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Message: [QUOTE="CaptainHook, post: 2704855, member: 8315"] [b]Re: Finals Week Two Discussion[/b] That decision didn't cost the Bulldogs the game. Much like Origin 3 this year, the more the points rack up the harder it is to blame the officials, I think. The score was still close despite the decision to award the try. The Bulldogs can't blame the refereeing for conceding a try from the ensuing re-start. It's a sign from a mentally weak team, I think, to capitulate from one supposedly bad decision. It's what I'm hoping will hold Brisbane in good stead on Friday. By and large, for the majority of the year, we don't seem overly phased about a dodgy decision here and there. The Storm don't seem to mind either. Gee, I really hope we can get them again in the big one! The crucial issue in this situation and what really annoys me about the refereeing this year (and the finals series in particular) is that it I can't help thinking it smacks of the referees having an even money bet each way in terms of decision-making. What I mean by that is that often the ball will come free, an exciting play will happen, a scintillating try will be scored and then the refs want to go back and look at something that happened 90 metres away. What a joke. I think it's bullshit, imo. If a ref calls 'play on' then I'd be happy if the video ref can't go back previously to that point and I'd be prepared to live with whatever decision gets made. It would mean Rugby League would be less frustrating to watch and hopefully it would empower the referees to make a definitive call and get on with the game. The decision on Friday night wasn't a knock on or anything like that but that play seemed to go on forever. It's either a double movement or it isn't. The play is held or he isn't. A referee should call held or not whenever momentum is stopped. I don't believe match officials should wait for a play to pan out before making a decision just because they have the luxury of referring it. We saw it last week, I think with a loose ball. It went through a few sets of hands up the field before being called back. Wtf?! If it's a knock-on fucking call it! It can't be that hard surely. It's frustrating to watch. [/QUOTE]

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