the usual RFL messy rule book.
any of those found deleted yet as per normal case when posted on here.

The referee was correct in thursday's instance, I have it on very good authority. Unfortunately, NEITHER club had been informed of the rule change as I understand it.

I thought that the decision we made was correct, with the outcome we played for.

So what is the new ruling? The team that wins the toss automatically recieves the ball but gets to pick which end to attack?

bol*oxs! why would they change it? like i said its in all sports over the world cos it makes sense.
oh yeah of course its the rfl we are talking about, or they are covering a cock-up up. you choose which of the too lol

MM, i'd like to know on what very good authority you got that answer from as i believe there has not been any change in the rules for a few years now. just additions.

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OK, considering that my old man is a current RFL match commissioner, and the fact that I personally know a couple of the full time referees and a couple at championship grade, and Ian McGregor & Colin Morriss ( both current RFL matchday officials in different capacities ) are also friends who I discuss rugby league in general with regularly.
Now I'm not gonna disclose on an internet forum which of these people told me, but I did refer to another one of the above to confirm this particular situation.
You believe what you like, read today's courier if you need to, but I'm telling you that the referee was correct. I also stand by my statement that he's the best ref at this level and I consider him better than at least a couple in full time RFL employment. Sadly, the lure of him going full time isn't enough to draw him away from his job, he has potential to be in the top three or four refs in our country.

Go to say I agree about Hewer.. rarely makes a mistake.

Now the video ref last Thursday what was he thinking giving the try that was clearly short of the line..!?

MM i don't doubt you but to go on one is a bit daft TBH.....all you needed to say was you have spoken to some RFL officials. P.S i am also friends with various match officials at different levels of the game and i was in the same society as Mr McGregor and Mr Morris so know them both well.

I have read the courier and i am not doubting that he got it right all i was showing in my original post is that the laws of the game on the web site show that if we go by what i found the ruling is wrong where as someone else has pointed out that in another part he was right.

Whenever i refereed i always went by the coin toss as per section 5 and not as per section 8 and no one ever complained about this to me.

I reckon the Coin Tosser was spot on.

Although I don't think we should call him that.

who care's???? done and dusted now

Why? If the rule has been changed like you say then whats it matter who told you? From reading the courier it dosnt appear that there has been any change to the rule and it is all dependent on if the winners of the toss decide to kick off or not as per last seasons GF.

Aussie Rules restarts for me, Dylan would come into his own then.