king_sirro
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Yesterday's ref was poor for both teams. In my opinion the game came down to who could take advantage of him the best. Unfortunately this is a part of the game we always fail at.
Penrith took full advantage by holding us up in defence and when the ref called held they then wrestled us to the ground. This happened nearly every tackle giving them a good 2 seconds extra to get set. On the flip side how many times did you see a Penrith player standing in the tackle when held is called and we just allow him to play the ball? We have to be smarter here, it just isn't good enough. 2 seconds slower play the ball for us all game is a huge thing to overcome and we brought it on ourselves. There was no ref bias yesterday, just a guy out of his depth that the better team took advantage of.
Penrith took full advantage by holding us up in defence and when the ref called held they then wrestled us to the ground. This happened nearly every tackle giving them a good 2 seconds extra to get set. On the flip side how many times did you see a Penrith player standing in the tackle when held is called and we just allow him to play the ball? We have to be smarter here, it just isn't good enough. 2 seconds slower play the ball for us all game is a huge thing to overcome and we brought it on ourselves. There was no ref bias yesterday, just a guy out of his depth that the better team took advantage of.