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We saw two blatent examples tonight of Sam Tomkins clamping the opponents hand but on the second attempt on Sinfield you could clearly see that sinfield was not moving his arm away when released.

Problem is if they move their hand and the ball comes loose you get penalised for stripping the ball and if you don't you`ll get penalised for messing about.

Personally any holding of the tackler is the lowest form of gamesmanship and should be outlawed.

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bring in a second ref, police both proper PTBs and this sort of shenanigoat.

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yeh cause 2 refs has made a huge improvement in the NRL, not!

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I just don't get why they can't see it happening. It's not like he's doing it out of eye shot. The second one in particular Sinfield is appealing to the ref throughout.

It needs to be dealt with. The RFL should send him a letter this week and ensure it isn't allowed to happen again. Wigan are the only club I've seen do it and to be fair to Tomkins there was a controversy earlier in the season where they were seen practicising it in the warmup, so it's obviously something Maguire has brought in.

It's something the defenders cannot do anything about. In those situations had they pulled their arm out it would have forced the ball out as well and we all know which way the penalties would go.

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It is absolute rubbish to suggest that pulling your arm away would "force the ball out". Why would it? IF the ball is above the arm then all it will achieve is allowing the carrier to pull the ball closer to him! What forces the ball out is getting hold of it and pulling or pushing.

Also I'm not sure how a player who can bench press five small hatchbacks can suddenly lose the strength to move a "clamped" arm.

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Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "It is absolute rubbish to suggest that pulling your arm away would "force the ball out". Why would it?'"


In both situations at the weekend the tacklers arm was trapped between the ball and Tomkins body. Pulling the arm out would surely have affected his abililty to hold the ball.

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there is only so much a tackler can do to move away and get on the with the game. Had McGuire and Sinfield tried too hard to move their arm, the ball would have been dislodged and a penalty given.

in both cases, the player in possession was making no attempt to get up and play the ball - therefore it should have been a penalty to the defending team.

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I think the problem is that the defending players made no attempt to remove their arm. If you do and the ball comes out the ref could decide to award a penalty or knock on from a loose carry. If you make no attempt to remove your arm then he's got no choice.

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Two points to this.

Firstly I've been in many a situation where I've been laid on my back with my arm trapped under someone I'd rather it wasn't. And dispite any size advantage in my favour it's neigh on impossible to get out of it. Particularly if you're trying not to wake the begger up. Sinfield in my opinion was stuffed either way.

Second I've no problem with a player doing whatever he can to win a playoff match. The fault is entirely due to the referee not being up to standard and failing to spot that one, plus about a dozen other incidents.

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Quote: Saddened! "I just don't get why they can't see it happening. It's not like he's doing it out of eye shot. The second one in particular Sinfield is appealing to the ref throughout.

It needs to be dealt with. The RFL should send him a letter this week and ensure it isn't allowed to happen again. [sizeWigan are the only club I've seen do it[/size and to be fair to Tomkins there was a controversy earlier in the season where they were seen practicising it in the warmup, so it's obviously something Maguire has brought in.

It's something the defenders cannot do anything about. In those situations had they pulled their arm out it would have forced the ball out as well and we all know which way the penalties would go.'"

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Are you about 3?

It's been going on since RL began, at all levels; clever players who use the tackler's tactic of shoving their arms in where they don't belong against them. I can't see anything in the RFL Laws that says it's illegal, which probably explains why I don't think I've ever seen it penalised and all the ref can do is tell them to get on with it (which they tend to do at amateur level), or penalise the tackler, because the simple fact is it's HIS responsibility to get away once the tackle is complete. I've done it myself and had penalties awards, and I've had it done to me.

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The issue is the naivity of the officials. Players are going to try things to gain an advantage and the officials are not switched on to work out what is gamesmanship and what isn't

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Quote: Steve51 "Two points to this.

Firstly I've been in many a situation where I've been laid on my back with my arm trapped under someone I'd rather it wasn't. And dispite any size advantage in my favour it's neigh on impossible to get out of it. Particularly if you're trying not to wake the begger up. Sinfield in my opinion was stuffed either way.

Second I've no problem with a player doing whatever he can to win a playoff match. The fault is entirely due to the referee not being up to standard and failing to spot that one, plus about a dozen other incidents.'"

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What annoys me the most is that Sam Tomkins has been doing this all season and the ref's haven't picked up on it even though everybody else has. As has been said the tackler is in a no win position. The way the game is currently being reffed, tacklers have to slow the PTB down and so have to get hands on or around the ball to slow down the PTB and stop any potential offload. Every now and again that will lead to a hand being around the ball as the player in possession is going down. When Tomkins traps the tacklers hand the tackler can then do nothing else other than lay there and hope the ref uses some common sense, as if he attempts to move his arm or makes any kind of movement Tomkins will release the ball and 99% of times get a penalty for interference.

I have no problem with what Tomkins is doing, he's trying to do the best for his team. I do however have a big problem with the ref's and Stuart Cummings for not picking up on this over the season when its been so obvious.

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Quote: BigRob "I have no problem with what Tomkins is doing, he's trying to do the best for his team. I do however have a big problem with the ref's and Stuart Cummings for not picking up on this over the season when its been so obvious.'"


It's Sam Tomkins.

He could take a dump on the centre spot and the RFL would nominate it for the Turner Prize.

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Quote: Andy Gilder "It's Sam Tomkins.

He could take a dump on the centre spot and the RFL would nominate it for the Turner Prize.'"

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Quote: Andy Gilder "It's Sam Tomkins.

He could single-handedly beat the Aussies to win the World Cup and most RL fans would still get on his back.'"

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