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You’re right I think the draw is ridiculous. Didn’t bag the ref. In fact said he had a really good game. The young AR shouldn’t have been put in the position she was put in. It is not in the best interests of that child. Clubs in my opinion should be made fill these roles with mature age...

We don’t have a potential young match official. We have a match official in a 1st grade fixture. I would assume not trained for the position and not officially attired. A young kid who is an assistant referee put in a position of making a decision on the outcome of a 1st grade match. Imagine if...

Went to Blacks v Steamers yesterday. 20 - 16 full time. Disallowed try just before final whistle to Steamers. Was definitely a try. Scored just in front of me. Ref ( who had a really good game) was unsighted. Lines person made the call. No offence meant to the young girl who was the lines person...

2 1st teams & 3 women’s teams sitting around doing nothing each round. The clubs involved have teams. There are teams available to play against. ???

Folkus, the distorted nature of the draw (especially 1st grade) evolved last year to accommodate the inclusion of Deniliquin and Hay clubs (men’s 2nd grade & Hay women’s). Instead of developing the draw from the men’s 1st grade down the draw has been done from the 2nd grade up. Now Deniliquin...

The 50 - 22 rule and the Goal Line Dropout aren’t new new rules. They’re new to our game. Those rules are copied from League. I’m all for making Rugby Union safer & more entertaining but given the number of rules we already have does our game need the introduction of a number of new rules?

Going from just having a 3rd grade team to a 1st & 2nds team in one season is a pretty big jump Reasoning. Hopefully the Phantoms can do it.

No I didn’t Bandar. Other side of town from me & no bar facilities. Just talking about the men’s team I heard that Phantoms went alright but didn’t bring many more players than the basic team. I mean as the season grinds on you almost need 2 teams to keep 1 team on the paddock. Have they got...

Did Stu play for Sydney Uni? I remember coaching Max when he was 12 in the Riverina PSSA team. Griffith is playing Leeton tomorrow in a trial. Blacks set for a good season. Very interesting to see how Phantoms perform.

Watching Wales v Wallabies last night reveals why we have such a problem with rugby in Australia. The ref was cheating. This is why people give up on playing & watching rugby. Any criticism of official‘s performance is met with claims of bad sportsmanship.

Well done to the young fella from Aggies on winning the Bill Castle medal. Bit contro though the award not going to a City player given they pretty much lapped everyone else during the season. Especially with an Albury player coming a close second. I suppose Tess Staines was a short favourite in...

Is my maths right Athol? If Rd 9 Blacks v Steamers resulted in a Griffith win instead of a draw would your predictions end up with Bulls & Steamers ending the season level on points? I ask the question again, what was the end result of the situation regarding the kicking out penalty in that...

Thought Blacks were lucky to get as close as they did to Waratahs when they last played but yesterday Blacks were clearly better than Steamers. Watched the stream. How good was the ref. That guy is very good. Don’t entirely agree with you Athol. Blacks improving. They are getting more...

What happened re the incident at the end of the Blacks v Steamers game. The ref signalled a kicking the ball out motion as the reason for the now infamous penalty. I mean was the situation deemed as an accidental mistake?

Agree Reasoning Griffith played their best game this season. Thought Waratahs just couldn’t get going. Every time they looked like getting a roll on they were called back. I think Waratahs were exposed though with Blacks making numerous breaks around the edges. Aggies seem to be improving. They...

Top 4 on the ladder will stay in that order. Blacks aren’t promising to do too much but Tumut have no hope of advancing given their draw.

Everyone knows Siru does a great job, as does Ref’s Association. Nobody needs apologies. At the end of the season if Griffith & Albury are close on the points ladder there could be some complaining from Blacks. Siru’s other problem is the ref? What happened wasn’t a mistake, it was deliberate...

Not a howler Athol. An invention of a rule to create a penalty. Albury deliberately kick out to end halftime from 22 restart. No issue. How can anybody ask these guys questions? Players attempted to ask the obvious question at the moment but ref just waved them away.

Never been a fan of our rep situation. No ones fault, just that Waratahs own 90% of the state. Credit due to those responsible for making Siru Rep as good as it can be. Adding Juniors & Ladies a great innovation. Looks an enjoyable/interesting day at ANU north oval.

Well what do you make of the ref’s signalling Reasoning? He’s definitely signalling a kicking motion, as a reason for the penalty. What’s going on here? Athol, Mauler, Bubba, Sam?