Tell who your coach is cant you......

The decision at the KR vs Wire match was a bit weird.

5 seconds left; "Time off" the scrum is formed.
*Hooter*
Silverwood/Bentham whoever it was blows up.
"Sir, you took the time off!"
"No I didn't Lee."

Fair enough there was 5 seconds left but why blatantly lie. Then fans moan "Berrr this is turning into football" but in football a referee makes a decision and sticks with it and doesn't make a decision then denies doing so.

He stopped the clock but once the hooter goes he has to call time if the ball is dead unless it's a penalty.

It was the time keepers who got it wrong

as a celtic fan i was a bit annoyed to not be able to either attend or watch last nights game so i'm not going to comment on the game however what i will say is that karma is a beautiful thing and will even itself out eventually.

some might say this is karma in action because we got a license we shouldn't have had, maybe it is. however its pointless debating something we can't change either it was so bad that someone needs to officially complain to the RFL for a full investigation into the suitability of this ref at this level to which the response will be the only way to get up to the level needed is to ref at that level . i.e tough $hit. or they'll just ignore it.

we're stuck with him the result is on the board i just hope we don't get him again

Quite simple - tackle deemed complete -- the ball is dead , no advantage can be played,after a tackle is made the ball has to be brought back into play(by playing the ball).

100%correct decision.

As I already said though, if we're saying the tackle was complete then how was it not a penalty? The Celtic player continued to drag the Wakefield player back and he lost the ball in the process. If it was already complete then he should have been penalised for not releasing the player/ interference at the play the ball then shouldn't he?

Could anybody clear up the defused bomb, or not? As somebody else mentioned contradicting decisions seemed to be given in the 2 games, anybody know for sure?

Thats a fair comment,but in Aliberts opinion,Blaymire lost the ball after the tackle was completed.He could have ruled a penalty to Wakefield,if he deemed the Celtic player hadnt released Blaymire and continued to affect the tackle even though it was already complete.
However, the one thing he couldnt do, was play on.

You can knock on after a tackle is complete and before playing the ball. It still counts as a knock on. Blaymire voluntarily released the ball after the tackle, making it a knock on. Alibert even awarded the scrum to Celtic.

It should have been play on and the try given.

Sorry,but youre wrong - below is from the rule book.

Losing possession 8.
– intentionally
– accidentally

A tackled player shall not intentionally part with the
ball other than by bringing it into play in the
prescribed manner. If, after being tackled, he
accidentally loses possession, a scrum shall be
formed except after the fifth play-the-ball.

Summary:

1. Decisions moaned about actually spot on
2. Posters whingeing about them need to read RL Rules For Dummies, then apologise

do the bbc have access to the official time keepers, or do they use there own?
who does the ref go off, the official ones or the bbc one's?


just because bbc said they was 5 seconds left, that doesn't mean they was on the official one when he sticks his hand in the air

Think BBC's stops with the offical time, im not sure if they use their own or not.

i'm sure they do try stop at the same time, but over 40 minutes with lots of stoppages, 5 seconds isn't much error range.