100m try stuns as Raiders beat Souths in epic despite Latrell Magic <\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt has become very technical and people including myself, I don\u2019t know. You get frustrated at watching the game. You go \u2018that\u2019s not a penalty, that\u2019s not why it was brought in, that\u2019s not how it should be interpreted\u2019. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re saying now that they\u2019re not going to change the rule but they\u2019re going to adjudicate it a little bit differently. Well, why didn\u2019t they know that before they went down this path? <\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re filthy and it costs people their livelihoods \u2026 you\u2019re confident you know what\u2019s going on then you just shake your head.\u201d <\/p>\n
Sky co-host Josh Reynolds added: \u201cIf our NSW Origin coach doesn\u2019t know the rule, then that is scary for our game. The Toia ruling was disgusting. That is a really bad look for our game.\u201d <\/p>\n
On NRL 360, host Braith Anasta said the NRL lacked common sense in its on-field judgements. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere needs to be some discretion from the referee. If he thinks there is a disruptor \u2013 the player intentionally getting in the way and disrupting a defender from catching a ball \u2013 it\u2019s quite obvious, I believe that they\u2019re doing it on purpose,\u201d Anasta said. <\/p>\n
\u201cJust make the call. If not, leave it.\u201d <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, NRL 360 co-host Gordon Tallis implored the NRL to assemble a group of players \u2013 mostly veteran fullbacks and outside backs \u2013 to establish practical parameters that are fair to both sides. <\/p>\n
Tallis identified QLD coach Billy Slater as an ideal candidate. Coincidentally, Slater has been critical on the disruptor ruling too. On his Wide World of Sport podcast, the former QLD and Test fullback said the NRL had become too technical for its own good. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hurting for the game right now,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI feel for the referees and match officials because it\u2019s not their fault. They\u2019re just trying to adjudicate on the descriptions they\u2019ve been given.\u201d <\/p>\n
Roosters gun Rob Toia was penalised for this incident, costing his side a try.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
On Monday night, the NRL (via Annesley) reaffirmed the descriptions of the disruptor rule. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo determine whether there has been interference of obstruction with a player attempting to catch the ball, match officials look for the following indicators: Players arriving early, players not having their eyes on the ball but purely on the man, and players who jump through a contest and throw an arm out,\u201d the governing body said. <\/p>\n
Annesley added: \u201cthey\u2019re all indicators, but they don\u2019t on their own necessarily mean that it\u2019s a disruptor or not. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt depends on the circumstances because if a player jumps through a contest, for example, and has no impact whatsoever on the catcher, then you\u2019re going to play on. The only objective is to give both teams a fair opportunity.\u201d <\/p>\n
Annesley reiterated there was no blanket ban on one-handed bat-backs of a kick to a teammate, provided there was no interference with an opposition player attempting to catch the ball. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat can be a bit of a skill in itself, but one of the indicators of disruption could be that a player uses one hand but literally swats at the ball, while making no genuine attempt to compete for it, and in doing so, just barrels into the catcher and takes the catcher out,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cEach case is going to be different, each case is going to require the judgement of the match officials, and there won\u2019t be universal agreement on these things. Like all things that happen in our game there will be divided opinions, but what we want the match officials to do is to try and get the balance right.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL has admitted match officials incorrectly applied the controversial disruptor tackle rule during two critical moments in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[294532,294531,294522,64,63,11170,294524,18194,294533,112464,291747,294528,294527,139463,99086,78143,44402,4484,6406,294523,11385,294525,294526,761,762,158,8015,294529,4542,2633,294530,85,4566],"class_list":{"0":"post-605149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-admitted-match-officials","9":"tag-advantages-rugby-league","10":"tag-aerial-contests","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-billy-slater","14":"tag-blanket-ban","15":"tag-braith-anasta","16":"tag-controversial-disruptor-tackle","17":"tag-controversial-rule","18":"tag-disruptor-rule","19":"tag-disruptor-tackle","20":"tag-dual-officiating-error","21":"tag-gordon-tallis","22":"tag-governing-body","23":"tag-graham-annesley","24":"tag-josh-reynolds","25":"tag-kieran-foran","26":"tag-laurie-daley","27":"tag-leaving-coaches","28":"tag-match-officials","29":"tag-match-officials-look","30":"tag-names-grappling","31":"tag-national-rugby-league","32":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","33":"tag-nrl","34":"tag-opposition-player","35":"tag-player-jumps","36":"tag-robert-toia","37":"tag-rugby-union","38":"tag-sporting-codes","39":"tag-sports","40":"tag-wide-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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