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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3306756, member: 1899"] Now I want to bring your attention to a call that was made last week in the Newcastle/Brisbane game. This is a call where I admit the bunker got it wrong and if we let play go... Lachlan Fitzgibbon was tackled just short of the line but as you can plainly see the ball went backwards. This was a mistake from the bunker and should have been play on and as I let this footage play you see that Pearce scores. Now the bunker officials believed that since Fitzgibbon was tackled before losing possession it constituted a knock on. However it doesn't take into account the spirit of the game and from this moment forward bunker officials will be advised to rule in favour of the attacking team. In the same game there was an incident where Tesi Niu threw a pass and if we slow it down right here it was clearly forward to Oates. Kasey Badger is a good up and coming referee but I'm afraid in this instance she got it wrong. Now I don't want to be too negative. There was a good example where the video referee applied some discretion and what I like to call common sense. So if I let this play Isaako gets a play on the ball. Now this is a really technical rule so let me explain. When you touch the ball, you become in possession and the defence is allowed to complete a tackle on you. Bradman Best is a scholar of the sport and he does the right thing and if we let this play through Fitzgibbon scores a great team try for Newcastle. So it was a mixed game from the officials but on the whole we got the right result. [/QUOTE]

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