Round 2 NRL Wrap Up

OK footy fans hope you followed me into the weekend..the best bet saluted although we are a bit lucky courtesy of the Doggies 14^th man..but hey Dogs into the Cowboys, double your money in 4 hours. GET IN THE QUEUE.....

The tips not so good...I got 4 out of 8 with Souths, Manly, Canberra, and Cronulla letting me down.

 

Ouch....did you see the ankle of Cameron Ciraldo last night in the footy..made me ill watching it. Now we find out it wasn't just a dislocation but a broken ankle. Geez it looked awful.

And awful is the word to describe the Sharks who were at home and let their supporters down. Newcastle on the other hand were fabulous and with only 1 fit replacement no wonder Brian Smith called it the best win he's coached there.

So tell me footy fans, do you think the Dogs should lose the points??

Of course they should. No argument they had 14 players on the field when they scored a try and Ryan was part of the attacking line.

Its a harsh penalty but the harsher one is the fact that Penrith don't get the 2 points!

They by all rights would have won the game as Ryan should not have been on the park but they get zero and so should the Dogs. By paying a fine it just means money can buy a comp.

The good thing already about 09 is that by the end of week 3 just 1 team will be unbeaten (bulldogs drama included)

Brisbane play the Warriors and whatever team wins leads the comp come next Tuesday.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE Monday night teams back up last night.. in week 1 the 2 sides Canberra and the Tigers got beaten the following week so the curse of Monday night lives on..

Cronulla play Saints and the Knights are at home to South’s.

 

Now the other thing that got up my kilt over the weekend is the reluctance of some refs to go for the video.. I have been saying for years and will continue to do so.. EVERY TRY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BY VIDEO REF…. its simple. People whinge at me saying it will take too long but that’s crap. If there were 10 tries scored normally only 2 or 3 need more than 1 look so that would add 3 minutes to the length of a game.

 

The thing you will achieve if a try is allowed and the video is ignored is what we saw on the weekend. 2 tries awarded when they should not have been. Broncos one was disgraceful and so was the Knights one last night. The are game turning decisions and if you have the technology then use it. Those dinosaurs who say it would add 10 minutes to a game are fools.. so what if it does. Would you rather have the right result and have to wait a few minutes or the wrong result and save a few????

 

Having said that they looked at the Reddy try on Friday and still didn’t award a penalty to Parra for the Merritt boots in the tackle. Dumb, dumb, dumb…

 

Teams are out tomorrow and expect plenty of changes and if you need another NRL fix, catch Johnny Gibbs and myself every morning for the latest news on NRL.COM

 

Russ