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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...

How gracious you are Ziggy. You've made your point. Move on.

Here come the imaginary conspiracy theories...

Especially with colts, culture will change year to year. The 2020 and 2019 graduated class of Barker had a really strong rugby culture. Two very strong social teams in year 12 who both graduated, and then many went on to play Barker Old Boys (BOBS). This meant in 2021 every week there were too...

Poynton was the best option given that Saunders had played the majority of season in the centres. Dene was also probably the best option. Best game managing 10 in the CAS. Relax. It's not politics. Stupid to suggest a 16 year old should never be picked.

Best player at each position should be picked regardless of age. Poynton just ended up being the wrong selection last year. Saunders was picked at 13 and he probably should have been picked at 15. But he had already played a lot of 13 during that season. Towns was the next best fullback, and he...