Sorry Damo but I don't know what game you were watching that night! Take another look at Dwyer's hit on Wharea-Hargreaves. He tried to bulldoze over Dwyer so he lowered himself into the point on contact. There was no swinging arm from Dwyer...the point of contact was with the point of Dwyers shoulder. Fair hit in my book, and in the book of the likes of Gould et al. One of the greatest hits of the year and no cause for a penalty whatsoever! Correct decision.
You are a classic Roosters fan that only surfaces and gets vocal when your team performs yet you go missing every other day of the week. 23,000 at a Roosters home semi is a disgrace!!! Havent heard a peep from you about the chooks since 2003. Now look at them all jump on the bandwagon... [ak] [f] [crackup]
I was watching the same game, and I didn't say anything about a swinging arm. The point of contact WAS his shoulder, but, as I said, in any other game, that would have been a penalty. I don't agree with that rule but if you are going to enforce a shit rule throughout the year then you need to enforce it in the finals too. As you said, no consistency.
As far as "jumping on the band wagon", I have never gotten off it. Yes 2003 was a high since it was the first premiership win I'd ever seen, but it was all down hill from there and to be honest there hasn't been much to "crow" about lately, thats why this year is so sweet. From the shithouse to the penthouse in a year is pretty remarkable in anyones book. Yes, there has been some luck involved, but tell me a team that hasn't had the "bounce of the ball" go their way at some stage.
Anyway, you can all sit there and have your conversations about coulda, woulda ,shoulda, and about how all of your teams were ripped off, but the two best teams who scored the most points in the games that counted are there on sunday, and no amount of bitching and moaning is going to change that.
I will be over the moon if the Roosters win and equally dissapointed if they lose, but what I really want is an awesome game of footy thats played hard and fair without any referee influence. That would be good enough for me.
One more thing. Going back to the scrum that should never have been a scrum. If you are going to be pissed off at anyone, be pissed of at Hieghington for standing over the ball staring at it for an eternity instead of picking it up or falling on it. THAT'S why the Tigers lost.
