What did you think of the Uate try that was pulled back for a forward pass, I bet you think that was a great decision....see things haven't changed Northern, ya still whinging about referee's.....tell me who was up in the box today as the video ref....
Your mate Briscoe shouldn't of even got into the position he was in when the ball touched the ground in his double movement, the fool should of dropped his shoulder and scored straight away.......besides selecting a lock that couldn't even make a head on tackle without getting rolled or the try by Boyd should of been stopped when it was 3 on 1 and what about the sucked in pass that allowed Gallen to stroll over......or perhaps the try OZ scored after Chase kicked the ball from the quarter line, maybe that had something to do with the scoreline.....but Oh!!!! NO...we can't have that can we.....we have got to blame someone else, not ourselves.....good to see nothing has changed Northern ya still a whinging sore loser.

Do I think Williams should of got sent from the field....YES I do.

Do I think this decision was based on what Tim Sheens said earlier in the week....NO I don't

Oh!!!! and another thing just for you Northern, seeing as your such a good sport....... Bah!!!!!!

Come on souths take your green and gold glasses off and tell it as from a rugby fan. Tim Sheens had a massive say in what the refs should do like stop the little niggles and elbows,just like the aussies was doing today. There was no difference between Morley's sending off a few years ago and that VERY bad one today. If the CORRECT call was done and the Briscoe try awarded then we would have only been 4 points behind you with 20+ mins left and playing against 12 men but that wasn't to be as we was playing against 14 today. If you heard Nobles comments about the rules then you can see where were coming from,he said that the BALL CARRYING ARM DIDN'T TOUCH THE GROUND then its a try according to the laws of the game not the ball.
FACT!

If we get to the final then that appauling reffing game today could have shot your set of criminals in the foot.

I've got no doubt England will make the final.....

But you are a pathetic loser if you think the referee caused your defeat.

So how does it go........if you win you take all the glory but if you lose you blame someone else..

My god Northern, you have been in denial for a long long time.

Sorry I've only just read your previous piece of garbage for an excuse.
Here is what you suggesting Noble said and you believe to be correct...

(If you heard Nobles comments about the rules then you can see where were coming from,he said that the BALL CARRYING ARM DIDN'T TOUCH THE GROUND then its a try according to the laws of the game not the ball.
FACT!)

Are you serious Northern, are you trying to tell me the friggin ball can touch the ground in a double movement and it doesn't matter because it's not the arm carrying the ball........you plonker, Ivé heard it all now...

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Not sure too many people care bearing in mind that the "fans" couldn't even fill the bottom third of the stadium, and this was for a major internatonal between, (purpordedly) the top 2 teams in the world.

Disgraceful.

Ha! Ha! Ha!.... can't handle the truth Northern...tell me, did the referee tell Stanley to kick from the quarter line instead of a traditional tap kick......

The Aussies just about deserved it but with a few more decisions going our way it would have led to a very exciting end with only one score in it.

However Chase did mess up with his kick and these are not ref's decisions, just seen the Briscoe incident and I can't see where he touches the ground at all.

I have a feeling the Kiwi's will now turn us over as we have had our final.

Sheens comments in the week got to the ref.
Williams should have walked.
Briscoe's try wasn't double movement.
Under no circumstances should this ref be allowed to referee the final, as Sheens talk will get to him again.

Big-Fella, Do you honestly believe a referee blows his whistle according to what a coach says the week before.

That is nearly as weak as saying, when he was a child he was a Bradford supporter and now it shows....

They are professional and get paid accordingly so there is no need to consider anything but refereeing straight down the line....albeit they are only human and we all make mistakes, that doesn't make us weak or misguided.

Rabbits i stick by my earlier comments that Sheens comments in the week got to him.
He might be a good ref in the NRL like Tony Archer, but like Archer he comes up short on the international front.
Unlike Archer he is likely to improve and given time will make a good international ref.
I'm sure he realises when he looks back at the video that he made some big mistakes and them mistakes favored Australia. I'm not saying England would have won, but his mistakes stopped would would have been a nail biting finish. I think it would be a mistake to let him ref the Final if England reach it.,as he would be aware that every call he made would be analised, and the pressure would get to him yet again.

A ref can only be expcted to give what he thinks is the right decision on the field, from what he saw, so mistakes happen and are totally understandable, however

He saw the high shot and used the magical cop out rule of on report, which shows if acting totally impartial, he isnt the type of ref to make the big decisions unless 100% has to or is 100% sure

then under 5 min later he acted like a ref who is 100% sure of himself and gives what he see's regardless of linesman video refs and chalks off briscoes try

I dont care if a ref gets stuff wrong but that performance was full of contradictions, even all other decisions aside, as mistakes happen, he saw that briscoe try and had 3 choices
Try
No Try
Video ref

so what are his conditions on each?
I sure he scored
Im sure he didnt
Im not sure

hence hes a liar, because he cant have been sure he never scored cos he did.

Im not saying he though "ha ha im gonna cheat" im saying he had some sort of biased that stopped him processing every decision the same regardless of team the team it happen too

I can't believe what I heard this morning......Williams will miss just one game.

What a load of toss that is, that tackle deserves at least 4 matches if not 6.