Sat 2nd Mar: SL: Leeds Rhinos v Catalans Dragons KO 3pm (Sky)

[tiffers]

1 minute ago, Old Frightful said:

Regarding the lack of cards in that incident, don't forget it was today's ref Chris Kendall who was the Video Ref responsible for sending Fa'amanu Brown off at Wire last Friday for doing precisely nowt.

So, along with the words of the RFL in his ear,  he's no doubt being extra careful.

Thats a good observation and no doubt exactly right. 

[jacksy]

1 minute ago, Old Frightful said:

Regarding the lack of cards in that incident, don't forget it was today's ref Chris Kendall who was the Video Ref responsible for sending Fa'amanu Brown off at Wire last Friday for doing precisely nowt.

So, along with the words of the RFL in his ear,  he's no doubt being extra careful.

He let a deliberate elbow to the head go with a matey chat.

No excuses.

[GeordieSaint]

Catalan being very conservative with the ball.

[Old Frightful]

Just now, jacksy said:

He let a deliberate elbow to the head go with a matey chat.

No excuses.

I didn't say he was correct mate.

[DavidM]

It would have been the VR making that call it is nowadays 

[StandOffHalf]

Leeds look pretty disjointed and error-strewn but their D is holding up.

Frawley is the calming presence, but Miller and Croft don't strike me as being all that cohesive yet.

[Old Frightful]

Catalans don't appear to have the nous to get over the line.

[Northern Eel]

Knockonathon....

[Ullman]

1 minute ago, Northern Eel said:

Knockonathon....

Bit scruffy isn't it?

[DavidM]

God that drum …

[Old Frightful]

No control but a penalty try maybe?

[DavidM]

Chief Brodie Croft with nice skills 

[sentoffagain2]

            I think it should have been  a penalty try with conversion between the sticks.Don't think he grounded it cleanly.

[StandOffHalf]

I'm not convinced that Handley grounded that. I think it probably should have been a Penalty Try, if the defender isn't allowed to tackle once the ball has been grubbered ahead to fall on.

[tiffers]

Absolutely baffled by the inconsistencies in applying the rules here. The first clash with force and direct to head. Yet that one with a tonne of mitigation gets a yellow... 

[The Blues Ox]

Good reffing there by the video ref I though picking up the head contact, they sometimes ignore that. I do think the yellow card is a touch harsh though, not sure what he can do there and the ref does have at his discretion that the attacker is low down but chose not to use that.

[sam4731]

Are we accepting that cards are given out at random now?

[JohnM]

1 hour ago, JohnM said:

A little concerned that poor discipline might affect the Cats more than Leeds .

 

[DavidM]

No way that warrants 8 point try AND a binning . But a elbow in the head of guy prone on the floor is a polite warning 

[StandOffHalf]

Sims had his arm under that IMO.

Newman turned to try to get to the ground, and went into Sims' shoulder.

No Try; penalty attacking side IMO.

An 8-point try and binning is very harsh when Newman is the one who turns into contact in a dynamic rugby incident as Sims comes across.

[The Blues Ox]

1 minute ago, StandOffHalf said:

Sims had his arm under that IMO.

Newman turned to try to get to the ground, and went into Sims' shoulder.

No Try; penalty attacking side IMO.

An 8-point try and binning is very harsh when Newman is the one who turns into contact in a dynamic rugby incident as Sims comes across.

In the end I dont think it made much difference if it were sent up as a try or no try, I do agree you can't see the ball on the floor so as soon as it were sent up as a try you knew it was one of those that would be given, but if it had been sent up as no try it would still have been given as a penalty try I imagine because you can argue the high contact would have stopped Newman scoring. I don't agree with the binning though.

[StandOffHalf]

7 minutes ago, tiffers said:

Absolutely baffled by the inconsistencies in applying the rules here. The first clash with force and direct to head. Yet that one with a tonne of mitigation gets a yellow... 

Yeah, coming across like a train to save a try and the attacker is literally diving towards the ground.

I can live with a penalty, but a sin-binning seems overly harsh, given the mitigation.

Sims should have been sin-binned earlier though...

Edited March 2 by StandOffHalf

[Guest]

If Sims was a yellow earlier, Ackers should have been.

[sam4731]

Hitting someone in the face deliberately...

[gingerjon]

Deliberate contact with head now fine if someone has hold of your shirt.