Gerard Whateley

And then 17 minutes to go in the last quarter, Patrick Cripps went for holding the ball without being tackled.

When he tried to fend off.

He wasn't tackled.

Yeah.

The debate will come, won't it?

The debate is, and this is where it's serious, so you can say that lightheartedly, do we actually have enough players?

quality umpires to service the four umpire system in a professional sport?

And the answer to that is actually no.

So we're trying to get them up to speed, but this is a professional sport.

All nine games every weekend matter.

And we don't have a core of umpires who are capable of officiating in those games at the moment.

It's a massive issue for the league.

I think there's merit in that debate at the moment.

And then you figure out a way to bring the squad up to speed to service four.

But the lesson of Saturday was we don't have enough for the task at hand.

The seedings are next.

Waitly on SEN.

The Seatings for Australian Outdoor Living, dream backyards for all seasons.

Your Seatings have been outstanding and an excellent actual guide to the way the season has gone as opposed to my theatrical Seatings.

What would you like to do this week?