History now.
I can only say that had the team played some of our previous games with the enthusiasm they displayed tonight we would be in the top 6.
Pleasant surprise because I thought we were in for a hiding. As it is we were very unlucky to lose.

Just shows how they've tinkered with the rules over the years & not kept folk updated as I was adamant that the kicker played everyone onside. As said previously Finn wasn't even involved in the play. Hey ho!!

Hull were poor tonight.....

Could have been worse could have watched it in West hull then straight after game old trouts put on kings of Leon sex on fire and change lyrics to snide is on fire rounded off by old faithful.Sums up their season

Now I think about it, wasn’t Hall first to the ball and patted it back? This means Finn is played onside whatever Surely?

Afraid not. As Finn was (just) in front of the kicker he has to stay at least 10 metres away from the opposition player challenging for the ball (i.e where the ball drops) whether Hall runs through and touches it first or not and whether he affecrs they play or not. If he'd have been half a metre further back when it was kicked or a couple of metres to the right he'd have been ok even though nothing would have changed either way. Stupid rule but its there.

Well im confused,the only offside ruling i can find is taken from the RFL website.

www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/rules/laws_of_the_game/offside

Placed onside 3. An off side player is placed onside if:

(d) one of his own team kicks or knocks the ball forward and takes up a position in front of him in the field of play.

If Campbell had indicated a try before sending it up would Bentham have disallowed it? We'll never know but I have my suspicions that answer would be no.

You're so bitter Craig.



But anyway, it was offside, whether anyone agrees with the rule or not.

Hull had one disallowed earlier this season for exactly the same offence, where Tuimavave didn't give the player catching the kick 10 yards, the player spilt it, Sneyd (I think) picked it up and scored, but disallowed despite Tuimavave not really being involved.

To the guy who says 'folk should be kept updated on rule changes', we are. Full rules are available on the rugbyleague site, and any changes for the forthcoming season are announced each year (and discussed on RLFans usually). What else do you want, Nigel Wood to come to your house personally to sit down and explain them to you?

It wasn't actually sent up for offside either, was looking for the knock on! That's why he gave no try on the field.

Unfortunately there's another section;
"Interfering with the catcher. Any off side player who remains within ten metres of an opponent who is set to catch a kick up field by an opposing player shall be deemed to be interfering with or attempting to interfere with the catcher and shall be penalised unless the non-offending team gains an immediate advantage."
That seems to imply that he can't be played onside by the kicker running ahead of him.

even without the disallowed try, with more composure 10M out we could have and should have won comfortably. Good performance. Bring on next season. Lets not forget where we where at just over a year ago.