2016 NRL Match Thread Round 14

[Graham]

Maloney drop goal.

11=10 Sharks

6 minutes left

[Graham]

Don't pick on him Feldt

[Graham]

Goal kick from penalty?

Right decision?

[Farmduck]

Why did the refs wait so long to penalise Feldt?

[Graham]

13-10 Sharks

but Cowboys get kick off

short one?

[Farmduck]

Cows got a dose of Sharkinson's disease.

 

Can't wait to hear the banana benders whine about this one.

[Farmduck]

... and, just announced, Wade Graham in the NSW team but will probably miss the game after JT headbutted his arm.

[Graham]

Final score Sharks 13 - 10 Cowboys

Best team won.

[Graham]

Cowboys to get new stadium?

[Farmduck]

Cowboys to get new stadium?

We are in the middle of an election so the Liberals probably promised one

[Farmduck]

But Archer said he understood why bunker official Bernard Sutton ruled the way he did on "a really unusual incident".

"For a player to be penalised for throwing a ball forward or deliberately knocking the ball on he has to have some level of intent," Archer told said on the NRL's website.

"You can see from Tony Williams that he attempts to pass the ball backwards. The ball comes off his left hand and goes in a forward direction.

"For it to constitute a knock on it has to hit an opposing player or a team-mate has to receive the ball. In this instance, Tony Williams recovers the knock on and then passes the ball inside to Hopoate, who claims a try.

"It was reviewed by the bunker. As I said, they need to determine that it was a deliberate act to throw the ball forward or knocking the ball forward to constitute a penalty.

 

http://www.nrl.com/archer-backs-hand-of-dog-bunker-call/tabid/10874/newsid/98054/default.aspx

[Graham]

Quick to generate a memorable tag - the hand of the dog - love it!

 

Just a slight point, shouldn't it be paw of the dog?

 

Maybe not, the players are all humans ...

[Farmduck]

I thought it was a Maradona reference - hand of god

[Graham]

Yes it surely is.

 

Or maybe with reference to Maradonan that should also have been hand of the do..