Thats a fair call then but let it be policed to the letter of the law in every game. Otherwise it makes it a mockery or some refs offer some degree of leniency ( it was n`t like SM was wasting time because we were n`t gaining a BP at time of the SB.... So surely SM delaying the restart had a detrimental affect on us and not Fev........ The pedantic clown with the flag will allow that offence to go with without penalty 90% of the time in that occurence )

Complete B0ii0x!!!!

He had the ball on the dead ball line and just dropped it behind him.
Pity these linesmen don't see important issues in a game like high shots, knees in back, forward passes. I was more furious about this incident than us losing. The game is becoming a joke. What should he have done ? legged it to the 25 line and handed the ball to a Fev player? I wish i could use swear words on here

Did it merit a SB...... I think not ... It was n`t an act which had a detrimental advantage to Fev, IMO a slowing down of the play was more in your favour. So to the pedantic flag waver be prepared to police the said occurence with the same amount of vigour.

And the advertising boards are how far away from where he threw it? A metre? 39 whole inches? I would not even call it a throw, more like a drop backwards. Not a yellow card offence whatever you say!

It's still a throw! it was the funniest movement to drop it if we go by your interpretation!

So if he had thrown it in the direction of the spot where the tap was to be made and it rolled away maybe 10 metres would he have been sin binned?
What should he do? throw it on the ground in front of him? at the side of him? behind him (sorry, he did that) throw it a metre or so into an empty area but in the direction of the tap but still further away from a Fev player than what he actually did.?

Whatever you say it was a very poor decision - I will watch closely next time and look where a player throws the ball after a knock on, forward pass or any other error. The linesman was a 4n08 'ed - end of!

I'll take the point

As for the Maden ' Incident '

Joke

now that you mention 'end of!' I cant really respond can I? next time the ball goes dead, Mr Maden wont be tempted to try and 'drop' it away from any opposing players.

Fev played with an NRL mentality of controlling the ball, using territory and accurate passing. We did none of that, saying that it was the best we have played in weeks and Duffy looked dangerous. Robbie still needs a rest.

We looked miles better when Duffy and Hill came on, despite Hill's mistake at 18-16.

take it i was on tv again!?

Yeah mate, right at the beginning!

That was a great tackle on Hilly, ball and all.

Lets clear this up. The main issue was him picking the ball up and then throwing it a way. The ball had rolled dead, he did not have it in his possession when it went dead, so he had no need to pick the ball up at all and to compound this he then attempted to throw it away. So say what you will but if he had not picked the ball up after it being deemed dead, him throwing it or dropping it would have been immaterial.