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Message: [QUOTE="CaptainHook, post: 2969662, member: 8315"] Good post mate. Agree completely about one referee. Every other rugby league competition in the world manages just fine with one ref. Don't know what makes the NRL so different. The seven tackle set in the Sharks-Cowboys final and the Foran 'Hand of God' were genuine errors. They weren't fifty-fifty calls that could've gone either way (a big problem these days is fans conflating the two). They were dead set shockers. Surely though I'm not the only one that thinks Matt Cecchin being dropped for a seven tackle set only to see his mistake incorporated into the game's rules a year or so later is unintentionally hilarious. Never change NRL. Still though, what's the ratio of genuine errors from match officials over how many tries, players and premierships you remember? I remember the score in the 2006 Grand Final. 15-8 to the Broncos. I remember the score in the 2015 Grand Final. 17-16 to the Cowboys. I don't remember the penalty counts. Actually I do. The penalty count was: I don't give a shit. What's done is done. Back to 2013 with the Sharkies and the Cowgirls, what's interesting when watching that game is how many people missed it live. The commentators were only informed a few minutes after the fact. The players were unaware. Thurston is the greatest player of all time - he missed it but that didn't stop him from going on a conspiracy-laden rant about it. Or was that after the Foran incident? Shane Flanagan and Neil Henry both knew what happened - yet both decided against telling their teams at half time. Isn't that interesting? I think it's good coaching as it was a tight game and it was anybody's game at that point. The Cowboys hit the lead twice and couldn't go on with it. Hahaha for a second there I thought you said a BHQ expert. Geez, talk about the cure being worse than the disease lol. A lot gets made about the Melbourne Storm and their wrestling tactics. After reflecting on it, I'm not sure if I buy it. Melbourne are big believers in playing for 80 minutes, one on one defence, respecting the football and playing for field position. Personally, I think those things are responsible for their success rather than underhanded tactics in the ruck. I think the standard of refereeing is getting better. I just see the futility in expecting perfection. I also think consistency is a myth. I have a theory that there will never be consistency with refereeing. We would've achieved it already. We've never had it and never will. Fans need to come to terms with the fact that they will cop a bad call - but may also be the be the recipient of a bad call going against the other team. It's just Rugby League. [/QUOTE]

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