Round 19 - Storm vs Sea Eagles

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Not a single point was scored to the Northern end. I wonder if there was a particular reason for that.

Also, does anyone know who was warming Croft up before the others came out? Was it Aaron Bellamy?
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Not sure but he has done that the last 2 home games now
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Jake Trb...etc made 71 tackles in the game! (missed 2, 1 ineffective, 1 where he should have been sent but wasn't)
Next best was Kenny Bromwich with 45 made (missed 1, 4 ineffective).

Not great stats (that I could find) on the record for most tackles in an NRL game, but seemingly the record is Michael Luck with 78 (2011 drawn game with the Storm after 10mins of Golden Point time).

The record in 80 minutes I believe is Elijah Taylor with 77 (2015). Prior to that is was Shaun Fensom (2011) and Nathan '"The Flopper" Hindmarsh (year?) with 75.
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Not sure how Jake T was allowed to stay on the field and to top it off no suspension and Isaac Luke gets 3 weeks for what I thought was borderline
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bula wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2019 2:09 amNot sure how Jake T was allowed to stay on the field and to top it off no suspension and Isaac Luke gets 3 weeks for what I thought was borderline
The NRL, the media that feed the plebs what they want to hear, the average idiotic fan - All are hypocrites at the best of times. Jake got off because he is regarded as a 'good bloke'. It is the same reason numerous discussions have opened up across the media about whether or not the NRL should do something special to keep the Trbojevic brothers at Manly. Why they are different to any other club that has brought juniors through over a long period of time, is beyond me.
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Mattpoet wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:26 pm Not a single point was scored to the Northern end. I wonder if there was a particular reason for that.

Also, does anyone know who was warming Croft up before the others came out? Was it Aaron Bellamy?
99% sure it was Marc Brentnall
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Thank you
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https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/08/01/sut ... olam-pass/

Sutton tells Bellamy wrong call made on crucial extra-time pass

Joel Gould
NRL.com Reporter
Thu 1 Aug 2019

Craig Bellamy said NRL referees boss Bernie Sutton rang him to admit officials incorrectly ruled a forward pass from Justin Olam to Josh Addo-Carr in the final 90 seconds of the Storm's 11-10 golden point loss to Manly.

The decision was vital in the context of the match. The call was made on the second tackle with the scores locked at 10-10. The Sea Eagles were subsequently given possession.

Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans then landed a field goal to clinch victory for his team.

Bellamy said he was "staggered" the ruling was made in an extra-time period where referees had previously "put their whistles away".

"On the night I didn't think [the Olam pass] was forward and Bernie Sutton, the boss of the referees, rang me up on Tuesday afternoon to tell me that. He said it wasn't a forward pass," Bellamy said.

"I really thank him for his honesty but I was a bit disappointed with how in the rest of extra time the referees probably put their whistles away a bit, which is fine.

"But why pull up that pass in the last minute when it wasn't a forward pass? That staggered me.

"It seems as though there has been a bit of a blitz on forward passes in the last week or two. I don't know why we need to change things during the season.

"If they think there are too many forward passes change it next year. Why get to round 19 and have blitzes? If some things aren't working let's be consistent for this year and fix it up next year."

The Olam pass occurred in the same round that line-ball calls on passes from Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Roosters fullback James Tedesco were also major talking points.

The NRL is presently exploring Hawkeye technology that could definitively rule on forward passes in the future.

"I know there has been talk about Hawkeye. I am not a very technology smart guy so I don't understand what that is until someone shows me," Bellamy said.

"If there is new technology that can help the referees be more consistent or make it easier for them to make those decisions then I would be all for it.

"We have got to make sure that is the case and that it doesn't add a little bit more conjecture or more difficult for referees to make decisions."

Bellamy was speaking in Brisbane on Thursday ahead of the Storm's clash with the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium where he confirmed decisions on whether props Jesse Bromwich (sternum) and Christian Welch (concussion) played were yet to be made.

While the Broncos have identified five-eighth Cameron Munster as a man they must shut down, Bellamy said he was after more cohesion from his spine.

"There aren't too many games where [Munster] doesn't do a really good job. We just want to sharpen things up a little bit with the communication between our spine at the moment," Bellamy said.

"When he has been in Origin we haven't trained together too often. It was probably a bit clunky the last couple of weeks but once those Origin players get back into full-time training with us that area of our game will improve a little bit."

Bellamy also responded to Brisbane coach Anthony Seibold's comment that prop Payne Haas would be Melbourne's "head on a plate" and a target for the Storm forwards.

"Payne has been playing really well for them and is one hell of a footy player but with all due respect Anthony hasn't been at our club for a fair while and things have probably changed since Anthony was here," Bellamy said.

"We are aware of all their good players. He has probably been leading the charge, him and Lodge certainly set a really good platform and they have some good young players that run the ball really well.

"We are obviously very aware of Payne and what he can do. As I said, Seibs hasn’t been at our place for a while and doesn't know our systems now."
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And of;
Fox Sports
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Daily Telegraph
Sporting News Aus

Which do you think have run such an important RL story of an incorrect refereeing decision costing us a game? Zero...

Not surprised. Still f*cking infuriating.
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