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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3126349, member: 9052"] and this is one of the issues. The NRL came out and said a greater influence would be provided to the touch judges to watch the offsides and the ruck when it got to the blindside, but this doesn't seem to be happening. I have no idea why the NRL is not able to have the officiating group work as a team. In the NFL they have like 8 referees on the field, but all of them are responsible for certain aspects of the play or parts of the field. This is the approach that should be happening with the NRL. The second ref should have always been ruling on the ruck (not telling the main ref there is a penalty and hoping they call it)... this now goes to the single ref solely and they are already missing knock ons, hands in the ruck, etc. The near side touchie should be in control of the blind side and watching for forward passes from DH... the main ref and the second ref are on the open side so there is no way they can see hands in the ball if it's happening on the blind side The open side touchie should be controlling the offsides. Main ref is then controlling everything else. At the moment and in past years it seems like it is the main ref doing everything, which is a shit approach and rightly has everyone asking what the **** a touchie does Even if they don't want to be calling every penalty (to keep the "flow") the touchies controlling the offside can be telling the ref that a team is always offside... you don't need to penalise every one, but if they're offside 4/6 tackles then they should be penalised and if it is happening continually call the captain over and tell them they're going to the bin if it keeps happening. The refs are fucking pussies and don't want to get called out by rumbo buzz ... so they've put the whistle away and let games turn into slog fests, and every now and then they'll blow a penalty or call a six again just so everyone knows they're still there. [/QUOTE]

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