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On 22/07/2026 at 11:54, Griff said:
I heard a different take on this incident during this years World Cup. I always assumed the player just didn’t know the rules. Apparently the players weren’t going to play the game in protest to miss treatment by the government. They eventually changed their minds with threats hanging over their families back home. So they played this game under protest and this was a deliberate attempt by the player to get sent off.
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2 minutes ago, Trojan Horse said:
There was none. Ref didn’t say there was. Which is why it’s baffling as a shoulder catching chin/head is a red as seen with Storton yesterday. Charnley lunged more than Storton did yet not got a yellow.
He said it didn’t reach the threshold which I assume he means the force of the tackle.
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11 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:
Did they call a forward pass or a knock-on when they were close to the Leigh line and put it down?
The Wire hooker stuck out his right leg in a change to his normal gait and kneed it through, kicked ahead, and grounded. That was a deliberate kicking out after losing the ball, so a negation of any knock-on. Should have been a try, if they didn't call a forward pass. Walker's knee negated the drop.
Am I right in thinking you can’t do it with the knee. I thought it was shin and below.
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3 hours ago, Tommygilf said:
Another point here is, if this has come from the club more than Rowley, Saints should absolutely have someone lined up to replace him.
Absolutely if Saints have lead this they should have a replacement already lined up.
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6 hours ago, Tommygilf said:
Apparently his performances recently have been Man of Steel worthy, wtf?
Connected to that last year or the year before I seem to remember a second ban for Nathan Cleary ruled him out of the running for the Dally m medal. Do we know if the RFL have a similar rule for the MOS.
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Just now, bobbruce said:
Browns always behind the ball so should be fine.
Correction he does sneak in front.
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Just now, Waynebennettswinger said:
I fear this could be wiped out but shouldn’t be IMHO just a poor read.
Browns always behind the ball so should be fine.
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19 hours ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:
Magic could only work with an odd number of teams if they had 2 neutral games or if one set of teams forfeit a home game for it.
E.g.
Vegas: Bradford v Leigh
Everton Magic: Same 12 as this year.
French Magic: Catalans v Toulouse
Dublin: Warrington v Wigan, Hull v Wakey
You'd then need Hull KR, Saints, Cas, Huddersfield, York, Leeds, Catalans, Toulouse and London x2 to play neutral games.
Could have Toulouse v London / Leeds v Catalans Paris double header.
Hull KR v York, Cas v Huddersfield in Amsterdam.
Saints v London somewhere in the South outside of London.
Only way you'd get an odd number of teams to work if keeping Magic Weekend.
It works perfectly well in the NRL as I stated. Not as an extra fixture but half the teams involved have to give up a home game. That way it just becomes a normal round.
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7 hours ago, Gav Wilson said:
Good point
Well, however the NRL do their draw...
it won’t work if Magic is an extra round of fixture like now. It is possible if magic is done as part of the season. So 28 rounds and on magic weekend half the teams have to give up a home game one team gets a bye.
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On 24/01/2026 at 20:46, hunsletgreenandgold said:
I’ll admit, I did not know that was a thing? Why would it not be able to be altered later?
I would imagine to stop teams setting the size of the pitch depending on who they were playing.
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1 minute ago, Old Frightful said:
That’s play on isn't it?
That French bloke playing for Saints some years back scored a try after an injured player let go of the ball.
Ball was in play then. On this occasion tackle was complete. The Wigan player although injured can’t just let go of the ball that should’ve been Hull ball.
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6 minutes ago, MZH said:
Just the 2 high tackles on Litten ignored by the video ref in that one
Not only that there was clearly a touch by both players in the air the minimum Hull should’ve got is set restart.
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26-1 but I’m having another go.
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On 04/06/2026 at 12:53, Maximus Decimus said:
There are far too many variables for any predictions to be taken seriously.
I remember Derren Brown did one bit where he was sending people a letter saying which horse would win a race on a specific date. He then filmed the final race and the person who had been sent something like 5/6 winners in a row.
It ended up being a situation where he had just sent out so many so that one person out of however many thousand would have all the winners and then filmed them being amazed at his predictive powers.
Whenever somebody has 'picked the winners of every x' I always think of that.
In my youth, I used to be a sucker for all this sort of stuff. I can remember one tournament (maybe 1998) where the order of the winners was in a pattern to suggest it was England's turn again. I genuinely saw it as an omen.
It was a reverse pattern
winners went
Brazil 62
England
Brazil
Germany
Argentina
Italy (middle game)
Argentina
Germany
Brazil
France
Brazil
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4 minutes ago, EagleEyePie said:
Should be a sin bin if the challenge is unsuccessful, which it looks like it will be
I agree it should be a sin bin but I actually think it should be a sin bin even if the challenge is successful.
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20 minutes ago, JM2010 said:
Well something needs to change
I think the cap needs to go up and has needed to for a few years. I totally agree though that the quota should go down I didn’t think the increase was required. I have no issue with NSW or Queensland cup player being signed as some of the best players from down under in SL have been players who hadn’t cracked the NRL or were seen as surplus’s to requirements. For me that’s about a good scouting network and the culture already at the club. What could help is taking players who have come through your academy either off the salary cap or at say a 50% reduction.
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On 28/05/2026 at 07:42, JM2010 said:
That’s exactly my point. A lower cap would also encourage more investment in junior development as that’s where clubs would need to get their players from. If it stays high it will just encourage the more impatient clubs to try and get a quick fix from the Q and NSW cup rather than putting money into the community game
Clubs can barely pay a living wage to players at the bottom end of the squad now.
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31 minutes ago, Damien said:
Its pretty infuriating that we will probably lose 2 players for something so silly with 2 mins left when the game was won.
I do think it was a combination of 2 players doing 2 completely different things at odds with each other causing that to happen. Others may disagree but I think it looked far worse than was actually meant. Regardless they will both get bans for being careless and that is only right. You pick players up like that and you are just asking for trouble the moment anyone joins the tackle, as we saw.
I’d agree with that and it’s why I’d like to see both players get a couple of games rather than one take all the punishment. Neither players actions on their own caused it but the combination of both did.
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Why is Walters allowed to go up to lift the trophy. I didn’t think you could following a send off.
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How would having tackle again fit in with this rather than 6 again. That way a ref could escalate it in the set. Tackle again first then another offence in the set becomes 6 again a third offence in a set would be penalty and sinbinning.
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On 16/05/2026 at 12:50, EagleEyePie said:
The direction of the bounce of the ball is irrelevant. He dropped the ball in front of him. In any other situation dropping the ball like that gets called as a knock on, even if there is slight backwards motion, because it's come out of his hands in front of his body and hit the ground in front of him.
Wouldn’t that make every PTB a knock on.
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Should be taking the two here.
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It just needs to be played over a 3 week block. Which would allow other internationals to go on as it’s happening.
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1 minute ago, johnh1 said:
Might be wrong but the kicker had already tapped the ball on the 20 then kicked it. Field was onside imo. Correct decision allround.
It wouldn’t matter if Field was offside you still can’t obstruct him. I’m just not convinced that was an obstruction.
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Thur 30th Jul: SL: Huddersfield Giants v Hull FC KO 20:00 (Sky/SL+)
in The General Rugby League Forum
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For me as soon as the onside player plays it.