Accidental offside

[HoldenV8]

That happened to DCE in game last year not sure which game ,when DCE got pulled off the or run off the mark when trying to get to dummy half the opposing player got to the ball then they played the ball and ref said they couldn’t go back after the ball was played
Just so many inconsistencies in the game

That was the game against St Merge at Brookie in Round 6.

 

[Nordburg]

I agree with you just hate how that turns out to be a penalty under which it came about

It was just unfortunate.Simply thing is,Manly had plenty of opportunities to win the game and others didn’t stand up to take the heat off the Origin players when it counted

 

[The better Robbo]

We are looking at it from the wrong view. We need to look at deliberate offside and not accidental offside. A deliberate offside is when a player touches the ball knowing he is in an offside position. Thompson did NOT know therefore how can he deliberately be offside. It seems like a grey area and it is the interpretation of the ref. As others have said it happens regularly and called a scrum, including during origin on Wednesday

 

[MadMarcus]

What is a player to do when the situation arises again in order to avoid giving away a penalty?

Don’t wear a Manly jersey

 

[BrendonStarr]

Become the first team to forfeit a game due to dodgy officiating. Hurt us, then we hurt the game. I am sure if enough teams took such a drastic stance the NRL would finally take a good long hard look at their deficiencies.

 

[Highflier]

That happened to DCE in game last year not sure which game ,when DCE got pulled off the or run off the mark when trying to get to dummy half the opposing player got to the ball then they played the ball and ref said they couldn’t go back after the ball was played
Just so many inconsistencies in the game

That was a disgrace and I think they scored a try off that **** call
Another shyte call in a long list, capped off by the two howlers on Saturday if I was into conspiracy theories and the ogre of the Omniscient Octoberg then one could think that our cards are marked “never to win at all costs” The Octoberg

 

[castle eagle]

The non controlling ref spotted it immediately but couldn’t get the attention of the head ref in time before Thompson played the ball.So they did call it in time

that explains it, thanks

 

[Nordburg]

We are looking at it from the wrong view. We need to look at deliberate offside and not accidental offside. A deliberate offside is when a player touches the ball knowing he is in an offside position. Thompson did NOT know therefore how can he deliberately be offside. It seems like a grey area and it is the interpretation of the ref. As others have said it happens regularly and called a scrum, including during origin on Wednesday

Firstly,how do you know Thompson didn’t know he was offside?If you are going to open it up to a player pleading ignorant,watch for more players taking up acting classes.
Secondly,using the”He didn’t know”defense,what’s stopping a player running out of the line offside to make a tackle and just throwing his hands in the air and saying “I didn’t know”

 

[The better Robbo]

Firstly,how do you know Thompson didn’t know he was offside?If you are going to open it up to a player pleading ignorant,watch for more players taking up acting classes.
Secondly,using the”He didn’t know”defense,what’s stopping a player running out of the line offside to make a tackle and just throwing his hands in the air and saying “I didn’t know”

Like you said... how could i know? Thats exactly my point, how would the ref know or not??? Its called a scrum more often than not!

 

[Fluffy]

If a player does not play at the ball (eg kicked into them) then it is always accidental, that is until the latest Manly rule change.