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Really looking forward to a potential huge Waves underdog story this Saturday !

Even in the court of law equity exists... Whistle was blown as player is diving. There is quite literally no way the Cranbrook player stops him, he isn't even close. Play on. And as I've stated... What you are saying is the team who didn't understand the laws should benefit because the ref...

Whistle didn't blow until Barker player was starting to dive for line. Cranbrook player was chasing, and was never a chance.

Common sense has a place in every sport. Whistle was blown during the process of diving for a certain try. Even if it's a scrum 5 out, Barker probably score. Better team won (as evidenced by only one team understanding the laws). Move on its boring.

"Asks if the jumper retained ball when maul shape forms (not an actual maul as Cranbrook doesn't join)" - RedOrDead I'm very aware, and covered that in my initial response to the video. As was already stated. By the laws of the game. Yes. Should have been a scrum restart. But rugby is often...

Imagine a repeat of this. It would take all the power of the rugby gods...

Sorry mate. You were drowned out the rubbish. I really like the idea. Would love to hear if anyone has any criticisms.

I don't think it is slowed down. But the ball is grounded literally within 1 second of the whistle being blown with the closest Cranbrook player nowhere near the ball. It's common sense really.

So let me get this right.... Your argument is "despite the fact whistle is blown when Barker is in process of diving for a try... And no Cranbrook player has any chance of stopping the try... I think it shouldn't be a try because both the ref and the Cranbrook team are clueless, and Barker...

No. Touchie was talking to the ref from the sideline. Hence why there are FOUR Barker boys pointing at the touchy (touchie has 4 kids in the 1st XV? Wow talented bunch). Also Number 2 doesn't get within 10 metres of his 'father' (which is probably a BS claim, no one has confirmed it lol).

Whether or not it was a penalty or not isn't really up for debate. The law says the penalty call was incorrect, and should have been a try. What could be argued is that the whistle was blown before grounding and hence even though it should have been a try, it can't be a try anyway. However, as...

If you could stop a maul AND earn a penalty by merely not joining it... Guess what... Come line-out time no team would ever join a maul, and the rolling maul would be a dead tactic. If the ball never moves backwards in the maul and remains in the jumpers hand, the ball can progress up the field...

The next argument people will make is "ref blows whistle before ball is grounded." However... Common sense prevails. No Cranbrook boy had a chance to stopping the try as the ball was in the process of being grounded when whistle blew. Sometimes common sense is the most important law in the...

No. Cranbrook never joined the maul BUT ball was never passed back. Therefore, an obstruction never occurred. Play on. Hopefully the Cranbrook boys learnt something from all this.

Ref approaches linesmen (linesmen doesn't storm on to field to overturn decision after encouraged by Barker hooker like the forum made out)... asks if the jumper retained ball when maul shape forms (not an actual maul as Cranbrook doesn't join) ... Linesmen says the jumper always has the ball...

It's a real shame that Waverely have already secured the comp. I personally was very much hoping for a Barker vs Knox rivalry game for the shield at Knox. Nothing better than a last game of the season battle for the shield. Nonetheless, it's Barker vs Knox, so the atmosphere and rivalry will be...

There was no ear piece... I genuinely can not believe this rumour is still floating around. And the coach was not stood down... Because no actual cheating took place.

For 1stXV games referees are not assigned by the school... Not to mention we've already established linesmen can not overturn a decision of this kind (thanks Snort knowledgeable as always)... This is dead chat. Move on.

I think I have been very fair across my time on this forum. Defended Knox as the second best team in Aus against the Joeys faithful last year, said I thought they were the best team this year etc.

It gets worse. I actually read in my book of excuses that the other touch judge was Headmaster Phillip Heath. And they actually brought back Rev Henry Plume from the dead to ref the game... Grrrr Barker. Look. This isn't the place for delusional conspiracy theories when your team loses. Move on...