You think We have Bad Refs

[Tonkar]

I watched the Cronulla sharks V Cowboys Game

What a mess how do 2 refs and the TMO get that wrong a 7 tackle try then the Ref boss anounces that the on field refs got it wrong... Cowboys lost by 2

This is the 2nd yr in a row the cowboys have been put out of the finals by a 7 tackle try last yr against the Manly seaeagles in the same game Fordum was the try scorer last yr

[jargan83]

Would have been worth watching just to see Jonathan Thurstan blow up
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[Tonkar]

Jargs I beat it was discussed in the change rooms cose cowboys came out fighting and the ref was a bit light on them for a few mins

[shasta]

Would have been worth watching just to see Jonathan Thurstan blow up
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You mean like:
"HA-HA-HA-HA. This is a stitch-up. HA-HA-HA.
Yeah. No. It's dead set stitch-up. HA-HA-HA."
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[travelling_gerry]

[shasta]

[jargan83]

A BRISBANE sports lawyer believes clubs such as North Queensland, who have their seasons ruined through "momentously bad decisions," could unleash court action.

Tim Fuller, from Hunt Lawyers, insists there is no law that says umpires or referees enjoy any form of legal immunity for making atrocious decisions.

Fuller cites examples from horse racing where results or decisions are overturned on *legal review and says there is no reason it could not happen in the footy codes.

"My opinion in such circumstances where an athlete or club has suffered considerable loss, the decision may be examined by the courts," Fuller told The Courier-Mail.

"In my opinion, the NRL contract would not be sufficient to prevent a court from intervening in a momentously bad decision.

"If it is in the public interest for the court to be involved, my opinion is that the public interest test would apply and legal action would proceed.

"To be clear, it would have to be a *decision of monumental proportions, and negligently made."

After days of furious complaints, the Cowboys on Tuesday indicated they would get on with business after being robbed by the seventh-tackle try fiasco against Cronulla.

Cowboys boss Peter Jourdain said the club would now focus on preparations for next season as there were no options to force a rematch or have the result overturned.

However, Fuller said clubs such as the Cowboys could potentially seek a remedy through the courts.

"The question is raised in the most extreme circumstances as to why should a referee’s decision not on occasion be subject to review by a court of law?" Fuller says.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/n...-1226721212653

[shasta]

This is turning into a massive farce. Now the ambulance chasers smell blood in the water. FFS.

The decision was a bad one and one that 5 match officials f@cked up. But seriously; is it worse than those, or any other 5 say, missing an infringement that led to another set of SIX tackles and a try?
None of the Cowgirls knew at the time BUT about 6 of them failed to stop Tagatese chargeing 25 meters up the middle. They also let him have a quick PTB. Look in the mirror for someone to blame Thurston.
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[jargan83]

Just a lawyer looking for his 15 minutes

If a court found in favour of a sporting side that a bad decision cost them sport as we know it would be dead

But it's Sydney Conspiracy just ask Jonathan Thurstan

[beige]

But it's Sydney Conspiracy just ask Jonathan Thurstan

Yeah it makes complete sense that the NRL would deliberately cannibalise its interstate viewing figures for the sake of the Sydney clubs.

[GIGS20]

But it's Sydney Conspiracy just ask Jonathan Thurstan

Because NSW rugby league has so much power nowadays

[shasta]

Because NSW rugby league has so much power nowadays

Get back to your side of the fence! You're not qualified to comment due to your well demonstrated disdain of Mungoball.

Plus you have never been an official of a RL club. Either that or your past is well buried in a closet ander a heap of other junk.
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[RugbyRef]

If that ever happened referees would be a thing if the past. Who in their right mind would be a referee with a risk of being haulled through the courts for every critical decision you did or didn't make.
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[jono]

what happens when a try is scored off a knock on, or a forward pass?

someone go play the violin for JT... Townsville is one of the worst places in the country anyway