Thread: Rubbish Refereeing At State Of Origin

Originally Posted by TerryO

The blues allowed you mugs to win so there would be spectators at the next game otherwise the Queenslanders would all stay home and sulk into their crappy XXXX beer. ...

That's what I kept telling my mates last night. It's not about the game, it's about $.

Funny, I was chatting to two Kiwis in Kiwiland last night and one was going for Blue, the other for Maroon. I wondered how they decided who to go for, as neither has lived over here. Yet!

Jeff

Originally Posted by incisor

where is the big cry emot

just playing by the rules and having the rules applied fairly will do thanks

Forget the sin binning which was joke, the decision making by the refs in the first 10 mins was shocking.

The first penalty received by QLD for a strip by a NSW play was lucky at best. Then a couple of minutes later Cameron Smith blatantly stripped the ball from Ryan Hoffman 15m from the NSW line and nothing.

Two tries result from those decisions and the first 10 mins of domination by QLD shut the game down and that pressure was built of two very poor decisions.

Merrin definitely need to be binned and Hodges did run in and throw punches so sin binning his was fair. But Tate and Bird ?

Anyway will make for a cracker in a few weeks in Sydney.

Penalties for stripping the ball are often 50/50 calls, and let's face it, most of the 50/50 calls in a match will go to the home side - the refs will deny it, but the crowd will always be an influence in big games like these.

That being said, NSW were never in the hunt last night, the refs were never going to influence the result in such a one sided match.

Originally Posted by DiscoWeb

Forget the sin binning which was joke, the decision making by the refs in the first 10 mins was shocking.

The first penalty received by QLD for a strip by a NSW play was lucky at best. Then a couple of minutes later Cameron Smith blatantly stripped the ball from Ryan Hoffman 15m from the NSW line and nothing.

Two tries result from those decisions and the first 10 mins of domination by QLD shut the game down and that pressure was built of two very poor decisions.

Merrin definitely need to be binned and Hodges did run in and throw punches so sin binning his was fair. But Tate and Bird ?

Anyway will make for a cracker in a few weeks in Sydney.

I don't mean to be rude, but what game were you watching? Try the replay, sober Bob.

Originally Posted by TerryO

The big cry emotion will be happening after the All Blacks do their normal yearly smashing of the wannaby Wallabies. ...

And you big sooks from north of the border may well have something to cry about after the decider so don't get to cocky. ...

The blues allowed you mugs to win so there would be spectators at the next game otherwise the Queenslanders would all stay home and sulk into their crappy XXXX beer. ...

You are a real try hard , bro, go back to your day job, no one listening here, get back to your knitting, Bob

Originally Posted by bob10

You are a real try hard , bro, go back to your day job, no one listening here, get back to your knitting, Bob

Glad to hear your not actually listening Bob, otherwise you might have to comment. ...again! ...