What the hell was that "Downtown" penalty...?



The ref made some shocking decisions today, which may not have switched the balance of the game, but would have changed the dynamic.

Look we were beaten by a better side we must accept that.



Loosing Tupou early created a defensive shambles down our left for 10 minutes. This was exploited heavily by Cas and cost us a 12 pts.



We also finished the last quarter with no centres and a couple of second rowers trying their best. Ok the game had gone by then but it did not help.



I agree Scott Grix although not poor has had better games.



However I still agree our halves is my main concern and if we had any money for team strengthening either this season or next, that would be a priority for investment.



Nevertheless, we still are having a good season and doing much better than many of us hoped for including myself.



Onwards and Upwards and lets hope those injuries today do not hurt us too much in the coming weeks.

Quote Egg Banjo="Egg Banjo"What the hell was that "Downtown" penalty...? The ref made some shocking decisions today, which may not have switched the balance of the game, but would have changed the dynamic.'" “Down town” Any player who is in front of the kicker in general play is not permitted to advance beyond the point of the previous play the- ball until the ball has gone past the off side players. This rule delays the movement of the off side players downfield in an attempt to encircle the ball receiver as he collects the ball - See more at: www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/rul ... GPQYb.dpuf Considering that nobody was kicking the ball, and the ball passed the offside player bringing him onside, then I can't see how it could be considered "downtown". Decisions like that and Cas being allowed a 20m restart when they took the ball in-touch really changed the game dynamics

Quote Egg Banjo="Egg Banjo"What the hell was that "Downtown" penalty...? The ref made some shocking decisions today, which may not have switched the balance of the game, but would have changed the dynamic.'" “Down town” Any player who is in front of the kicker in general play is not permitted to advance beyond the point of the previous play the- ball until the ball has gone past the off side players. This rule delays the movement of the off side players downfield in an attempt to encircle the ball receiver as he collects the ball - See more at: www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/rul ... GPQYb.dpuf Considering that nobody was kicking the ball, and the ball passed the offside player bringing him onside, then I can't see how it could be considered "downtown". Decisions like that and Cas being allowed a 20m restart when they took the ball in-touch really changed the game dynamics

Yeah I enjoyed it really, thought we showed a lot of character to dig in that second half. 1st half was a bit disappointing defensively but Cas come at you from all angles, hard and fast with the likes of Webster and Millington. Thought we did well shutting Gale down, but Roberts tore us a new one instead!



We'll need to improve to beat Wigan but some encouraging signs in the 2nd half for sure.

Monaghan's foot was over the line. As soon as he touches it, it is out of play on the full.

Thought they got rid of that rule?



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Some very dubious decisions today, the ref had a shocking game, very inconsistent and always seemed to look for a reason to gift Cas field position. Wakey weren't good and did make too many mistakes, but when you're fighting against an official who is misinterpreting the rules then you don't stand a chance

Thought that we would have learnt our lesson from the Widnes game and playerd Finn from the strart. Ok, Cas did ease off in the second half, but we certainly looked more composed when Finn took the field.

Very disappointed with Williams particularly his tactical kicking and kicking early in the tackle count to no effect whatsoever.

Some of Kendal's decisions were a mystery. Johnstone was lifted off the ground a couple of times and dumped but nothing said.

i hope Finn starts the game on Monday and Williams on the bench.

That's open play. As in a player can't put his foot on the line on a fifth tackle kick and catch the ball. Ball has to bounce on or over the line for a tap on the 20.



This was a kick from a restart and if a player steps out and catches/touches it, it is deemed dead and out on the full do pen on halfway.

The ref was fine today.

A couple of minor decisions that TV showed up.

The ones I didn't get at the game turned out to be mostly correct in TV.

Can't moan about the ref today, it was the same one we had on Friday night!

Only difference today was that Cas knew how to use the penalties and punish us.

Stick with Finn and Williams in the halves, why have Finn and Miller?

Now I've watched it back we weren't that bad.

They hit us when Tupou was off but to be honest they were far more dominant in the first 30 than the score suggested.

The problem was that we didn't finish our sets so gave them the ball back cheaply.

The only decisions that cost us was the downtown one. Without that try we kept them scoreless in the second half which shows some real character.



I fancy another cracking at them later in the year.



I also think we could do ok against Wigan. We'll need Tupou and Arundel back though. That hurt us today. It will hurt us more on Monday.

One which should have been looked at was when Gale intentionally interfered at the PTB by pushing down hard on the bottom of Kirmo's back when he tried to stand. But as it's wonderman-Gale I'm sure it was ignored just as his constant touching of the officials is

Will watch with interest to see if Gale is in trouble for touching the referee. Suppose not he plays for Cas.