Gus left speechless over 'ridiculous' Cowboys-Tigers ending | Wide World of Sports

[@whitebuffulo]

The fill in coach for the Tigers seems like a gem.

[@Alekosdw]

He’s a eunuch weirdo

[@jimmyostini57]

Yeah I agree, definitely very professional

[@kalmanszittner2217]

👍

[@robocop5935]

I would like that tigers fill in coach to be dragons coach

[@RBsports12]

True dat, he was so calm and humble after he knows his side just got cheated out of a win.

[@jackson21688]

Ashley Klein makes similar calls every week, the only reason it’s been noticed is because it was after the 80 min. Some of he’s calls make literally no sense but because it’s a call at the 25 min mark no one says anything. He needs to go

[@ryanschultz4119]

Great point!👍👊

[@peace7902]

100% he miss most of the offsides,forward passes and obstructions

[@hoggers7572]

The way the Cowboys carried on after the game has turned me from glad they're doing well to hoping it all ends in tears

[@jacksonloram7887]

The cowboys have had some horrendous calls go against them especially in semi finals…but for them to carry on like that was the final straw

[@AJWRAJWR]

@@jacksonloram7887 Yeah. Remember the way they carried on when they robbed the Broncos in 2015. 😭

[@nunyabizness7259]

Lol it will end in tears

[@robharris6874]

Yes this could work against their support base ! bad karma !

[@jamesdavis9737]

Just watching Feldt's reaction knowing he'd milked the win, god makes me sick

[@TheBlackguard]

Refs should be put on report and suspended just like the players are when they butcher it like this. Their own organisation doesn’t hold them accountable, just insulates them from scrutiny.

[@freelancerconverse4413]

Referee Henry Perenara had a couple blunders last season and I don’t think I’ve seen him ref a game this season.

[@rdenir]

@@freelancerconverse4413 That’s true but I think the reason is that he had a health scare, something about his heart from memory and that’s the reason he’s not on the field anymore..

[@erinaporter1985]

If you fine and/or suspend referees then you might run out of referees. A lot of sports are suffering from a lack interest in people becoming referees and that might scare them all off for good.

[@delsar1523]

Yes sir

[@Kina_muncher]

@@freelancerconverse4413 he's retired and was left to bunker duties because of health reasons

[@Darkthrone-qi1ic]

I’m sick of hearing how Australians are god’s gift to sportsmanship and fair play when I see this BS. Kyle Felt knew exactly what he was doing and he milked it to his sides advantage.

[@lemonaus8871]

Since when have Australia been "god's gift to sportsmanship". I'm Australian and don't even think that.

[@ollyoxinfree3034]

And they won?

[@robharris6874]

Where are you from ? a Kiwi I bet !

[@thesquire6352]

@@robharris6874 us kiwis wouldn't expect anything else from a nation that rolls bowls 😂

[@danielpollock6893]

Yep and every other play in feldt's position would have done the same..

[@christohalaris7586]

Love how the ref put his hands up to stop time at the end. There was no time left you flop

[@blackpanther1720]

Not only did feldt milk a penalty. The kick off was from a offside position

[@jimjones2987]

I was on the edge of never watching league again because of how ridiculous the game has become and this game was my tipping point, congratulations NRL and refs you have lost another supporter

[@AJWRAJWR]

Goodbye. Love from Bill Harrigan.

[@vobzyy]

im sure they care about jim jones no longer watching the nrl

[@BrenMurphy1]

Don't go anywhere near the nutty putty cave with a name like that.

[@FWoI37]

See you same time next weekend then? Sweet

[@jasonmcveigh9399]

@@vobzyy they'll care when theres alot of them, viewership is ever so slowly declining over the last 5yrs which isn't a great stat considering the amount of lockdowns and people at home during recent times.

[@SuperJumpinjj]

That's the best comments from Gus I've heard in the last 50 years! And he's dead right about the way the game's going. I agree, get rid of these pedantic referees and get back to a more simple "game plan".

[@jackohere1878]

Absolutely agree.I HATE the bunker as it has changed the very frabric of going to the footie and enjoying try scoring moments etc.

[@daleviker5884]

Great, let's get rid of the bunker so we can go back to a system where there's guaranteed to be a dozen mistakes every game. Are people so stupid that they forget why the bunker came in? It was introduced because of all the complaints from windbags like Gould about the number of errors that referees used to make. The bunker will never be 100% perfect because humans aren't perfect. But it is total stupidity to say let's let's go back to a system that is guaranteed to generate far more errors. The only person happy about that would be Gould, because then he'd have lots more mistakes to moan about.

[@fishbarra4880]

Gus is a tool. His rooster's got more than their fair share of dodgy decisions in their favour over the year's. Gus, Joey, freddy still look butt hurt from origin.

[@jeffestrada6857]

Agree

[@dayoner8885]

damn if that's Gus speechless would hate to think what he says when he has words🤣

[@milo_g1557]

😂

[@Mr12funkymonkeys]

He is a good at arguing a point with someone who also has the same opinion

[@Godzilla32]

These refs are killing the game

[@elrey8876]

Kyle Feldt needs to switch codes to soccer - where he can flop around like a fish out of water all he wants.

[@jarshcharty3013]

helping the bunker to fix the game ya mean no ??

[@intensity.density2208]

Match fixing. Big bets. Refs scared to make a call as Gus said. All of it is ruining the game.

[@intensity.density2208]

@Boris Sladakovic I agree with you, 100%. Big betting definitely influences the game

[@followthesapper324]

Been watching league for 35 years, this is the worst call I can remember

[@jasonyoung1230]

Yep totally agree

[@RBsports12]

That is a stretch. Surely

[@syc9675]

This was the worst decision that I have seen.

[@bernardbarry447]

So he was standing on the sideline and 35 for kick off. To be in a position to support the ball runner he would have had to get to about the corner of the 15m line and the 22. He was obstructing the chaser. Good penalty.

[@graemeottey]

The NRL needs to grow some balls and just reverse the decision instead of ‘I’m sorry, we’ll learn for next time’ but they never do excuses. 2 players offside from the kickoff, well worth a halfway penalty and game over, but give it to the guy 5m away from the ball.

[@SALTY-hb1cd]

BS call from the ref tigers for the win 🤦

[@dazzac74]

Felt was laughing at the fact, they got the penalty. He's laughing at the decision

[@aeasthouse316]

Felt should be ashamed of himself. No integrity. He's a cheat. Should go and play soccer where they celebrate losers like him.

[@ronanrogers4127]

If Kyle Feldt stumbles so badly from such minimal contact he has no place in the NRL.

[@rossicarbon1]

Well this just show his true character....😂😂

[@AJWRAJWR]

He was escorted.

[@unbearableunbearable2740]

Feldt braced himself before running into the back of the Tigers player. Feldt then did an exaggerated dive then celebrates the dividends from his cheating. Pi55 poor.

[@michael9685]

@@unbearableunbearable2740 He's been doing that for many years and have gotten away with it.It's about time the NRL cracks it's whip on him. He's nothing but a disgrace to the game.

[@Gavin84w]

I would argue the refs comments before the kick off where he said more than once "no escort tigers, no escort" it generated an idea in the cowboys heads to run at a tigers player and create a scenario there was an escort which then lead to the situation that unfolded..

[@Velts125]

What's an escort in Rugby league?

[@Dontblamethemonkey]

In this situation they need to fine the ref and bunker.

[@daleviker5884]

@ Rich Whittaker. Good idea, and I think if you ever make a mistake at work you should be fined too. Ok with that?

[@IanRobert53]

It's a hopeless game when the referees don't know the rules. Then you have the head of referees defending these clown's Every week you will see controversial decisions made by the referees and also the so called bunker. The game is going down hill fast. The game don't need officials like Ashley Klein who stuffs up every week.

[@exiaR2x78]

Used to watch almost every game every weekend and all the NRL shows from 2010 to 2015. Its crazy cause there has been complaints about the referees during that whole period there was a lot of bad calls some costing teams games (the well known Geoff Toovey theres got to be an investigation line). Then all this time later the issues with referees have seem to have gotten worse. I remember watching the grand final from 2019 the referees were SHOCKING it was unbelievable how many wrong calls that game had in it, honestly it came across as match fixing

[@skullcrusher567]

I like how gal and guss argue when there both on the same pages there's an hour out of my life I won't get back.

[@aartsie0]

The ref called time off with 5 seconds to go during the conversion, it then takes 4 seconds to go over and they call time off again to allow the kick off. Officiating in the league now is way over the top. I'm very close to being over it all. Been a league supporter for 50 years, not for much longer if this crap continues.

[@Mac-jx8uj]

Glorified touch football is where we are heading ! I miss rugby league I really do .

[@marcusjones1291]

just wondering where Johnathan Thurston was.. did he ask any cowboys players if that 1 decision won them the game.. like he did to Threat Robinson with the 6 again.. no he did not ,, because his cowboys got the call..

[@Kelz_vee]

There's alot of issues that are wrong with today's game, the over refereeing and trying to make everything perfect kills the game, league use to be the toughest game now its all about less contact and players milking penalties, feldt smiling really boils my blood because he knows exactly what he's doing and laughing because he got away with it

[@ryanschultz4119]

Exactly mate! Starting to resemble European football more than classic Rugby League. Smh.

[@robharris6874]

Yes, his right. The refs want all the responsibility taken off them as they are losing there ability to ref a game, the bunker is now making more mistakes then the on field refs !

[@knuckles8914]

Feldt milked this penalty. He knew he couldn't get to the ball on the fly so he ran into the Tiger player and took the dive. A terrible decision.

[@reggiep8136]

@Albert YK Chen he didn’t change lines wtf? If you saw the game and knew the rules, you would see he never looked to take Feldt out and had eyes on the ball only. Thus constituting full time, no penalty.

[@daleviker5884]

@@reggiep8136 The Tigers player didn't have to know exactly where Feldt was, or even that it was Feldt as opposed to anyone else, to know that by taking the line he did, he would probably slow down the progress of a Cowboys player. I think it was a harsh penalty and that Feldt milked it, but it is also true that the Tigers player knew what he was doing. This wouldn't be at all controversial if it happened in the 10tb minute.

[@aeasthouse316]

@Albert YK Chen its going to end up like football/soccer where players are a disgrace and dive for the slightest touch. What should happen is the cheating player (who deliberately dives) should not be allowed to play for the rest of the year as he is a disgrace and brings the game into disrepute. If I was the referee seeing someone dive like that - red card.

[@knuckles8914]

@Albert YK Chen I'd give Feldt about 8.5 for the Dive.

[@jackohere1878]

Imagine if this was the GF! League is headed the same way of Union where there are so many stoppages and discussions over decisions an 80 minute game can take (and often does) over 120 minutes to complete meaning fatigue is almost a thing of the past. The bunker makes so many bad calls it should be delegate to history.Use TV replays (restricted to two views) for try scoring incidents but even then go with the refs on field call unless there is over whelming evidence to over turn it. I believe the Cows pre planned and trained for this exact play (kick the ball about thirty meters not 12 like a short kick off usually is then milk a penalty but running into a defender and get the captain to immediately run at ref yelling for a challenge)which in itself is a blight on the game.

[@Edwardscissor]

The smile from Feldt says it all.

[@sidmar200]

Intentionally running into the opposition , to milk a penalty. Shown on camera thinking it was a joke , 1 game suspension and 2 Points to wests Tigers for the game . If not Wests Tigers to take the NRL for Questionable unprofessional ,admitted wrongful conduct $ 200,000 plus$$$$$.

[@wayne9080]

nrl can't get a basic draw right how do you expect them to get the rest of the game right!!! The nrl draw is the most CORRUPT & UNFAIR draw in the history of the game.

[@brettgeraghty]

Absolutely. Just look at how the Broncos are channel 9 favourites and get Thursday/Friday night games every week. Then along comes State of Origin and guess what, they are pushed back to Saturday and Sunday giving them more time for their SOO players to recover. They get more seven day turnarounds than any other club. Free to air tv coverage should be shared equally amongst all clubs so fans can see their team play without having to fork out for subscription tv.

[@clutch7548]

@@brettgeraghty they also had one of the toughest schedules genius, look it up .. And thats not a rigged draw its basic marketing .. Not the Broncos fault they have the biggest fanbase by far

[@brettgeraghty]

@@clutch7548 regardless of fan base, all 16 teams deserve equal treatment. South’s have a huge fan base. I don’t see them getting the same preferential treatment to the extreme that the Broncos do.

[@brettgeraghty]

@@clutch7548 and genius, they are closer to Sydney than Warriors and Cowboys and just as far as Melbourne.. Want a tough schedule, try travelling from those locations. Marketing my arse. Blatant favouritism bordering on cheating.

[@TrackRecord3455]

I'm not a league expert but my opinion is they the cowboys player should have penalized for deliberately knocking the tigers player down. I agree with gall.

[@josephyore4022]

Disgraceful Refereeing by the match referee n dump bunker.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

The only decision that can be challenged are ones which involve a structured restart of play (e.g penalty, scrum, drop-out, etc) What "decision" was challenged? I watched the Graham Anersley review and a similar question was asked and I'm still none the wiser. The captains challenge rules are not clearly understood. To me a "decision" by the ref has to be made then the captain can challenge that decision. In the Tigers game, what decision was made by the ref? Imo this rule still hasn't been cleared up. Can you challenge a lack of a call? Or Does a call need to be made? The rule reads "the only DECISION that can be challenged" so that suggests a DECISION needs to be made in order to be able to challenge it.

[@frizky101]

That's what I'm trying to wrap my head around to, what exactly was Townsend challenging?

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

@@frizky101 This is thing with the NRL, we just had this big howler and yet we're going to go into the next round and still no club is clear about the captains challenge rules.

[@KDuhMan]

Watch Origin 3 2020, similar thing happened. The fact that the game had ended WAS the only reason they could challenge.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

@@KDuhMan So Townsend would have had to tell the ref he was challenging the "decision" of the ref to end the game? Is that what you're saying? Because the ref hadn't ended the game so he couldn't have challenged that either

[@KDuhMan]

@@crazyprayingmantis5596 it’s either he’s challenging the potential of the game ending based on the suspicion of escort OR if we are going of the presser yesterday, you can challenge a no call (meaning the ref doesn’t have to have made a call) only at the stoppage/restart of play.

[@michaeldethierry5901]

That referee should be held accountable same as the players and also fined disgraceful

[@badrobot3159]

I see channel 9 doesn't want to go anywhere near the manly pride jersey story?

[@natives8095]

If I wear that jersey, I will drop the ball all the time. I will allow my opposition player score as many tries as he could

[@frizky101]

So after all this, the refs involved with the game including the bunker get off scot free?

[@frogs0594]

A prime example of why I have fallen out of love with this game and now rarely watch!

[@daleviker5884]

@ Frogs 059. It's your loss. Are you enjoying crochet work? Because you obviously wouldn't be watching any sport.

[@clutch7548]

@@daleviker5884 LOL why so defensive .. with your weird little assumptions

[@fredbesari3614]

What do you guys say about West Tigers in Game 3.

[@terencejeffries5359]

how do? if you look where the ref is he can clearly see the west tigers player running towards him, not to where the ball will land, which is the direction feldt is running to. the couple of instances where rough play on dearden and another player who gets a west tigers whole body weight behind a tightly bent knee driven into his central collar bone, thats worth further review 10 x more than the obvious run off/ shepherd incident. taztez.

[@Champruby]

Gus was on point on this one! I'm a diehard Cowboys fan. But I was turned off of NRL because of the Smith/Storm tactic of consistent complaining to the refs for peanalties. It worked for them & they won a bunch of premiership as a result. Now every team is doing it!

[@mickzammit6794]

It was bad but not as bad as Panthers stopping eels momentum in such a critical game last year. That was cringe worthy.

[@jacobmurphy423]

nah that wasnt as bad that one was 50/50 decsions this one was clear cut robbed

[@jeffestrada6857]

Very true. The Eels were ripped off big time. Go Parra 👍

[@netwarrior1000]

Here's the thing though. The whole reason the bunker exists is because commentators like Gus overanalysed replay after replay of bad on field ref calls, game after game, year after year, heavily criticising the refs. Now that same bunker, that THEY led to having implemented, is proving that it too gets it wrong (regularly), they criticise the bunker and now there's calls to get rid of the bunker. F'ing hypocrits. Get rid of the bunker (and 6 again garbage) and just let the ref control the game, and just accept that refs sometimes get it wrong.

[@daleviker5884]

@ Netwarrior 67.. You are 100% correct that people have forgotten that the reason we HAVE the bunker is because a-holes like Gould used to whine on and on about any error they found. So we got in goal touch judges, then video replay, then the bunker, then captain's challenges etc. But they still whinge because if they didn't it would be clear they have no idea what else to talk about. Our "experts" on the game are so second rate. Every other sport has refereeing errors, but no one beats the game up the way these little men do. If you get rid of the bunker and go back to just letting referees make the calls it will barely take ten minutes into the first game before Gould and the others blow up about a mistake made by the referee. People just need to harden up and accept that humans will inevitably make the occasional error, and there will never be a perfect system. If people can't handle that then sport is not their thing.

[@richardrea2735]

@@daleviker5884 They whined about it in the hope that when the bunker did come through it would be an improvement. No one expected them to be making dumb decisions over and over again...The Bunker idea is good it's just the people who are running them and making the calls have lost the plot on it and it is not only the "experts" thinking this. I mean we are in the crowd or watching it on TV and see the same thing and then you hear the bunker refs call and you go scratching your head. If it was run better, no one will be whining about the bunker at all. The rules interpretation in the bunker differs from one to another and depending on the emotions and "entertaining" expectations at the time. The bunker is serving its purpose - using technology to capture everything including obvious errors on field, but the people running them seem to be going the opposite direction.

[@gregc3470]

I've been saying it for years.......media commentators should stop criticising referees and the pressure will start abating for refs. Once this pressure is reduced then sanity will prevail. Why is it hard to find junior refs...because of the socially acceptable (media is the role model) practice of criticising the refs is rife.

[@TheBlackguard]

You need to be able to criticise the refs or they will just feel untouchable and more brazen, which makes room for corruption without detection.

[@daleviker5884]

@@TheBlackguard For as long as referees are human there will always be occasional mistakes, and every game will have calls where some people see it one way and some see it the other way. If people can't deal with that basic truth then they should take up knitting.

[@falloversideways]

These TV personalities are blowing up about using TV replays in the sport when it is their bread and butter. If they really want to get rid of the bunker, have them quit their jobs. They bring more scrutiny to the game then the bunker ever has and then they have the audacity to say its ruining the game. They are the very reason this technology is there. Take away TV rights, take away the cameras and this doesn't happen. They always forget that they luxury job they are lucky to have, has the same root as the bunker. Case in point, in this very video they comment on Val Holmes being offside on the kick off. No one else would be bringing that up, no one else would be pointing the flaws out in the referring to such extent. Yet they do it, complain about it, then cash a fat check from benefiting from the same technology. Hypocrites. If you don't want the bunker or video replay, quit your jobs first.

[@clutch7548]

Just a stupid comment comparing commentary to the bunker🤣 You realise Rugby League on TV existed for like 50 years before the bunker?

[@falloversideways]

@@clutch7548 there's been thirty years of video refs, long enough that the difference between regularly televised games and video ref is negligible. Also, it was the TV personalities that were calling for the introduction of the video ref. Just cause I called it the bunker because of the modern game, doesn't invalidate my point

[@claytonives1345]

The only reason why we all enjoy sports is only because of sportsmanship. Kyle Feldt should be suspended over the exaggerated bump. Even if he did get the ball there was no way he could have scored.

[@23Hayden]

What about every other player who falls over and milks a penalty when they're defending on their line?? Should they be suspended too? Or are you just being reactionary in an attempt to get some likes on yt??

[@porthard5951]

Remember Gus was going to jump out of the commentary box during a warriors game because of blatant cheating from officials, he's recovered from that Nasty thought and can now walk unassisted to make even more insane threats.

[@mreel3488]

Gus is speechless, and yet proceeds to talk for the next 8mins 🤦‍♂ I try to support channel 9 by watching the footy instead of watching it on Foxtel, but when Gus commentates I change it to Foxtel. People like to say he's the smartest person in Rugby League and he has all the ideas on how to fix every problem in the NRL, and yet instead of joining the NRL he likes to sit there and collect his paycheck for shitting on the NRL every week.

[@daleviker5884]

Wish I could rec this more than once.

[@matthewharris-davies8368]

He stopped play after he has been told time so he stopped play when play had finished.

[@samueltalim9220]

I totally agree with Gus and that's exactly what QLD player do if they know that they're gonna lose to get penalty. This is not something new to us we all know that. To me this favoritism.

[@Baldy4495]

Paul Gallen said the game is slower but I think he means there are more breaks. But that just sounds like a sport that's good for TV. Fast ball play with lots of breaks for ads. I think NRL want it to be a fast game that goes for 2hrs and has lots of opportunities to cut to ad breaks.

[@clutch7548]

This makes no sense, as they never cut to ad breaks while the bunker makes decisions… The commentary watch replays and talk about

[@healthymindhealthybody9692]

Sholder to Sholder no penalty Wether or Not the Tigers player looks at the Cowboys player . That's how the game should be played and it's part of the rules . At all circumstances Sholder to Sholder should not be penalised unless it's contact to the head . It's that simple

[@adamklasens2770]

this why i dont watch NRL anymore u are losing fans

[@Jaime_nz]

It happened to the all blacks in the lion's series decider. British and Irish Lions' were able to draw the series in the last play of the match

[@Killuminati2u]

You guys deleting comments also I see hmmmmmm

[@PupperSophia]

Milking a penalty should be a professional foul.

[@damoinau]

It's becoming like soccer. Flops all over the bloody place 🙄 If it gives your team a penalty, they'll keep doing it.

[@peril1954]

Annesley's comments defy reason. As an old Balmain supporter I recall Harrigan blowing full time when Balmain had ball in hand and on the attack against Cronulla. Full time is full time. If the incident occurs after full time it is irrelevant.

[@loganmeridius5104]

I am more of an AFL fan with little interest or knowledge in League. but seems like both our codes are having issues with umpiring and higher ups changing the game from behind a desk. hope this doesnt keep happening

[@grantmcphail9042]

I am not a cowboys supporter but the used the rule book to their advantage and got the win. I very sport around the world technology has over taken and stuff sport in more bad way then good. The huge amount of money involved in sports through gambling is major part of the problem. Just go bad to just a ref and 2 touch judges handle the game and their decision is final. And to all the complainers go get a ref ticket and try and do a better job.

[@50NewEyes]

The more I see it the worse the decision gets…

[@russellhorsefield9199]

Situation in the ladder would made one difference being West Tigers above the Titans 16th to 15th . Cowboys would had stayed 2nd anyway as they are miles in front of Cronulla on for/against.

[@StultifiedGraphics]

We have Retro round right, why dont they let them play with Retro rules aswell, no 6 again, no bunker, none of this crap, hell bring back the 5 metre rule, just saying give us one round

[@markgado8782]

I'm not getting sound..

[@adrianbarnes9776]

Most farcical point of all this is the excuse of the whistle to stop play... Sometimes when players try pack scrums and have even got their on time, the ref has called full time

[@thesquire6352]

its just not enjoyable to watch anymore with all the robbery, im a bunnies fan and the nrl just wont stop with the latrell stories no matter how small the story because they know people hate him and they use it to promote the games, yet i noticed our 50/50 calls improve once he came back, the game has been hijacked by businessmen

[@terryhillbilly]

Gus you are the man regardless of state of origin or anything... You are the man

[@darshin95]

It wasn't worse than the '6 to go' fiasco that screwed Canberra in the final minute of A GRAND FINAL. I have lived and loved this sport my whole life but sometime in the 2010's the referees got too whistle happy. Bunker decision every two seconds. Captain's challenge. We are calling a play back that happened a minute ago. A team scores, the referee calls it and then it gets reversed, the referees are terrible

[@jeffestrada6857]

Well said and totally agree 👍

[@themanwithnothingtolose]

No this i worse

[@VVez550]

Feel for the tigers..

[@peace7902]

I like how Feldt was laughing at the bunker and ref. Probably he was saying what a bunch of losers.

[@tonyduwang]

I left some years back. This is not rugby league, its now a game where players milk penalties all the time. Bunker should only rule on tries. Leave the game to the referee.

[@tonytravert9944]

This is a result of the Saints game where Hunt lashed out at a dummy half from an offside position in the last second, and the referee did nothing but blow for time.

[@waynegretzky6044]

The points should be split and between both clubs 1 point each . And let it be done with. .

[@troyjoseph4792]

this is what happens when you build a game around gambling

[@daleviker5884]

There is gambling on every sport in the world, and there always has been. Gambling on NRL is no more or less than gambling on cricket, NFL, soccer, AFL, basketball, whatever. Toughen up princess.

[@jbrown8059]

So kyle was on his way t9 the tryline without the ball?

[@sassasins031]

Both players were attempting to finesse the rules. You try and cheat and it might go against you or for you.

[@jimijackson]

They need to get rid of try reversals. Once the ref blows the try, it should be allowed. If a ref calls no try, a team should have the option to challenge. Other than that, the bunker is ruining the game. Now when we see what appears to be a try...it's no longer a try till the very last second when the kicker is trying to convert. Shouldn't be that way and kills the excitement of being in the moment as a try is being scored.

[@peterjongsma2779]

Right . I see what happened. A Cowboys player took a dive and claimed he was taken out of play. The Cowboys challenged and the Ref sent it to the Bunker. The Bunker upheld the challenge and the Cowboys got the Penalty. BS decision by The Bunker.

[@marknasser2843]

Who really runs the game?? The nrl or the betting agencies that would have lost a squillion if the tigers got up. It's a no brainer.

[@shedwork]

It was a straight out milk. It is an awful blight on the game. Feldt was sniggering afterwards. Gus is right. I love how Gus and Gal still sound like they are arguing even when they are agreeing!!

[@tony7830]

I hear tennis is bringing in " the ball boys challange "

[@gabrielsadaraka494]

Did we all forget the NRL is charge no it now about getting the other team penalized

[@rissolethrower2243]

I'm seriously considering moving to Rugby!! The NRL is a circus!! i don't even know the rules anymore.

[@craigmacfarlane2722]

Rugby rules are even worse. Accidental head clashes are a send off offense..

[@neimishsingh6015]

Now it's a good time to switch to women's beach volleyball 🤩🤩🤩

[@nevillneliman6441]

No Gus..th worst I've seen in that loophole you found that allowed a Penrith player, who assault a member of th public, a Penrith patron, and was allowed to play in the Finals and grandfinal.. You are th worst I've seen Gus! You are a detriment to the integrity of the NRL.

[@jellis1807]

Gus and company carry on about this because it's a Sydney-based team that's been dudded. They criticise this as the worst decision ever despite the incident earlier in the year where a Warrior players faked a head contact by a Raiders player. The video referee reviewed the play and confirmed a penalty to the Warriors, gifting them a win, yet replays clearly show there was no contact. Not minor contact but ZERO contact. In my view, the Warriors player should have been sighted by the tribunal and fined, if not suspended, for unsportsmanlike conduct and bringing the game into disrepute. This Cowboys-Tigers debacle is bad, but the incident simply isn't as bad as the Warriors-Raiders incident earlier in the year.

[@BeRobn]

He intentionally milked that penalty.

[@ElConqueefTador]

We got from bunker saying has eyes only for the ball to this bs. So done with league

[@magnumpi8097]

On field ref wasn't going to let it ruin his footy tips ;0)

[@deemz312]

I get that it was a bad call and cost the Tigers the W. But on the other hand, its sports, bad calls happen. This isnt the first time something like this has happened and wont be the last. Its a regular season match, move on and get ready for the next game. Its not like it was the Championship game with everything on the line.

[@onlynrlfans1795]

The captains have ten seconds to challenge so the ref will now have to blow the first whistle the wait for the ten seconds then blow full time? LOL

[@redpillpapi]

@gus with the seinfeld reference🤌

[@jacksirren2372]

Why is the NRL prejudice against teams on the bottom of the season’s ladder? It is because they don’t want to pay out larger winnings to punters. Now the NRL quickly needs to just distract us from scrutinising this topic, and as usual on queue! literally the next day the NRL causes a convenient “stir” with the Manly jerseys!

[@fredfish4316]

The stink when a dodgy call goes against a Sydney team. Melbourne, NQ, the Broncos, Canberra, etc cop bad calls every game, including in grand finals, but we never get a call to reverse the final result. It should be SRL not NRL.

[@clutch7548]

Im a queenslander but lose your victim mentality🤦‍♂️

[@lachlanmadden740]

its not kleins fault its butlers. klien was simply reviewing what happened on field. klein did his job plain and simple. but it never shouldve gone up to him in the first place. the blame falls on butler not klein

[@nameless1873]

Thank God Union players still play hard and don't fall over for an Oscar. I thought I was watching Soccer Football there for a minute best actor this year

[@lukeh2440]

I’m fine that it went up to bunker. The captain had a challenge. The call that it was a penalty was wrong

[@damianclark550]

Kyles 5 minutes of fame. Waiting to see the Cowboys fall flat on their face with karma

[@danielpollock6893]

Sorry mate but there will be no karma.. Cowboys won from the refs incompetence.. It's actually come full circle when cowboys were denied last week and round 1

[@warrensaillard7022]

Nrl the new afl

[@zoef234]

Great diving Kyle

[@jakegargiulo5101]

Plus they gave the shot at goal from 5 metres closer to where the "penalty" took place. Why can't the NRL ever overturn anything? It's just rubbish, nobody's gonna be upset if they give the Tigers points.

[@Oriolesgmufan]

Glad I had the spread. Moneyline would have been worst beat of all time.

[@rahirimarsh5710]

It's not the Cowboys fault, it's the bunkers. Get rid of the bunker!

[@peterboyd7304]

looked like he leaned into him, watch the feet.