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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3571720, member: 8215"] Penrith were their normal selves, we were pinned because they were leaving early or not getting back on-side to begin with. That caused a lot of the fatigue that led to us making those errors. So while there weren't any absolute howlers (Cobbo being taken out was close though), it doesn't mean the officiating was fair or good. We were just so good that we were able to overcome it for a brief period. I still maintain that the lazy officiating of the play-the-balls is to blame. The refs have been told to let it go because quick PTB's allow momentum and attacking football. But it means there is no trigger for when defensive lines can move. It's supposed to stem from the Union rule of "when the ball clears the ruck", which, in League, is when the foot touches it when played. With tunnel-balls or quick rolls with minimal foot movement, teams are now leaving when the player starts the motion to play it, and that is often as early as lurching forward off the ground. Like Penrith showed, the defensive line can have moved 5 metres and be at half sprint before the hooker is even able to pass the ball, which leads to more smothering tackles and the whole thing repeats. [/QUOTE]

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