Completely agree with this post, players have and always will push the boundaries and try to get away with what they can, if the ref can't determine what is happening then a player will fill his boots. Its not like its a new thing, players have done it for years. Eddie is getting more annoying as the years go by, they need to hand over to Mr Carney who just gets better.

There was a penalty in the Featherstone v Halifax game on Thursday night for exactly the situation you described. You're right though, they are as rare as rocking horse poo.

As for Tomkins cheating, it's complete nonsense. Watch any NRL game and you'll see the same thing happen several times during the game. As someone said before, if Tomkins did it against the Aussies to win us a match winning penalty, we'd be happy enough. It's something Maguire has brought over from Melbourne, where Billy Slater is a master of it

Who is Thomkins??

I think your missing the point.

It's the way he does it and does it repeatedly that suggests it's premeditated and annoys fans.

You know, Thomkins - friends with Tompkins.

And to OP "bringing the game into disrepute" ?