Watching the Canberra Raiders Vs the Brisbane Broncos on television as I type; I can't help but notice the obvious bias and blatant favouritism towards the home team.
With a massive fan base, playing at home in front of a massive crowd; the Broncos have the advantage.
But not because of these things:
Refs not daring to give a penalty to the Raiders, crowd roaring in anger as a Raider even touches the ball
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During the middle of that sentence a Raiders player was put on report- for nothing! A "swinging arm" is the charge, in which he didn't even touch the opposing player (in fact he hit his own player- but that's beside the point) so what's with the penalty?
This is one of many penalties the Raiders have been given, while the Broncos haven't recieved a single penalty- not because they haven't done anything wrong or illegal. But because of the NRL's "favouritism" rules.
This is where clubs with the most money, crowd pull etc get the penalties, the television viewing and the points for the ladder.
Now I must confess I am a fan of the Canberra Raiders. But my rant is not without truth nor has it been stretched out.
Look at the commentators for a second; now last time I checked a commentators job was to run through the events of the game. not boast about how good their team is playing and how crap the other team is going.
Shame on you tonights Suncorp commentators- next time actually run through the game- and don't talk crap.
Alas, with a 24 to 6 to the Broncos with only 20m to go- I don't see the Raiders taking this game out.
But any NRL fans out there know this- It's not a credit to the Broncos skills, nor was it because of the Raiders "mistakes" - The Broncos are playing at Suncorp. And if you were a ref, would you have the courage to stand up to the hundreds of Bogan's screaming in the crowd?
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