no im saying your view of it whilst convenient isnt quite what the rules are

My opinion is (and i expect to be shot down over this) the standard of refereeing is very high, they do an exceptionally difficult job very well, the amount of times I have been to a match and critised their decisions only to find out when watching it back on sky+ that they were actually spot on is countless, the one criticism i have is that they let too many forward passes go, but for these they need help from their linesmen, when your team underperforms somebody is to blame and that is usually the ref, they were several contentious issues regarding my team last night but i think between the ref and VR they called them correctly.

Not convienient as I have no allegiance to either side.

Is this not true .... You are offside in Rugby League if you are within the gap maintained between the attacking and defensive sides by the referee or if you interfere with play after being in front of a team mate.

I believe the quote I was replying to was 'less effective' not 'ineffective'. Saints are very good a getting a roll on based on quick play the balls but they are also very good at other things.



Why should we ever change the rules? To make the sport better. There is a view that scooting from dummy half is boring and one dimensional. Allowing a more controlled play the ball makes this tactic less effective and so encourages other tactics.

We concur.

no,

See SBR's post above.

good defence would do the same!

it seems another example of the rfl stopping the natural evolution of the game to level sl to mediocrity

How can you say JJB's was a pass, clear knock on.

Awwww didums , have the mighty LEEDS RHINO's lost again

Must be the refs fault

which is different to both your explanations

this is where your definition doesnt match the rules "A player who is out of play may again take part in the game when the advantage gained by not retiring has been lost."

no mention of a time frame there and a rule open to huge interpretation

Video refs maybe.

I have no allegiance to either side (as I stated earlier) but it was a bad call to allow Bradfords match-winning try. There is clear evidence of foul play in the build-up which the VR was asked to look at.