2019 NRL Finals - Week 2 - Match thread

[Davo5]

Great game,thought Manly played the better rugby but credit to Souths for staying in the game and finishing stronger.

First 2 sinbins were the right calls,the last was harsh,probably only worth a penalty.

[Sports Prophet]

4 hours ago, DavidM said:

 More dispiriting was a sin bin for a little slap - I mean honestly where’s the game going ?

I thought that warranted 10. When there is a melee and a player then strikes an opponent in the face, that has the potential to flare up massively. 10 minutes any day.

Jake’s sin binning and the NRLs subsequent support of the decision is a clear example of the officials lacking match sense when interpreting and applying the laws of the game. It was a garbage decision.

[Farmduck]

[dkw]

20 hours ago, Allora said:

What a joke.

The Souths player was running interference

These decisions that are deciding the out come of games is going to cost this Sport badly.

Its becoming a Joke, all three sin bins tonight have been wrong, they should have all been just penalties except for the last one where JT should have been play on.

I'm not sure you could have got that more wrong. 

[dkw]

11 hours ago, Davo5 said:

Great game,thought Manly played the better rugby but credit to Souths for staying in the game and finishing stronger.

First 2 sinbins were the right calls,the last was harsh,probably only worth a penalty.

The pull back? I thought it was a certain sin binning as it stopped a try scoring opportunity. The slap shouldn't be a binning though, the game has been over sanitised. 

[Graham]

On now:

[Graham]

Broncos have scored again just now.

[Copa]

I’m stuck in an AFL social club and surrounded by Victorians watching big jumps highlights on massive screens. 

One of the Raiders large social clubs is around 1km away but I’m stuck in this god forsaken place...  I’ve one hour to work out how the watch the NRL on a decent screen..

[Farmduck]

[Farmduck]

I don't know why you would bring Curtis Scott in and have Chambers on the bench. Is he really going to have Chambers come on in the forwards? I guess if he plays wide on his usual side then OK but what if they have injuries to other forwards and can't choose where to put Chambers?

[Farmduck]

Surface a bit slippery after some rain.

[Farmduck]

5min: Addo Carr try?  TRY

70m run by The Fox

[Graham]

What a stunning try by Addo Carr. That was him weaving his magic.

[Farmduck]

Smith the Elder kick goes wide.  Storm  4 - 0

[Davo5]

Contender for try of the year,brilliant effort by the fox

[Farmduck]

Sivo on report for a shoulder charge straight after Kane Evans penalised for a shoulder charge

[Farmduck]

10min: Vunivalu try

[Davo5]

Sivo has a brain fart and his fellow countryman takes advantage.

[Graham]

Two shoulder charges from Eels  punished with penalties. 

Storm taking full advantage.

Thought the second bloke would be binned. He would have been yesterday.

[Farmduck]

ElderSmith misses again. Storm  8 - 0

[Farmduck]

16min: Munster TRY

[Man of Kent]

Thought this might be a good one but the Storm are too bloody good. Down with Melbourne’s excellence!

[Farmduck]

Smith misses again. Storm 12 - 0

Smith's kicking is keeping the Eels in the game.

[Futtocks]

Commentators saying that the Eels have only completed one set so far. Melbourne are all over them all the time, all over the pitch.

[Farmduck]

20min: Jahrome Hughes try goes to bungle for some reason.   TRY