Gerard Sutton

The penalty goal was the absolute mickey.

He had a long and detailed conversation with Gerard Sutton, didn't he? About something or other.

Yeah.

But

It, it's who you, you think you could have a good stoush with, a bit of banter with, you know, that sort of thing.

Gerard Sutton maybe would be one.

Ford passed Gerard Sutton.

Yeah.

Uh, [laughs].

That's what they call them.

They're the guys who go around doing the international games, right? So from Australia, you got Adam Gee, Ashley Klein, Gerard Sutton, and Grant Atkins are on the elite panel, and two women referees, Belinda Sharp, Casey Badger.

They're on the elite, so they go out and they do the representative games.

They're the ones from Australia.

They're throwing the ball across the field... and they're attacking the line, and the ball's gone close to the sideline, and the toucher just put his flag up.

And then Newcastle got the ball, and Gerard Sutton looked at the toucher, and the toucher just put his flag back down.

He just let gang go.

You can't do that.

The toucher just put his flag up and went out.

And then has put the flag back down.

Gerard Sutton's looking at him because he's seen the flag go up and he hasn't done anything and he's just going, okay, play on.

And Newcastle got the ball.

three.

And then you've got Gerard Sutton who gets bottles thrown at him from Bulldogs and Warriors fans.

Crazy.

Yeah.

Um, listen, I think it, it, it's gone the right way.

I think Adam Gee, uh, or Gerard Sutton have both done a good job.

They've got a slightly different style.

I think, uh, Gee's a little bit more liberal with the flow of the game, so that probably suits a grand final.

Um, do you think, uh...

I mean, is there a lean either way? Like, are we gonna see more six agains, less six agains? Like, what are the, what are the trends when you go back and have a look at the data from, from him, um, over, say, Klein or Sutton?

Well, the interesting thing is he has been a little bit more liberal with six agains, so there have been more in his game than we've seen with, say, Gerard Sutton.

Uh, his last two games have each been the Roosters games, where we've seen 56 points in each.

Yeah, Dom Young, which supposedly had two or three forward passes in it.

And then there was the moment where, obviously the quick tap, where Gerard Sutton said, you're free to go.

And then there was the intercept.

Yeah.