A controversial try has been awarded to Andrew Fifita in Origin 3, with the NSW prop being handed a four-pointer despite an offside chase from Michael Jennings.
It put the Blues in the lead 12-4 at that stage, but put plenty of Queenslanders, and even some New South Welshmen, offside.
Former Blues great Brad Fittler said that it was a penalty, and Queensland skipper Cameron Smith was intent on arguing the point out on the field with referee Gerard Sutton.
It was reward for a strong ten minutes from NSW, with Queensland having a man in the sin bin while the try was scored.
What did you make of the try Roarers?
Doc79
Roar Rookie
As relaxed as making a genuine attempt to play the ball with the foot. Terrible on Wednesday night.
Ian
Guest
Well he could have stopped and not chased the ball. I thought the very act of chasing towards the ball meant he was participating in the play and should have been ruled offside.
db
Guest
It's an indefensible comment made as an attempt to protect the officials involved. How relaxed will they become? Can we look forward to offside infringements being adjudicated in the same relaxed manner as all aspects of the scrum are officiated. Are we going to go down the path of eschewing all the rules and just go with the laissez faire approach. Forget the rules, just go with the vibe.
Dan
Guest
He still has to be outside the 10 metres when Fifita touches the ball.
matth
Guest
Well the referees boss has come out and said it was a try because ..... they have been more relaxed on that rule recently. So what he is saying is that it broke the rules, but we let them have it anyway. How could we possibly explain that to someone from outside the game?
Zedman
Roar Rookie
Part 3--- rule D is the one , i think, maybe, possibly, the bunker ruled this way. Lol.
db
Guest
Or put someone in there who knows the rules. That might work.
andrew
Guest
Shaun - I assume by forward pass you mean the Maloney to Gallen pass in the Frizell try? Cause it was 3m forward and crossed the 10m line in the process. it was so blatant and it was a bullet pass, so none of this, backward out of the hand BS.
andrew
Guest
well if he wasn't going for the ball they wouldn't be trying to hold him back as you suggest (not that they did)
andrew
Guest
i saw that to. They all jumped on Frizell, and Jennings, his greatest moment, and no one wanted to jump on him...
Petert
Guest
I think one of the things to recognise with the referring last night was that it was completely inconsistent with the previous two games. In relation to the penalty count, you are more likely to be penalised in defence rather than attack, so the longer Qld defended, the more likely they were to be on the receiving end of penalties. Regardless, Qld were ambushed by the referees with penalties that would normally be washed over as they had been in the previous two games.
pete bloor
Guest
He continues to chase the ball but hey the 4 points went on the board and gallen farewell embodied the nsw spirit
The Hurricane
Guest
Short of disappearing Jennings couldn't have taken less part in the game after the kick. That's not counting the Qlder still trying to hold him off the ball anyway as 'taking part' of course.
Josh
Guest
lame comment
Shaun
Guest
1 Forward pass try. 1 Offside try. The NSW Game plan was only missing Jarryd Haynes it was that close to NFL plays.
V.O.R.
Guest
"An offside player shall not take any part in the game" Looking forward to Tony Archer explaining the decision process. Who was the video ref?
V.O.R.
Guest
There did appear to be a real lack of close ups from Channel 9 on infringements in the second half. I wonder if that was because the game was just flowing too quick in the last quarter. The game appeared to be adjudicated differently in each half. Too many contentious calls, not just one or two. Wouldn't know where to begin. Crazy stuff.
1st&10
Guest
No try, but the refs ruined the game full stop. The bunker needs sealing for eternity ? -- Comment from The Roar's iPhone app.
Matth
Guest
That's right, it was Matt Gillett
Matth
Guest
Appears to breach paragraph 2