Quote: Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan "Briers changes the direction of the ball, doesn't take it cleanly. The ball would have continued travelling past him, in stead it stopped dead and hit the ground. That's a knock on. We know it's a knock on, because that's what was given against Rob Burrow in the game against Wire last year, where the ball continued to travel backwards until Burrow picked it up clean. '"
No it's not. You can't just make up what the rule is to make you right.
A knock on is if the ball is dropped towards the opponents try line and hits either the floor or a player.
Quote: Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan "Leuluai doesn't deliberately play the ball, he completes a tackle, and brushes a ball lost by Hodgson. Delaney is part of that tackle, and so is onside to play the ball, which he does, and scores. It's a legit try, and should have been given. '"
Leuluai knocks on clearly. He's moving his arms to get to the ball. He didn't do it making the tackle so it's a knock on.
Delaney is in front of Leuluai when he knocks it. He's offside. It really is that simple.
Quote: Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan "There's also at least one incident of 'running through the line' by Wire dummy runners, for which we've seen tries chalked off this year, and Waterhouse clears Sinfield out for another of Warrington's tries. '"
I remember seeing an incident where a Leeds player's path is slightly obstructed by a dummy runner. For it to be a penalty, the ref needs to believe that the player could have made the tackle. Had the player not stopped and whined at the ref, he'd have gotten to the player. Not the first time a Leeds player has been guilty of the whinging trait this year.
Quote: Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan "Meanwhile Briers deliberately makes contact with an airborne player (i.e. a dangerous tackle) and isn't binned, while Paul Wood is seen striking, and not (as should be the case) red carded. '"
Not sure about the Briers incident, but if Wood had been sent off it would have completely ruined the game. It's a final, it's gonna get a bit spicy. I'm not sure what happened in the build up to it to cause Wood to lash out either.
Quote: Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan "An altogether woeful and one-eyed display from Silverwood, surely he's got to be sacked after being so poop for so long. '"
Oh behave. Your team didn't lose did they?
Quote: Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan "As for some of the other 'I know the rules' special ones on here, McGuire's try at Wigan should have stood, as Cummins confirmed in the report for the weekend. There is no rule against dropkicking in open play, or that dropkicks must only be for goal (that's why missed drop goals are play on/20 metre restart it the ball goes dead).'"
This is one thing I disagree with Cummins about. It opens up a huge can of worms him saying that. McGuire wasn't going for a drop kick. He dropped the ball and miskicked it. That's a knock on to me. Basically Cummins is saying that it's OK to knock on as long as you kick it after, which I think goes against what the game is about. But that says it all about Cummins.
