No need to suspend JT when Moses Norman Merrin Soward Lowe Klemmer Roberts and Foran all got of as well if you suspend JT than go back and suspend all these players please

As a said, either do it for all, or don't even bother. That Panthers guy was exactly the same, conversational touching, JT's was that as well. We need to respect the ref's, while holding them to account, but that has to come with consistency in the execution of the law.

I wonder who will be the first reporter that Ricky Stewart murders for goading him into talking about the Bunker in a negative way?

Tigerholoc I doubt you qualify as a loyal supporter it takes more than a fancy set of number plates to support a team as the pototo said you shy away from the Tigers too much for mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaL4DCseY4Y R.I.P Prince. Rest In Purple. :'(

a, you haven't said anything about Mckendry. Should have been suspended or not?

There's a player in the NRL from Grafton.
Yes, Grafton NSW as opposed to Macksville, Qld.
He's got a great stride. Hard to put down. Always busts a tackle or two. Super under the high ball. In other words, a handful. He doesn't get much plaudits though.

I'm sure if Freddy and Loz were listening, or reading should I say, they would be starting to watch the form of one Anthony Don. I think he'd be great in a Blues jumper. Utility back. Number 15 or 16. I'd give him a run.

Watch out Bulldogs, he's gonna continue his good form against you.

Agree with you there Coach P - it would be great to see Ranieri get The Foxes a well earnt title. My lot, Man Utd, are edging for a Top 4 and who wouldnt want to see a struggling club of lower divisons of the past win the EPL this season. They need to play extra hard now they have lost Vardy this week. At home to Swansea this week and then off to Old Trafford next week.

Talk about horse shit coming out the other end.

Dear NRL (not that I'm sincere about the Dear bit)

Can you please get rid of Maxwell?

Falling down on a tackled player is not a penalty. Sure, Burgess was rough about it, but that's footy. Broncos had no right to react to something they would have no issue doing themselves (yes that would include you Adam Blair you dirtbag)

Before Burgess had even made his dive, Broncos should have been done for a voluntary tackle. These never get called but its in the rules. Like taping a TV show, its illegal but noone ever gets done. The player who dives on the ball then simply waits for someone to tackle them - that's the most blatant voluntary tackle you will see. (The player has volunteered to be tackled right?) Penalty. Joe Ofahengaue had no thought to promote the footy, only to wait to be tackled. He volunteered. He wasn't hurt. If the ball had been a foot away from the Souths tryline he wouldn't have dived on the ball and not moved.

Even if that gets missed, it should still be a penalty against Broncos for overreacting to a player being tackled, not high, and not late (only late in terms of too late to call a voluntary tackle!)

Earlier Adam Reynolds touched his arm, basically tries to get his attention to ask a question. That's the contrary conduct matter he made a complaint about only last week. Yet he did not want to brouch the subject. I saw him mouth the words 'dont go there', as if to give a warning to Reynolds. Sam McKendry didn't get any similar warning. Why not? He is paid to be a referee and keep the same level of interpretation week in week out, not week here, week there.

So why are you still paying him anything?

Cowboys game I mean

Agree there Mark.

If the problem is in the backrooms and most of it is, hit Mgt/Executive with it. Sweetheart deals don't exist or belong on the paddock.
Why be cruel to supporters whose bums on seats, keep the turnstiles ticking and creates the revenue that NRL/Clubs survive with.
As you say, they play for nothing when points are taken away and what really have the followers got to support, apart from a team trying to play catch-up footy.

Which then brings me to another raw nerve - Golden Point.
Bloody Americanised game crept in. They had shootouts in NASL as paying customers wanted to walk out of the ground/stadium with a result.

Cheers mate and have a nice weekend.
Big Pete in WNSW

Good Saturday morning Sawmills, nice meeting you in a love of another footy code, getting a mention.
This weekend sees both FA Cup semi-finals being played. We'll see what eventuates.

Round 8 in NRL, could be a bit of an opener upper, with a couple of close ones possible. Good luck with yours. I have picked similar except TigPies. Have a nice weekend.

Cheers - Big Pete in Bx (WNSW)

Have the points come from penalties or just being out played? The multi Billion Dollar t.v. deal isn't providing coverage.

Gah............. at least we competed better than most teams tonight. It looked good at 16-14. But again we dropped to many points in bunches. Ah well we'll get another crack at them come the finals. Lets see if if the BOYS can get up after a bit of a bad beat, and the rubbish NRL ruling.

Tigerholic,Tigerholic,Tigerholic,where are you,R-U-OK, has anybody seen the tragic tigerholic in their travels, I seek him here I seek him there!

Ok everyone. I have the answer to Golden Point. NRL please listen. I have it.

It's easy. Simple. Doesn't change the Golden Point format at all. Still allows for field goals. Promotes tries to be scored. Lots more Golden tries will be scored. Increases ball turnover so excitement factor also increases. The answer is?

Add a "Golden Point only" rule which says a field goal can only be taken outside the 30m mark. Once a team passes that mark they would naturally go for a try instead unless they want to snap it back 20. Missing a field goal is also a bit less of a death sentence for that team, because they know that although the other team has the ball, they too, must go for either a try or shoot from outside the 30.

I think even Wayne Bennett would be happy with this change.

Take yesterday's game, you would have seen Morris's long range attempt as legitimate, but Reynolds winner not. From 23m out, Reynolds would have been forced to do something else.

Thinker, and others - what do you think?

I don't disagree with the Norman sin-binning but what right did Sutton have to make an initial call of TRY, when from 5 metres away, he saw the ball drop from 3 feet. He was clearly trying to influence a penalty try. Again, not that I would have disagreed with that either, but either he blows a penalty try, or he says no try, ball not grounded, check for penalty try. Can't have $2 each way mate.

When I saw the send off offence, I was ok with it. But I do argee and wish to echo Brad Arthur's question, where is the consistency. Others have done that and stayed on the field. Would it have changed the result at 20 - 16? probably not, but who can say. We were playing one of the better sides at home so it was always going to be uphill. But lets get on with it, find out weather the NRL has it in for us this year like the Sharks were dudded previously.

Golden point itself is the problem what percentage of games would be settled with extra time each way it would probably still be a field goalathon but the first one wouldn't necessarily win the game with your idea coach teams would just push inside the 20 then pass back to the 30 and fireaway.

Cowboys are the best they will win back to back

Dont hear many (at all) kicking Penrith now. The only team that has competed with Broncos, Cowboys, Parra, and now Sharks, not to mention three of the four games were away games. Leading all these games at some stage with the clock winding down. They surely can't be fluking it.

Thinker, would Panthers still be overachieving in your books if they were in the mix come September?

A =ing B

Panthers will not make the finals this year