Official View: Carney's pass went backwards

[Juggler]

Utter nonsense

It was a disgraceful call - perhaps the worst of the year

And that sort of comment is why people generally take what you have to say with a grain of salt.

[Guest]

Go on Vasco, tell me it was a good call

Let's see if your Souths hatred has done to you what Mike's has to him

Didn't think you could Vasco

[Vasco]

Go on Vasco, tell me it was a good call

Let's see if your Souths hatred has done to you what Mike's has to him

Didn't see it so can't give an opinion sorry.

[Vasco]

Didn't think you could Vasco

I'd like to think I'm quite objective.

[Guest]

The penalty against inglis was rubbish IMO.

[Guest]

Utter nonsense

It was a disgraceful call - perhaps the worst of the year

It cost souffs big time, the loss would have been by 26 not 32

In relation to the game, the forward pass was a much worse call.

[Guest]

That call against Inglis was horrible.

In fact, those two idiots in pink yesterday were almost as bad as the idiots that called our game.

I said almost.

[Guest]

The penalty against inglis was rubbish IMO.

How so ?

If the defender was all over him, it is up to the ref to penalise the indiscretion. Inglis cannot take it upon himself to throw a marker out of the way in order to get a quick play the ball.

He took out a marker, and did it in the most obvious fashion - by placing his hand between his legs and throwing him out the side.

100% correct decision.

[Guest]

For a good comparison - look back to the earlier round this season when JWH (or maybe FPN) was penalised for pushing the marker after getting a facial in the tackle.

[mightyrooster]

Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because the Inglis decision was poor - I can't comment as I haven't seen it - doesn't mean we can't complain about the abysmal reffing on Saturday night! Why bring souffs into it anyway? We were talking about the Carney pass not whatever happened to souffs.

[Guest]

They would have passed it to BJ who would have been run down by one of the Tiger's forwards coming from 30m behind him.

[Cockadoodledoo]

They would have passed it to BJ who would have been run down by one of the Tiger's forwards coming from 30m behind him.

Mate that is a massive call.. You reckon BJ would have caught the pass?

[BUDDY]

Referees co-coach Stuart Raper answers your questions from Round 20 of the NRL Telstra Premiership.

Did you think the pass from Todd Carney to Braith Anasta was forward in the Wests Tigers' clash with the Roosters?

I thought the pass was flat at worse and probably went backwards. It was a very flat pass and the touch judge thought it was forward. He was in the best position to make a call and he thought it had gone forward from the hands. It probably should have been ‘play-on’.

But I think it is very speculative to say that it cost the Roosters a try. There were plenty of defenders around and they all stopped when the whistle blew. It was 55 metres away from the tryline and everybody had stopped because of the whistle. I’m not saying he wouldn’t have scored, but it is very speculative to assume the call cost them a try.

Stubborness starts from the top.

[Kingbilly]

I can understand if Ingli$ was getting upset, maybe the marker was trying to get in his back pocket and steal some of his millions

[Yak]

I for one feel sorry for BJ. The kid knows he isn't a winger but Smith persists with him anyway. It's obvious how good he would be at centre or second row when he takes runs early each step and tramples over players and keeps an arm free. A winger like Brett Morris is made to look like a genius when he scores 20 tries a season when realistically only 5 of those tries would be attributed to his speed and finishing ability. The other 75% are free runs to the line that come about from a structured attack that wears down the middle and attracts wide defenders by using big men running good lines on the edges. Unfortunately for BJ we have done none of this in 2011 and instead he gets the ball on the touchline with no room to move. I think you would be surprised with the amount of times BJ actually stays in the field of play under immense pressure because of ridiculous short side plays often started by a number-only backrower that thinks he's a five eighth.