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Well, Canberra got pinged last year which ended their season.
'F--- you': Insults fly after Des confronts Ricky as Annesley admits yet another blunder robbed Titans of victory
Hoo boy, that was awful. I suggest we donate the two points to charity, to save the embarrassment of claiming them.
'F--- me, he's on another planet': Stuart rips into Hasler after Titans coach fumes at referee calls in golden-point thriller
He was actually running a line well away from Johnson’s leg. The only other option is not to try a chargedown, or wait until after the kick has been completed.
DCE and Johnson put on masterclass as Warriors and Manly can't be split after controversial Bunker call
Soccer:
1871: Guy dives – gets free kick
1872: Guy dives – gets free kick.
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2023 Guy dives – gets free kick
2024: Why do players keep diving, we can’t figure it out.
Simulation crackdown: If they like the spotlight so much, put A-League actors up before the Match Review Panel
Took about 3k off the crowd tonight.
Red-hot Green Machine respond to Ricky’s rev-up to steamroll over pedestrian Parramatta
You used to have to force the ball with downward pressure, but with slo-mo and frame by frame replays, now it’s just a finger tip on the side. i.e. the bunker modified what was the “rule”.
So it’s time to do this here, forget all this inside/outside nonsense, look at the play, say “He will get nowhere near the ball carrier” or “He took the decoy” and rule accordingly. It will stick after a bit.
'Every time we do black and white, it doesn't work': Does anyone actually understand the obstruction rule?
No idea why people think these rulings are supposed to make sense, it’s been a few years since the requirement of obstruction has been necessary.
NRL News: 'Would have scored regardless' - Annesley's take on dodgy obstruction as Robbo refuses to blame Bunker
cf. Tackling in mid air (which wasn’t a thing), turns out they were incapable of interpreting this. Now contesting the kick carries so much risk of penalisation that we have attackers loitering about as slack-jawed bystanders waiting for the defender to catch teh pill.
NRL's kick-blocker crackdown changes the game - but the question is do we want that?
Always the AFL
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
Don’t bother Brett, you will never, never get them to accept this, it doesn’t fuel the faux outrage.
The Barry nearly understood the concept of unintentional contact during a recent game, but quickly retreated.
So this how it goes:
10 Accidental contact which will always happen
20 Pearl clutching Roar screed “Why doesn’t the NRL stop this”
30 Goto 10
Funnily enough, if the ball carrier falls into a tackle, and bashes his head on the defender’s hip or knee – crickets. But fall into the arm or shoulder, and it’s Chicken Little time.
Game’s gone soft, huh? League's tough enough without dangerous incidents getting feather touch from judiciary
Exactly, remember the 1983 Americas Cup, it was huge – really brought home how popular 12-metre yachting was – and still is.
Football in Australia must never stop fighting for its fair share of funding
I was thinking “Didn’t they just upgrade Lang Park”, but was 20 years ago..
Suncorp Stadium could be knocked down as Brisbane's Olympic fiasco takes another twist
“Even if the guy was falling into a tackle, the defender has to show they were not able to do anything to prevent a hit to the head.”
Well, they could not attempt a tackle, that’d do it.
NRL consistently inconsistent when it comes to punishments for head-high contact
Meanwhile, Tom Starling spends most of the game on the bench, twiddling his thumbs.
The evolution of the hooker in rugby league taking a backward step - creativity drops as workload increases
When I used to watch all sports back in the day, the primary attraction of union was the hilariously bad refereeing; blatant forward passes, huge knock ons, bounced ball tries, all blithely ignored. Watching the feeble tackling, and backs deliberately running away from making tackles also amusing.
There's no way rugby's 'greatest ever try' would be permitted these days
You’ll get used to it after a while … if union is still being played.
'Let's see what the worst thing about rugby league is and do that': Loathsome blight union never needed
Lol, every single one a cheap shot on someone not in possession, what a hero.
'It's pretty s--t': Webster cops monster AFL ban, reacts to social media backlash towards his wife and child
Well, I gave her my baby to kiss and she bit it on the head.
Rugby league needs a new name but what can you call it to stand out in football’s confusingly crowded landscape of codes?
Or we can call it football, then shrilly insist it was always called football. Then, when you are writing or speaking about the game, be sure to say football as many times as possible. Plus pretend to be very, very clever by dropping in a LEEG every now and then.
Rugby league needs a new name but what can you call it to stand out in football’s confusingly crowded landscape of codes?
“What is this self righteous obsession with gambling so many people have these days ?”
It’s not drugs, so it’s OK to be sanctimonious about it.
Rugby league needs a new name but what can you call it to stand out in football’s confusingly crowded landscape of codes?
You’ve just demonstrated the phenomenon.
Violence is not 'passion': Wanderers fans chuck a wobbly again... why is it always them?
“Which ones?”
Too much success, and too many people interested spring to mind.
How do A-League fans convince police that passion is not a crime?
Sure, Rebels just need more scrums, more mini-scrums, more lineouts, and above all more penalty goal attempts.
Legalising foul play, laneway bars and Molly Meldrum: Ten ways we can conquer Melbourne for rugby
I can cut Gus a little slack, he is of my era. So we grew up knowing, for instance, if the ball carrier accidentally fell into a tackle and copped one in the mush, that was part of playing the game. Now, it’s a great wailing and gnashing of teeth, followed weeks on the sideline. Such an enormous turnaround can be difficult to come to terms with.
In 2024, we need to leave the NRL’s favourite topic alone - it’s time to shut up about referees
64 in points in the first 56 minutes, then squat. Pretty unusual.
Defences absent as Dessie's Titans go 0-6, while Seibold's Manly show just how far they still have to go