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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3610230, member: 1899"] How Angus Crichton stayed on the field is beyond me. That wasn't an isolated incident, Angus was being a menace in every ruck and should have been called a number of times. The NRL need to make a call on the play the ball. The rule is black and white, the player needs to maintain their balance when they play it. Ponga slipped over, so it was either a penalty against the Roosters or a turn-over, it was never play on. Otherwise it was a quality game of football. Both teams completed at over 80%, the ball was in play for over 60 minutes and it was in the balance until the last minute. In the end the Roosters deserved their victory and they won all the big moments. Down 8-0, they flip it to 16-8 with Brandon Smith ramming home their advantage with a soft try. First try in the second half was always going to be worth it's weight in gold and in the end they asked more questions of the Knights defence and eventually it was Terrell May who laid it on for his team. The thing with Newcastle is that when the game was on the line, the ball rarely found the right players. Even the try they scored through Elliott, Crossland wasn't looking for the ball, that was all just effort from him and Elliott to manufacture that try. That's where the halves have to take control, particularly Hastings who should be supporting Pearce-Paul as much as possible. His ability to get his arms free is a trigger, they could build so much of their attack off running one of his offloads. [/QUOTE]

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