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3 INCIDENTS IN WARRIORS GAME THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED RESULT.

Posted by Kerry George on April 10, 2017 at 1:13pm

I am not clutching at straws. The Warriors were the better team. However there were three incidents ruled by the officials against us that could have gone the other way.

In the 4th minute Jennings broke through and was in the process of being tackled by Ayshford who subsequently fell off the tackle and Jennings went over the try line. It was ruled he was initially held and made to go back and play the ball. I have seen similar incidents go the other way.

Simon Mannerings try was DEFINITELY an obstruction. Hoffman went throughout the line taking Takiarangi out and Hoffman ran through that hole to score. I have seen these ruled no try.

Similarly Norman went over and it was ruled an obstruction which probably was. Again I have seen these allowed.

If these three matches were played hypothetically at previous home ground Parra Stadium would have all these three decisions go against us. You wonder.

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2agd8rk0gah1u April 10, 2017 at 1:28pm

I do tend to agree and I thought when the Eels were fighting back early in the second half they were gathering momentum and were definitely robbed from the referees by some questionable referee decisions.
JohnnyGunn April 10, 2017 at 1:32pm

Let it go guys def wasn't up to scratch last tackle options were a joke it wasn't anywhere near our best
JT April 10, 2017 at 1:35pm

Sorry, sick of hearing the excuse the refs costs us. Just before 1/2 time the sharks had a forward pass ruled against them in Melbourne in really trying conditions yet they found a way to win. Yes it was forward but they could have thrown their arms in the air and say "why us again". I could go on and on and on about teams overcoming poor refs calls. Parramatta on the other hand never seem to overcome a howler (or even a questionable 50/50) from the ref and the fans then want to blame the match officials. To win in sport you need to overcome adversity and we cant seem to do that.
Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown April 10, 2017 at 1:41pm

Brad, is that you?
Billy Bob April 10, 2017 at 1:48pm

The Taka one was correct he made the decision to tackle the decoy
Michael Ericson April 10, 2017 at 4:43pm

Was the Jennings one a try? Extra fuck you to the refs if it was because I had 10 bucks on him first try scorer
Kerry George April 10, 2017 at 4:47pm

I agree. However if we had been awarded the Jennings try and the Mannering try had been disallowed, there could have been a momentum shift in the game.
Mac5733 April 10, 2017 at 8:18pm

Jennings got involved and crossed the line.
that's what tipped off the referees.