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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/nrl-referees-des-hasler-ricky-stuart-chevy-stewart-offside/103709816

FT" St George 24 Wests 12

70min: Kepaoa try after Wests spent some extended time in the attacking 20m Koroisau goal Wests 12 - 24

63: Sewer try after Wests let about 4 offloads get away in one play Lomax goal 24 - 6

60min: Lomax penalty goal after Klemmer hit Flanagan in the head with his shoulder but no bin. St George 18 - 6

52min: Staines grounds it but ... bunker says Tigers knocked on in the lead-up

It's hard to muster much optimism for the second half when Wests have lost their last 38 games when trailing at HT.

HT St George 16 Wests 6 Jack Bird not coming back from HIA

36min: Lomax takes high attacking kick and passes to Flanagan who scores. Commentators seemed to think Flanagan was offside at the kick but bunker didn't think so Lomax goal St George 16 - 6

Wow! was that a penalty for deliberate knock forward and regather?

27min: Jack Bird try after some ad lib play by St George Lomax goal St George 10 - 6

Koroisau kicks penalty goal 6 - 4 16 mins to HT

15min: Utoikamanu try off nice dummy half work from Koroisau Goal kick hits the post, both touchies rule Goal but bunker reviews it and says No Goal That's gotta be a first. 4 - 4

Lomax in the corner within 3 minutes Misses goal kick 4 - 0

TEAMS Tigers: 1. Jahream Bula 2. Charlie Staines 3. Solomona Faataape 4. Justin Olam 5. Junior Tupou 6. Jayden Sullivan 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. David Klemmer 11. Isaiah Papali’i 12. Alex Seyfarth 13. Fonua Pole 14. Jake Simpkin 15. Alex Twal 16. Justin Matamua 17. Asu Kepaoa 21. Kit Laulilii 19. Josh Feledy Dragons: 1. Tyrell Sloan 2. Zac Lomax 3. Moses Suli 4. Jack Bird 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Kyle Flanagan 7. Ben Hunt 8. Francis Molo 9. Jacob Liddle 10. Hame Sele 17. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 12. Jaydn Su’A 13. Tom Eisenhuth 14. Jesse Marschke 15. Blake Lawrie 16. Jack de Belin 18. Ben Murdoch-Masila 20. Michael Molo 19. Christian Tuipulotu

Even if someone is purely a disruptor with no attempt to catch the ball, how is that different from being a dummy runner? They are both legitimate tactics to confuse the opposition and should be treated the same - no contact, no penalty. Tie this in with the increase in short dropouts and, unless you have a high likelihood of catching the ball it may be better to not even compete for it. So what's the point of the short dropout if there's a disincentive to compete for the ball? It's another solution to a problem that didn't exist.

To me the Manly/NZ game just seemed faster than the other 2 games. One example was the total run metres: 3500 in the NZ game, only 2500 in the Parra game. Completed sets in NZ 76, in Parra game only 47. The extra 10 minutes doesn't explain those differences, there was just a lot more happening.

FT: Cronulla 34 Souths 22

Hynes goal Sharks 34 - 22

78: Brailey try behind posts

Conversion missed Souths 22 - 28

74min: Tass try in corner Will Bunnies pull it out of the fire?

69min: Burgess try, Hawkins goal Souths 18 - 28

66min: T Gwilton gets another try from a Mulitalo assist Hynes goal Cronulla 28 - 12