I just watched the replay again and after reading the report from Harrigan I can see the argument they make....BUT
I think that they're really worrying signs for the future. Any way you look at it that was a massive call, at a massive moment, and i think it was because of .....
PHIL GOULD
That guy gets to spruke on endlessly on whatever he wants whenever he wants and everyone listens.The last thing a ref will want to do is piss him off.
With his media duties he's exempt from the usual penalties that apply to coaches for ref scrutiny, and with access to all the right channels he has every opportunity to either promote or criticise the actions of a ref, a call, a touchy, a rule....every single week.
Watch for the Panthers to be getting lots of 50-50 calls go they're way next year (and, as we've already seen - the rest of this one).
I think the NRL need to address this issue before it starts. It will be a hard one to manage.
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Its better than the rusty brown\orange\white he had for the last few months...
See this blog:
http://www.1eyedeel.com/forum/topics/referee-decisions-in-tight