Buderus might have saved Stuart from this obvious blunder.
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