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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3179807, member: 1899"] I'd imagine you're referring to the Sydney Roosters who were the masters at giving away hold down penalties to spoil the play. Truth of the matter if offsides could be called on just about any tackle, Melbourne are the masters for instance at having their players come off-side down blind-sides to ensure the play will only go one way. They tried to penalise that and fix up the PTB only for the media to predictibly lose their cool on the behalf of the coaches and effectively told the referees to stop doing their job. Point being, it's one for the Roosters to give away a million penalties when they're going through a dynasty, it's another for a regular team going through a horrid run with injuries. The Broncos don't deliberately stand back, ideally they get off their line but it's hard to do especially when you're getting punished for it right or wrong. Confidence is everything in this game and demanding line-speed is like demanding more tries. Yes, we'd all love that but it's difficult especially when you're getting penalised for actually doing it properly. I'd say it's been that way for the Broncos since Round 1, but in truth it's been that way since the opening round of the NRL 9s. The NRL 9s!! A bit of hit and giggle where the referees were only supposed to get involved when absolutely necessary and somehow the Broncos get slugged with a 6-1 penalty count. Whatever excitement I had for the season took a massive dent right then and there. I thought the worm would turn, but it was just the beginning and it's how it's going to be until the Broncos manage to beat the referees, the bunker, 17 players and the human condition. [/QUOTE]

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