It’s official - refs are right, everyone else who watched the game was wrong

[BOZO]

Errors are acceptable - it's how you deal with them when they happen. The best organizations (and individuals) still stuff up, but when they do they learn from them and improve as a result.
The NRL's response to any issue of late has been to deny that it exists and this is the sign of a failing business.

You make another very good point . I agree with you 110% and my philosophy has always been excuses don't bring results

 

[Brissie Kid]

That the Manly player was offside was the correct call. That it was not an accidental offside was the wrong call.

 

[Class of 96]

Sutton should be the first administrator sent for an HIA.

 

[mickqld]

The offside penalty unlucky there it was in the rules Thompson I think didn't realise it hit hodkinson
But for them to say they were ok with the forward pass is a disgrace

Identical thing happened in SOO3 and it was called a scrum.

 

[XV-1]

You will notice the linesman who missed the Melb forward pass is not in first grade. Neither is one of the refs.

Proof they had shockers at Manlys expense

 

[Bearfax]

Sutton has the right to be wrong, and he's being wrong as much as he can be.

 

[HoldenV8]

Error free human being ?
Never has been and there will never be .
The reality is we must accept human error as inevitable.

Speak for yourself mate. I'm perfect and I know it.

Just ask me, I'll tell anyone who'll listen (problem is no one listens ).

 

[XV-1]

Identical thing happened in SOO3 and it was called a scrum.

The refs made a mistake in SOO3. Not that they will come out and say that.

 

[MadMarcus]

I’m just going to put it out there and say I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the refereeing standards have declined as betting has taken hold of the game. This has been supported by an administration that has moulded the rules so there is more ref’s discretion than ever so they have the tools they need to manipulate games.

If you compare the no forward pass call in our game with the forward pass call in the Raiders game last night, it is clear that the next rule slated to become “discretionary” is the forward pass.

This may just be the move that gives the game away.

 

[Brissie Kid]

So summing up. The refs can all game call out or ignore Storm defenders who are deliberately offside at marker or inside the 10m, but if a Manly player is accidentally and unknowingly offside thats a mandatory penalty, 2 points penalty goal and loss of the game, even though the rules say an accidental offside is a scrum.

 

[MissKate]

You will notice the linesman who missed the Melb forward pass is not in first grade. Neither is one of the refs.

Proof they had shockers at Manlys expense

However the refs boss also announced that both calls were correct, sounds like contrary to popular belief, you can have your cake and eat it too, as long as you are a koala working at the nrl

 

[XV-1]

However the refs boss also announced that both calls were correct, sounds like contrary to popular belief, you can have your cake and eat it too, as long as you are a koala working at the nrl

That is correct. The refs are playing politics as well, much to the angst of some within the ranks.

 

[globaleagle]

https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/07/24...strike-for-better-pay-and-conditions-the-mole

It's the mole so....meh

But I was wondering if we'd see a "we're gunna strike" article about the refs.

I really wish I posted that before...you know...to prove how much of a jean-ee-yuss I is.

 

[globaleagle]

Sutton gets picked to ref this weekend by....sutton. (though called a demotion as it's the titans v warriors)

No problem having a brother being the ref's boss with another brother getting all the special treatment...no none at all.

Doesn't happen, just ask....the suttons

The two morons in the bunker have nothing done to them. Patten and Perenara.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/n...e/news-story/029b17ab7fdbdfffe66874ea9032ff80

The NRL came out and admitted the referees got it disastrously wrong, but made a questionable decision to allow referee Bernard Sutton to officiate in Round 20 despite demoting assistant referee Gavin Reynolds and touch judge Ricky MacFarlane.

NRL360 host Paul Kent tore strips off the decision, suggesting it only dug the NRL a deeper hole of shame amid a season of frustrating refereeing controversies.

“It’s almost like the NRL looked at the paper this morning, listened to what everyone was saying, which was ‘if you’re going to drop the touch judge, you had to drop Sutton too’,” he said.

“It’s almost like the NRL said ‘stuff you, we’re not going to listen to you, we’ll do it our way.”