With the curtain closing on the 2019 regular season and the top eight finally taking shape, we thought we would take a look at the top five disappointments of the 2019 season.
With the NRL now beginning to resemble a pinata more than a national sporting organisation following consistent scathing reviews of the current administration, the following organisations and individuals have been listed following their sub-par 2019 performance in conjunction with the reputation they garnered in previous seasons.
1. Match review committee and judiciary
While they are separate entities operated by different personnel, the inability of these two bodies to regulate some of the thuggery and foul play that has reared its head this season has been nothing short of a disgrace and has forced me to put them in the same basket.
It has been clear for some time that the post-match review process needs fixing, we mustn't forget that it was only a year ago that Billy Slater was able to play a Grand Final after arguing that Sosia Feki stepping into him initiated a shoulder charge.
However, and I never thought I would say this following that astounding verdict in 2018, the NRL's match review committee, and judiciary have taken another step back this year.
Whether it be the failure to charge Josh McGuire for eye-gouging following two blatant incidents or incredibly letting Sam Burgess escape with a petty $1900 fine for a supposed grade one misdemeanour after knocking Matt Moylan senseless, it truly has been embarrassing to watch as a fan of the game for the entire year.
The only consistency about these two bodies throughout the year is that they have been inconsistent, typified by the five-game ban of Raiders rookie Hudson Young for eye-gouging, whereas repeat offender Josh McGuire copped two monetary fines for two separate incidents, explain that to me.
With the NRL having already promised an all-encompassing review into both the match review committee and judiciary after a humiliating 2019, here's to hoping they can finally sort it out, but knowing the NRL, I won't be getting my hopes up.
Biggest disappointment is allowing Edwardwoodwood1 and his 5 aliases posting false statistics to elevate the otherwise member depleting, no junior roosters.
Don’t see the Dragons as a disappointment , i never had them near the 8 anyway.
Giving the roosters regular 2pm Sunday home games which is the prime slot for fans to attend which explains the reason the roosters are getting some attendances despite the majority crowd is opposition fans as pointed out by the commentators.
Must also be disappointing for the roosters club that the members bar has to be closed at home games this year because of no members showing up.