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Having jimmy on here is such an upgrade, the man talks more sense than hoops kent and charryanis combined

How good is Jimmy! Breath of fresh air to this panel! Much needed. Well spoken, experienced and knowledgable!

I hope they keep jimmy on the show forever, he’s so level headed and professional

Having Jimmy there is great, amazing addition for NRL tree60.

This is the perfect mix for the panel, 3 great former players and a journo

Stop the betting

So refreshing having James on here, Kenty was just spewing words to get his point across.

It’s such an easy fix but no one is talking about it… The bunker should only be a visual tool for the on field referee to decide for themselves if it is a try or not. Stop letting referees deflect the call to the bunker. Put the onus back on the ref

Stop the betting and you'll watch the bad decisions dry up

DWZ should have scored twice in the Warriors vs Knights game but the bunker took both tries away from him. Sportbet would be happy because a lot of people would have had him on their bets.

Jimmy replacing Gordy was a master stroke

I think Cam Smith would be a great player to throw in the bunker, people were calling him a referee for years because of his intelligence in the game.

They need a bunker for the bunker

The Bunker is a lottery. Just get rid of it and let the onfield officials make the calls. The TV replays are used advertising purposes only.

Keep Jimmy.....great addition to the panel.

The NRL needs to employ a system they use in Rugby Union. The Referees in rugby union with communicate with the TMO(Video Referee) and watch the footage on a screen in the Ground and talk through the incident. When both the VR and on field ref agree on a decision they act. Why not try it that way

Leo Thompson missed 2 games for tackling papi in the air🤦🏽

Yes a complete overhaul please!!. There's 3 teams on the field now... by jingles.

Love jimmy graham and his strong opinions. I’m aligned with his opinions 10/10 times. True hard man. #keepjimmy

Kent’s a gronk love jimmy

No two people ever see the same incidents the same way 100% of the time. It doesn't matter what decision is made by an official or bunker, a big chunk of people will agree and a big chunk will disagree. Anyone who thinks that changing the system will change the number of complaints is kidding themselves.

I must be crazy. But I thought Sami’s was a try. I mean the ball bounces 6 feet into the air. That is A LOT of downward pressure. I don’t see separation between hand and ball (granted I’m only using my phone to watch the footage). To me that looks like a try.

What more concerning is Annesley comes out & backs the bunker, may as well sack him and save a salary, he never goes against the refs, its in his blood, he isnt worth the money or the title he has.

Blaming the bunker for conflicting decisions yet this panel couldn't agree on the tries/decisions either?

Disagree. The Sezar wasn't a hip drop. It was accidental. Negligent sure but didn't deserve a sin bin.

Don't expect calls to go the way of the Warriors.

GET RID OF THE BUNKER

Not only did he tackle him in the air he was also put in a dangerous position different decision for different teams. If that was a Penrith player it's a penalty try

With all this technology being used these days like a forensic scientist looking for micro details, you would think they would see a blatant forward pass, which usually ends in a try being scored and allowed. Yet they still persist in this replay after replay to see if a player had as much as a fingernail on the ball ???? ....What-tha !!!!!

How about have three in the bunker, at the end of the review they show their decision on the big screen of try or no try and then majority rules decides?

its funny cuz when i started to watch the nrl during the covid season in 2020 i guess (cuz of lack of the other competinion, im european, was always watching union) i saw how the bunker is working, how they are fixin the try/no try situaion, faul plays etc and i was like "soccer VAR system should be fuckin learning from the bunker" everything was so transparent, the replays were long enough, everyone could see everything. its pretty funny now, cuz they just destroyed our trust. at this moment we never know what bunker gonna say, how they gonna make a call. what fkin happened?

1- get ex players involved 2- give the ref the ability to review on the field (like in soccer VAR) to make the final call on contentious calls

The disruptor rule is literally laughable.

Maybe, just maybe, we should consider scrapping VMOs altogether and letting the ref and touch judges make the calls with no screen replays.

At the Dally M's this year they should have the best milker of the year award and also a FU fans award for the best NRL administrator who has done the most damage to the game. Any nominees for this years ones people?

That should be the only time you can touch someone when they are in the air behind the try line if he didn’t tackle him he would of scored

Some of the reffing and bunker calls are so bad and baffling that you wonder at times if there is engineering to manufacture a result. This is a simple game, it’s not rugby and still they can’t get it right!

They used to hit and drive in a tackle, they must be getting trained to use their weight to pull down the player. Too much wrestling training?

The Bunker should all be experienced referees. Who are these people making decisions in the Bunker anyway?

The bunker needs to be limited to try referrals NOTHING else they've turned the game to 💩

The bunker, the referees and the linesman need an overhaul if you ask me

On my bloody goodness. Just listen to how complicated they’re making it. Just get rid of the bunker. Problem solved.

Jimmy is 💯 💐

its not like the reff has a flat screen in her pocket, and its not like they look at the big screen the whole game 😂

It's simple people. Boycott the games until the corruption stops. It's obvious they want certain teams to win on certain days, probably in correlation with sports betting agencies. The games a joke now and ABDO please take ownership of the stuff ups you'd earn more respect that way. Stop covering for stupid calls, we the people understand the game better then you think, stop acting like a politician and man up.

I reckon that was a Titans try...Arthur Beeton would be rolling in his grave.

Thought you could tackle an attacking player in the air? Or have they changed that rule

Dead right Jimmy spent $800 getting to Newcastle for Warriors games... petrol tickets and overnight accommodation.... its a penalty any where else on the field ..but because its in the try zone another ruling applies ?? President now set ..just stand under the jumper in the touch zone and take out the legs ... 🤦🤦‍♂

As someone else has already pointed out stop the betting and we will get honest officials

Yes hip drop!

Jimmy, with Coops doing his segment are 2 big pluses. Don't need to replace the bunker, just improve some rules. Eg tackled in air in goal when U have caught the ball- commonsense-try. Head injuries- max 2 in a tackle-1 of them will have to go for the legs, player being tackled not blindsided-less head hits. When a player stands up to play the ball- no release when called-penalty. Walk off the mark- penalty. Blow the pea out of the whistle for maybe a month, all will whinge, but big improvement for the game-less headknocks, les head contact, less wrestle, less cheating. End result-a big +.

I would like to hear kentys opinion

jimmy is great his podcast is solid too, like his influence on the game i reckon he would make a good coach or would defininetly play for him

Where's Kenty?

Explayers have loyalties to their former teams. How do get rid of that.

Boonker gone boonkers 🤣

Playing NRL is like being on Centrelink you get paid to do F.A.

Bring back the 2 Referee system one dominant ref which would be dependent on which team they are to call for in the first half and then swap on the 2nd half. Make the bunker a review Official only with it offering what they deem to judge the reviewed action, with then the dominant ref on field making the final call to whether they agree or not with the bunker and then a 3rd opinion coming from the 2nd ref to provide additional value to either calls made .

How do you tackle someone in the Air causing him to drop the ball and not award a penalty try?

These lads are actually all agreeing on something for once.

Tackled in the air rule was originally brought in for safety, and only applied to the attacking team because they are rushing forward and not stationary. These days the ones that are really dangerous(players running through without jumping and taking out the legs while looking at the ball) are not penalised because he was "going for the ball" and the ones that aren't very dangerous(stationary defender making contact with legs) are penalised, or complained about if not. By the current rules it should have been a Penalty Try or a Sin Bin, but it wasn't dangerous. Because the attacker has momentum and control in the air 99% of the time. Regarding the Sezer one it was because Sutton was the in the Bunker, it's predictable and consistent with the Dogs.

alot of money on dwz for anytime try scorer .wake up they wont give him a penalty try

In my opinion the bunker shouldn't be allowed to watch the game,know what the score is or how much time is left. screens light up make your decision sceens go blank

Bring back PK , we miss you champ

By getting the bunker to explain the decision, they just apply the laws of the game. The laws might need changing.

Jimmy's idea is great. 3 different reviewers make independent decisions former player, current ref, former ref and majority wins the decision at that moment. After the weekend games the decisions are reviewed again and if the majority from the reviewers was wrong consistency over a month then those reviewers are replaced. Over time the good bunker reviewers will make the correct decision 99% of the time.

It seems like the bunker has bets on the game.

Wat the fk... i thought that wasnt SO obvious penno try... he dropped it cold (more like 70-30 it is a penno try... not like 110-0 like theyre on about)

I could be wrong but I thought a defending player could tackle an attacking player in mid air. If not then what is the defender meant to do,just stand there and watch him score?

Bunker still cant overrule blatent forward passes 🥴

The bunker does not need human intervention! We have enough AI technology now to determine correct calls without bios.

Jimmy graham was a solid footballer. But he is so much better at this panellist job than anyone currently doing it. That idea about the referees panel was spot on he needs to be involved or atleast part of the discussion at a higher level.

The refereeing decisions will never be fixed as any sport that has betting attached to it can only be a dishonest sport. I've been whinging to the NRL for years over this.

What is the knights defender supposed to do..? If he let's Zelazniak land, he lands with the ball 1st and tries. Is the knights player supposed to stand back and do nothing.....?

I think there will always be mistakes.. that’s just a fact.. it’s like nothing is ever good enough..

Better to have former players than journalists on this panel! better and healthy debates. Corrupt refs are an issue especially biased ones. Like Gerard Sutton, Cummins, Klein. Bunker is good but depends who's controlling it! We need to ban gambling from sports thus the calls by refs and NRL will be more fair!

Imo ex players might be what's needed in the bunker. At least they have experience being out there

Anasta, Graham and Talis need to be permanent! Bunker couldll use a tweak.

I think they should put these players as bunker refs and see how they make the decisions and compare with the refs and see how many errors they make . To err is human fellas .

Need to go back to 2010 where there's 2 ref's on the field and the bunker only there for the video try that's it

I thought the rule for the last 100yrs was that an attacker jumping in the air is allowed to be tackled in the air as long as you aren't tunnelling the legs. Only defenders are not allowed to be tackled in the air

Hey luke patten did a good jov

Go back to the 5 meter rule, king wally kick ass in that era so the players today should have no problem. Then we will see how good Wally was.

Bring back Khunty

James Graham brings so much more to this show compared to kenty! Good stuff Jimmy! Sucked in Kenty

Bunker fixing games

give jimmy braith's seat

Maybe get rid of all the betting sponsorship. Open only for curruption. Betting company just needs a friend in the bunker. A foul in the event of scoring a try is at least 10 in the bin.

The bunker has ruined the game , please get rid of it

Have common sense. Remembering the general rule of thumb inwhich is the entertainment value and fairplay. And of course 3 man bunker panel, so majority is the ruling. NRL is rich enough to employ these tenders. And the bunker should have the rule nook in front of them when ruling. There,.i said my peace, unless you hire me to deal with these matters

More james

Smells like Mr Fix it..

For A big salary😂😂😂

Just get rid of the bunker. It's absolutely useless. Having a committee to make a decision, will just prolong rulings. It takes the bunker, long enough as it is. The bunker was introduced to get rid of the absolute clangers & howlers of decisions. But week in, week out. Game by game, it consistently gets things wrong. And what would improve the standard of poor refereeing. Is for them to be able to be criticised. Everyone else in the game gets publicly criticised if their form is poor. Why should the refs get a free pass?

Wayne Bennet needs a job he would be great for the bunker

With jimmy and tallis , the simple fellows on here should finally understand what shows about 😏

The Bogger is just as good as VAR in soccer. tons of money spent on it and the decisions are made by people so far detached from the game it is laughable...I have seen very few decisions be correct. Jimmy is a great addition to the show.

Look at gambling on this game and you will find the answers you are looking for it's all money not the game.

Everyone on the panel is clueless. Go watch Graham Annesley explain the calls and you would learn something

It’s simple, if DWZ is wearing any other teams jersey he’s awarded a penalty try. Take the warriors games bunkers to the UK let super league handle it.