NRL 2018
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@stargazer bloody shocking!
Something you’d expect to hear of in South American Football - although I suppose it wouldn’t be death threats there - they’d just send the hit man.
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Yup, that is fucking ridiculous. The Tongan fans didn't react well after that, but they are far from alone. We've seen the same happening in rugby with coaches and commentators putting way too much heat on the referees.
Both codes need to crack down on it ASAP. Both are very fluid dynamic games with lots of judgement calls to be made. Reffing this stuff is an incredibly tough job, and (from my experience) as a fan it is really easy to get riled up and start blaming the ref for every single little thing. As I've (hopefully) gotten a bit wiser I've chilled out a bit but it's not hard to see how this type of situation arises with all the hyperbole that surrounds every reffing decision.
As fans we've really got two choices: accept refs get things wrong from time to time, or judge things differently, and keep the sport we love as we know it - a high pace, action packed game. Or we go down the other road and demand every single decision is poured over to ensure it is 100% correct and we end up with a product like NFL - 12 minutes of action in a 3 hour match.
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I read the (almost same) article on the rival news site, death threats didn't force the referee out. He's retiring because he's sick of the "noise" associated with refereeing. The media whinging, fans whinging, media conspiracies re: refereeing politics in the NRL.
The death threats were the most extreme example of that.
Not that I want to down-play the reaction to that semifinal loss. That was the highest level of sporting stupid I've seen in my sporting sphere.
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Kata is so fucking shit. Get rid. 2 opportunities lost because he has gone himself
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Kata gets a gift. Beauty offload from Papali'i
RTS is have a massive game
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RTS try saver at one end, warriors go up and score straight away. Very un-warriors.
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Ah that's better. Error, soft defense, give up easy try.
Dragons now favourites, wonder what i can get on them?
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Aaaaand try. Dragons will win by shit loads.
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Warriors not making errors and defending well. Dragons are going to be gassed at the end of the game, so warriors absolutely need to start well in the 2nd to keep their heads down.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
Warriors not making errors and defending well. Dragons are going to be gassed at the end of the game, so warriors absolutely need to start well in the 2nd to keep their heads down.
Was going to say this turnaround was my fault coz I started watching.
But it's your for jinxing.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
Warriors not making errors and defending well. Dragons are going to be gassed at the end of the game, so warriors absolutely need to start well in the 2nd to keep their heads down.
Was going to say this turnaround was my fault coz I started watching.
But it's your for jinxing.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
Warriors not making errors and defending well. Dragons are going to be gassed at the end of the game, so warriors absolutely need to start well in the 2nd to keep their heads down.
Was going to say this turnaround was my fault coz I started watching.
But it's your for jinxing.
That's not a jinx it was exactly what they had to do. 2 errors in the first half was followed by 2 errors in the first 8 of the second half.
This club is mentally deficient. What do they take at half time? Valium?
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Fusitua fucks up again. Hello.
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Fucking Kata!!!
Seriously what the fuck does Kearney say at half time? Our second halves are retarded
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Fucking Kata!!!
Seriously what the fuck does Kearney say at half time? Our second halves are retarded
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Doing my bit anyway. Heading outside with a shiraz to catch some late afternoon rays.
Knew I shouldnt watch league.
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If there was ever a call that was influenced by the crowd, that one was one
