Sun 30 Oct: RLWC: Tonga v Cook Islands KO 14:30

[Damien]

1 minute ago, unapologetic pedant said:

That call perfectly illustrates everything that`s wrong with all this Phil Gould "little bobble" c##p.

Ashley Klein`s on-field no-try call was at the root of it. NRL refs always assume there must be something wrong when the ball hits the ground.

And I get the feeling English VRs are reluctant to overrule an NRL official. 

It didn't even cross Hick's mind despite being very clear. It was obvious on the first viewing.

[Northern Eel]

Demolition. This is a real marker for Tonga and they will take some beating in the Semi-Finals...

[shrewsbury roughyed]

Don’t panic, Cook Islands. It’ll get easier when JT goes off and er, Fifuta comes on

[StandOffHalf]

Taumalolo is Tonga's spiritual leader.

He's upped passion and application of all those around him in red.

Sensational to see!

[Gerrumonside ref]

Showtime by Tonga!

[shrewsbury roughyed]

This is slaughter 

[Bearman]

1 minute ago, bobbruce said:

I’m not sure what you mean by this so I may be missing something. If you are in front of the ball and it goes forward and you pick it up you are offside. 

But if a player loses the ball backwards then you are not offside. It was ruled as a knock on so he was offside. I am disputing the knock on decision. ( as it is now written on the chop paper I am wrong AGAIN!)

[bratman]

Way too easy... what was the winger doing?

[StandOffHalf]

There was one call earlier where it was one-on-one and Klein called a penalty.

That looked a wrong call to me.

[Dunbar]

I think James Graham is clutching at straws if he thinks Dylan Napa is going to save the day.

[bobbruce]

1 minute ago, Bearman said:

But if a player loses the ball backwards then you are not offside. It was ruled as a knock on so he was offside. I am disputing the knock on decision. ( as it is now written on the chop paper I am wrong AGAIN!)

I get you now. 

[Bearman]

Neve a pen try

[Northern Eel]

Penalty try. Going very bad for Cook Islands.

[Gerrumonside ref]

Cook Islands are rattled but who can blame them after being blown away like this.

[bratman]

Penalty try?!

[Damien]

I can't believe that was a penalty try. The bar has always been considerably higher than that.

[bobbruce]

1 minute ago, Bearman said:

Neve a pen try

Probably better to award it otherwise they’d sin bin the defender. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

This one really could hit 100. 

[DavidM]

Thought that was harsh to say he would deffo have scored , it was best part of ten yards to the line and the defender was on top of him 

[sentoffagain2]

   Forward pass so the Ref should have used a bit of common sense.

[Dave T]

Just now, Damien said:

I can't believe that was a penalty try. The bar has always been considerably higher than that.

I'm perfectly happy that we lower the bar and give penalty tries for that. 

But as things stand, we have set the bar really high. 

[Harry Stottle]

Just now, Damien said:

I can't believe that was a penalty try. The bar has always been considerably higher than that.

It wasn't last month at the Totally Wicked!

[Bearman]

The ball was below his knees. It isn't certain he would have caught it. Hence not a certain try

[Szymala]

13 minutes ago, Hopping Mad said:

Another game on TV I'm turning off long before the hooter. Roll on the tournament's knockout phase and some actual contests.

Might have to wait until the semis.

[Davo5]

That wasn’t a penalty try,Hicks is having a shocker.