Have to say in general some entertaining games with particularly Klein and Sutton, to my surprise, staying out of games where possible.
A few concerns:
In defence Panthers in around 80 % of tackles have a second or third man flop over the ruck, well after tackle is obviously completed, significantly slowing down the play the ball speed. I never saw them pinged once by the ref. I can only assume all other teams in 2023 are permitted to do this and not attract a penalty - correct?
Still some murderous phantom forward pass calls going on denying sides fair tries - I saw the raiders cop a couple at least.
I still hate the "6 again" restarts for nebulous perceived play the ball slow downs or marginal offsides when teams are defending their line. The interpretation of these is way, way too arbitrary for my liking to the point that results can be engineered.
Overall I'm glad the season has started again. Expecting a good game today at Suncorp with the officials not getting caught up in assisting a fairy tale result for the newcomers under Yoda Bennett.
A few concerns:
In defence Panthers in around 80 % of tackles have a second or third man flop over the ruck, well after tackle is obviously completed, significantly slowing down the play the ball speed. I never saw them pinged once by the ref. I can only assume all other teams in 2023 are permitted to do this and not attract a penalty - correct?
Still some murderous phantom forward pass calls going on denying sides fair tries - I saw the raiders cop a couple at least.
I still hate the "6 again" restarts for nebulous perceived play the ball slow downs or marginal offsides when teams are defending their line. The interpretation of these is way, way too arbitrary for my liking to the point that results can be engineered.
Overall I'm glad the season has started again. Expecting a good game today at Suncorp with the officials not getting caught up in assisting a fairy tale result for the newcomers under Yoda Bennett.
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