Tom Morris

That's what Brad did.

Didn't we say at Crunch Time a few weeks ago that Ben McKay had an issue with Brad Scott and the way he was being handled?

You know that you and I and Sam Edmund have our eyes on timekeeping issues and timekeeping errors, and so far there's been, I think, three significant ones this season.

So what happened was the ball was on the opposite wing and...

Paddy Cross tackled Riley Sanders below the knees.

A free kick was given to Riley Sanders, and I think it must have been Riley Sanders' boot that inadvertently collected the nose of Paddy Cross, who then started bleeding from the nose.

The clock was a minute 27 when this took place, and then the clock kept ticking, and the kick wasn't taken until exactly a minute remaining.

So 27 seconds elapsed.

Now...

You might think this is a timekeeping error.

It's not.

I've gone back through the behind the goals vision, courtesy of the agenda setters.

I've listened to the umpire audio away from the commentary and time on wasn't called.

So the timekeeper's got a right to let the game progress.

I think pretty clearly that time on should have been called while they were assessing the blood nose of the player and all the players were dispersing away from the contest.

Pendle's is the legend of our club.

He can play for as long as he wants as far as I'm concerned.

But the Eagles, you've got to give them credit.

They gave us...

a lot and some more, and they made it hard for us.