off side rule

[flood light tiger]

I agree with Phil Clarke that the rfl as to look at the ten yard rule foster was not interfering with play even though he was within the ten metres of the defending player. That player lost the ball due to other cas players that was on side it is a ridiculous rule and should be got rid of. If you are within the ten play on as long that player does not interfere with play
After all that well done boys

[Fumper27]

I agree with Phil Clarke that the rfl as to look at the ten yard rule foster was not interfering with play even though he was within the ten metres of the defending player. That player lost the ball due to other cas players that was on side it is a ridiculous rule and should be got rid of. If you are within the ten play on as long that player does not interfere with play
After all that well done boys

Agree with this. In general play, if a player is offside, the ref calls it, that player is allowed to retreat the 10 and then join in play. Foster clearly made no difference to Briscoe dropping the ball and, therefore, common sense tells you that play should've been allowed to continue. Then again, we're talking about Bentham, who couldn't see Eden being tackled a foot in the air last Sunday!!!

[tigerfeat]

Hope we can have hicks Friday Bentham never gives us anything

[old cas lass]

What's annoying is it wasn't conclusive he was off side.
After the game they put a line across the the field from Gale to foster and it looked level.
That was a shocking decision. Especially when hicks gave the try.

[cogito ergo sum]

That is the fault in the law, not the ref.

[old cas lass]

That is the fault in the law, not the ref.

Still it was given on the field.
And not conclusive that he was off side.

[johnson]

Try should have stood foster looked to be level and had nothing to do with Briscoe losing the ball. No conclusive evidance he was off side from the kick - try.

[old cas lass]

Try should have stood foster looked to be level and had nothing to do with Briscoe losing the ball. No conclusive evidance he was off side from the kick - try.

Correct.

[drleftie]

It was the correct decision. Foster clearly in front on the replays & we"d be complaining no end if such a try had been given against us.
The problem with the rule is that once you start allowing opinions on whether or not a player is interfering with play you introduce a grey area into what is currently a black and white rule. As someone in football once said, 'If he's not interfering with play what is he doing on the pitch?'

[TT Tiger]

Who cares we won

[fords]

What's annoying is it wasn't conclusive he was off side.
After the game they put a line across the the field from Gale to foster and it looked level.
That was a shocking decision. Especially when hicks gave the try.

What do you expect, it was a cas try. never get owt us

[RonnieGibbs'forearm]

No way is that conclusive that he was in front. On field decision.shpuld mean it's a try as many have said. Bentham is dire.

[cogito ergo sum]

What's annoying is it wasn't conclusive he was off side.
After the game they put a line across the the field from Gale to foster and it looked level.
That was a shocking decision. Especially when hicks gave the try.

What do you expect, it was a cas try. never get owt us

Some might say we got the benefit when Eden scored.

[Sharlotiger]

No way is that conclusive that he was in front. On field decision.shpuld mean it's a try as many have said. Bentham is dire.

The ruling by the video ref was correct, Foster had been called offside by the touch judge and Hicks only asked the video ref to check if he was in the 10 which he clearly was.

[RonnieGibbs'forearm]

No way is that conclusive that he was in front. On field decision.shpuld mean it's a try as many have said. Bentham is dire.

The ruling by the video ref was correct, Foster had been called offside by the touch judge and Hicks only asked the video ref to check if he was in the 10 which he clearly was.

No doubt he was in the ten but not conclusively in front of thr kicker.

[derbystiger]

Try should have stood foster looked to be level and had nothing to do with Briscoe losing the ball. No conclusive evidance he was off side from the kick - try.

^^^This. Given up as a try, no conclusive evidence to overturn, try should stand. The video ref system is shocking at best

[WallTiger]

No way is that conclusive that he was in front. On field decision.shpuld mean it's a try as many have said. Bentham is dire.

The ruling by the video ref was correct, Foster had been called offside by the touch judge and Hicks only asked the video ref to check if he was in the 10 which he clearly was.

If called by the touch judge then surely should have gone up as a 'no try' in which case we probably wouldn't have been arguing about the inconclusive nature of it. But as it went up as a try and it was a tight call then it should have been given imo.

Although for me it's time to get rid of this try/no try farce anyway! Also and it's been a big bug bear of mine for a long time and I know there's not enough money in the game but we either need a video ref at every game or at none at all. I watched the tries from the Hudds/Wigan game and Burgess' try in real time looks suspiciously like it was grounded on or even behind the deadball line and would have certainly gone to the VR had it been televised. Now it may well have been a legitimate try but without the benefit of seeing it again from several angles it was given and who knows if that might have cost Hudds the win.

[yorkie1bn]

Who's betting we get Bentham for Fridays game.

[TheSheriff]

Who's betting we get Bentham for Fridays game.

Or even worse, Thaler. He would love nothing more than to try and help the pack close in.

[Herbert Latch]

Don't understand the Thaler bit, apart from Wigan at home last season. Apart from that, over the last 3 years he's been far and away the best referee we have had. If anyone wants to dispute that, name me another game where he has been blatantly poor towards us. I will go along with prior to 3 years ago but there are many more referees I could name also.

The only problem with BT is you don't want him against Wigan. Apart from that he is has been more than OK, and is better than, or at least comparable with any other referee.