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Easy problem to solve, just get me to do the bunkering.
The NRL shouldn't follow the EPL and get rid of video refs - they should recognise that the Bunker is the Wizard of Oz
Ha, that is hilariously stupid. Challenge to NRL rulemakers: Can you get dumber than that?
Brumbies end 15-year drought against Crusaders as 80th minute penalty try seals remarkable finish
Relax, those grapes aren’t sour, you should try and get some.
How the AFL bringing back Origin could fix the league's biggest inequality - and why now is the perfect time
Is this satire?
Baffling sin bin sends Storm spiralling as Sharks overcome Hynes' absence to silence critics ... somewhat
Fatty should read more Roar, this is what people want.
NRL News: Latrell returns a changed man - Hornby, 'Our game is finished' fumes Fatty at Bunker after 'awful' penalty
The jumper grabbing style of tackling is partly to blame for the unmarked winger phenomenon, as there’s greater need to have a 2nd defender nearby in case the initial tackler drops off.
Impressive-looking, not hard-fought: Trend toward the flashy is eating away at what rugby league ought to be
A jumper-grab-a-thon from Canberra, truly appalling.
Hynes states claim for Origin with perfect performance as blood-thirsty Sharks devour 'embarrassed' Raiders
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
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
I have a theory that touchies are told not to be too harsh, because how do they so consistently miss what we can all see?
The NRL shouldn't follow the EPL and get rid of video refs - they should recognise that the Bunker is the Wizard of Oz