Bombers4EVA wrote:marbles wrote:Total bs decision
Hey lets chuck another man out there who cares we'll only get a fine and lose a game next year!
Whether they meant it or not they cheated 1 extra man makes them more potent and they were able to have 3 shots on goal in 4 minutes
North players will sit in the grand final changerooms knowing they shouldnt be there.
Try playing a basketball game with 6 men on court against 5
Still though, the captain didn't notify the umpire. It's in the rule book and has been for a while. No matter what every one's opinions are. The rule states that the captain or acting captain must approach the on-field umpire and request a head count. North got away with it on a technicality. We can talk about all this nonsense of what is fair and what is not. But in reality the Eagles should never have put themselves in the position to lose the game after being 47 points up with North not looking at even getting close. The Eagles gave up and North were the best side in the end. The 8 points they scored in those dreadful 8 minutes i believe weren't the 1 factor for why the Eagles lost. It may look to those as they cheated and it was un-fair. But the Eagles knew of this quite early and yet still took their time to get the message out to the captain. So lets move on with this and let it go.
The court has ruled the roosters as guilty
The scores or status of the game is irrelevant
You cheated but here your free to play in grand final you won the game fair and square.... but they actually didnt win the game fair and square.
Whether the 19th man got a touch or not, an eagles player wouldve manned him up meaning someone else got the footy and the eagles didnt have a 19th man to attend to him did they