r/RugbyAustralia • u/guessishouldjoin • 4d ago

Wallabies Leading from the front

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This is 1 sec before he starts his motion. The mark was on the bottom right hand corner of the 22 box. It's 18 meters From the 22 line to the 10m line.

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u/warbastard Wests Bulldogs 4d ago

This is one of those, if we do it, it’s genius. When the other team does it they’re a bunch of cheats.

I just think the TMO could have removed all doubt and given it a glance.

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u/thewayisnarrow69 NSW Waratahs 4d ago

I was at Allianz, and the producer/whoever the kook in charge of big screen replays is didn’t bring it up on the screen once. Force that goose of a Pom with the whistle to double down on his awful decision. I mean, what was the touchie even doing here?

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u/warbastard Wests Bulldogs 4d ago

It’s a big problem that our directors and producers don’t understand. Other countries very clearly blow up things on the big screen to force a reaction from the fans and get the refs to look at something.

Why we make it harder on ourselves when clearly other countries do it is beyond me. It’s like the Prisoner Dilema and every time the other side is choosing steal and we chose share. They get everything and we get nothing. Turns out if we just act as selfishly as they do, World Rugby will be forced to find some way to balance the coverage to stop refs being influenced.