*** Official Rugby League SLXX Thread ***

Utterly confusing decision at the death of the Salford Catalan game to give Salford a penalty after Escare didn't realise he was tackled. The rule now is that the player is told and they go back and play the ball again but Bentham gave them a penalty, which Salford kicked over to draw the game. Baffling.
 
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I missed the game last night on Sky as I have a serious case of manflu!

Disappointing loss for Rovers last weekend as they worked their socks off but missed out on the win against a very subdued Wire crowd.

Onwards against Catalan tomorrow, which for Rovers is aided by the loss of Todd Carney. Equally, we have had to say goodbye to Mick Weyman who has retired due to a serious knee injury. Disappointing to see him go as he was a good (try scoring!) forward. However almost immediately we have got Shaun Lunt in. It was always rumoured we would sign him on the off season so its a bit weird that the deal has now gone through! Maybe a cap issue, I'm not sure.
 
On all accounts Josh Hodgson has gone well in his first game for the Raiders in their win against the sharks.

Really wish him the best for the future and can only be a good thing for England. You have to say though, if only the likes of Roby went over to the NRL, maybe he could have been measured against the best in the world, so for that reason I am hoping that Josh can make a real fist of it and with any luck be bigger and better than the likes of Roby, which would really be saying something!
 
I'm always quicker to reply to this thread when we win, but boy, what a win!

It was a bit of a repeat of the Wigan game, trailing 4-20 at HT, it was crucial Rovers came out in the second half and scored first. They did, then hit another two trys in quick succession and that seemed to break the Catalan spirit. A rare thing indeed. They ran in 46 unanswered points to win 50-20.

Kelly and Campese were outstanding. We knew we couldn't win if we went up against the Dragons front line so we shifted it out wide and scored bags of trys, Sio getting a hatrick.

Rovers are now 2nd behind the Leeds Rhinos in the number of points scored for and second last in front of Salford for points scored against. Tells you a lot, I think. Also, I don't think we've had such a good goal kicker than Josh Mantellato for years. 7/9 today with some very difficult kicks from the edges.
 
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It was a flat pass to Mantellato (at worst, even after watching it back) when he walked in for a disallowed try, although it was amateurish defending that allowed the Widnes try from the resulting scrum.

I'm not saying we deserved to win, but we could easily have nicked it.

Rovers are going to struggle next week in the forwards, given injuries, suspensions, Weyman retiring and the Ryan Bailey situation (whatever that may be) currently unresolved.
 
Kemik said:
I have no idea what happened with the disallowed Hull KR try followed by the full length Widnes try though. I only saw the play from the penalty onwards. It was too far away from me to get a decent view.
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This is what I was talking about, it got given as a forward pass which was truly astonishing.

The last minute though, it was grounded short, no qualms about that one.
 
willems said:
saints doing well this year. playing much better rugby than last year. Cant wait to see burns and walsh in the same team.
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I'm still glad we got rid of Burns. When the going got tough, everyone else was to blame but himself. Quite divisive in the team (a right prima donna, on all accounts) and I think we now have better half backs in Kelly and Campese.

That being said, he is working behind a great set of forwards; our half backs, aren't. So many injuries and retirement issues to deal with so early on could mean that our game against Saints could result in a hiding for HKR. If Saints roll us down the middle, as Widnes did, then I can only see one outcome. :)
 
Well. As expected I suppose but Ryan Bailey has been released by Rovers for "personal issues". Big blow that having two forwards leave the club at a horrible time of the season, especially after all the pre-season preparation, Chris Chester thinking he's got his squad sorted and now has to start again.

On the other hand, we now have Jamie Peacock signed up for 2016 as the "Football Manager"....whatever that means! Big coup for the club that though, quality player with bags of experience.
 
That was the most awful display of refereeing I have seen in a LONG time. Typical James Child but that was absolutely appalling. Two DISGRACEFUL forward passes for those final two tries for Saints and it would have been an absolute travesty if Saints had converted that try.

Glad we won, but absolutely fuming (though Green will be lucky to escape a ban after the late challenge on Burns, which is the last thing we need).

PS: Who needs forwards when you've got backs? :) Also, Roby not playing for the second half helped. Cunningham magnanimous in defeat too which was good to see.

Also, why the hell can't we go back and look for forward passes when going to the video ref? It seems absurd not to be able to.
 
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I was reading up about that and apparently its because you can't always get the right angles with the cameras. It was tried for a while but it lead to too many controversies when certain camera angles proved inconclusive.

That being said, the ones tonight were obvious howlers.
 
Which makes it even more amazing that Rovers lost to Wakefield, frankly.

Rumours of Sam Tomkins coming back to Wigan due to homesickness? Wigan first refusal and its hard to imagine they would refuse!

Pants game on the tv tonight between Leeds and Catalans. Such poor quality, errors and mistake all over the place with little excitement so far.
 
He isn't getting any younger so I guess he decided to ramp things down and move to a softer sport! Haha!

A great servant, not just to Leeds, but to Rugby League as a whole and true role model for players entering the sport. Rumours are that Mickey Paea may be signing for the Rhinos next season? Anyone heard these rumours? A good signing if true, was sad to see him leave Rovers. One player who will be going nowhere is Terry Campese though, signed on for another two years with the option of a third.
 
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Hearing rumours that the Terry Campese contract extension was prompted by other clubs sniffing around him. Sad to say that Wigan were one (cash + 2 players is the rumour). I just don't know what's happening with Wigan's recruitment policy. They have ample chance to replace Blake Green and decide that they're going with the young lads. 6 games in and they're after yet another HKR player! That's a really positive message to Williams/Powell/Hampshire

To add insult to injury, Wigan are also crying out for a big prop and HKR announce Dane Tilse from Canberra - precisely what Wigan need. HKR seem to have their NRL links spot on.
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Get your hands off Kelly!! That's all I will say! :p

Its annoying for fans of, shall we say, "smaller clubs" (like HKR) because as soon as we get hold of a good player, the "big clubs" come sniffing, despite Rovers paying near to full cap. What also seems to confuse me lately is that why don't the likes of Wigan, Saints and Leeds lose more of their players to the NRL??? Josh Hodgson left HKR for the NRL and I believe he will do very well, but why has nobody tempted the likes of Roby to go over to the NRL? I don't get it.#

On your last point, you are right. Some of the Super Leagues best imports have often come through Rovers one way or another, Blake Green, Cory Paterson (to a certain extent Dobson noting he played for Wigan and the Dragons for a short spell), Ben Galea, Clint Newton, Travis Burns...
 
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Saints fans rightfully a bit upset at Green on receiving a 1 match ban and Eammon McManus has come out with a statement to the same effect regarding consistency in refereeing decisions.

Now what I'd like to see is consistency in the punishments for speaking freely on such issues. Hudgell got smacked with a fine, surely they are going to sock it to McManus, right? Pah! We'll see, but I know where I'd place my bet.
 
willems said:
seems a bit lenient. for me it was a blatant shoulder charge, not an attempted tackle as he didnt try to use his arms but i may be biased. what was your take on it?

all fans would agree that consistency is lacking



as for the big game tomorrow i think the number of injuries to saints will give wigan the edge. cant wait though
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Would have been two games but he put in an early guilty plea.

I'm indifferent to his comments. In general I would agree, but where was McManus' support for Neil hudgell when Meli wiped out Hall with that horrendous high tackle a season or two ago. I agree with most of what he said, but ultimately, it was just another dummy spit and should get the same punishment as hudgell. Consistency n all....
 
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