DavidM

Wire have just ground this half out

That seemingly is a video refs mindset

Dear me

In other areas you do see the clock stopped . Right or wrong that did look a bit unsatisfactory

The Dufticle is a stone cold fibber

Tough start for Burgess of the Joe variety in terms of both tries .

That’s a big call

Seemed to be still feeling his shoulder at times but was very strong and involved

Fair point

Not at all , it’s two sided . Players are working the system to get penalties , it’s not palatable but it happens . It doesn’t matter if it’s not rewarded . Officials make decisions , either on the field or in the bunker. A player stays down and seconds later a penalty appears - why ? It’s a penalty in the tackle or it isnt . Officials seem to react to an injury . Video refs seem to react to players staying down and work back from that . You’ll see a thousand tackles that are the same , but injury or actions from players seem to stimulate reactions from officialdom . That’s what I don’t get , so it becomes a circle . I can’t blame players for doing it but it’s tedious and not what the game was , but it comes from it getting a dividend . You stop it by not rewarding it , and if you stay down to get a game stopped you should have to go off as you’re obviously injured . If I’m not making myself clear I apologise

Indeed , I’ve said this before . But also there’s got to be some common sense interfering with the drive to have complete black and white rules to achieve consistency , because I’m afraid it isn’t a black and white game . You can’t penalise some things out of the game however much you want to

Cant agree . Players try it on , officials don’t have to play along . Some of the rulings are ridiculous , and this was one by a guy who’s refereed a million games , looked at three replays and gave a penalty

That was a very entertaining game . The Dolphins are one of the best sides to watch . Few iffy decisions in that game from the two most experienced refs in the game , not just the Turbo incident but Klein penalising a soccer style run into a player after a kick and dive then missing Herbie being throttled round the neck . I know the NRL piles millions into officiating but I honestly don’t think they’re getting a good return

Depressing . Player safety is one thing but we really have lost all common sense and empathy with the game with the level we’ve took things to . Allied to the slow motion scrutiny we give to tackles , along with players staying down in a game that prided itself on players getting up , I don’t know it just leaves a bit of a sour taste

Catalans by 50