After the panthers domination last week, it was obvious that calls seemed to fall their way-as did the amount of time players could spend slowing down the ruck.
below is an excerpt from Paul Crawley's column today:
DRAGONS FARCE EXPOSES BATTLING CLUBS’ ANGER
No wonder battling NRL clubs don’t think they get a fair go.
A week after Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook took aim at the NRL for the Titans not getting an even crack when it comes to the 50/50 calls, it was well and truly exposed at Kogarah again on Friday night.
And St George Illawarra has every right to be filthy.
Privately, the Dragons have been told over the weekend that they were on the wrong side of several crucial calls during their 20-16 loss to the premiers.
And the first half sin binning of Jaydn Su’A wasn’t the only contentious call that went against them.
The Dragons were also told Zac Lomax should not have been sin binned when he took a player off the ball because it was not a genuine try scoring situation.
While if Ben Hunt would have stayed down after late contact he could have also milked a sin binning.
Throw in the fact the Panthers got three set restarts but the Dragons just one, when it was clear to all watching the game the Panthers were getting away with blue murder at the ruck.
But let’s go back to the Su’a sin binning because that is the call that was ultimately match-defining.
The hit on Panthers playmaker Sean O’Sullivan was not late. It was not even high.
And it should not have been a penalty, let alone a sin bin.
Yet because O’Sullivan stayed down Su’A was marched.
It was a disgraceful call.
here is the link to the rest of it:
below is an excerpt from Paul Crawley's column today:
DRAGONS FARCE EXPOSES BATTLING CLUBS’ ANGER
No wonder battling NRL clubs don’t think they get a fair go.
A week after Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook took aim at the NRL for the Titans not getting an even crack when it comes to the 50/50 calls, it was well and truly exposed at Kogarah again on Friday night.
And St George Illawarra has every right to be filthy.
Privately, the Dragons have been told over the weekend that they were on the wrong side of several crucial calls during their 20-16 loss to the premiers.
And the first half sin binning of Jaydn Su’A wasn’t the only contentious call that went against them.
The Dragons were also told Zac Lomax should not have been sin binned when he took a player off the ball because it was not a genuine try scoring situation.
While if Ben Hunt would have stayed down after late contact he could have also milked a sin binning.
Throw in the fact the Panthers got three set restarts but the Dragons just one, when it was clear to all watching the game the Panthers were getting away with blue murder at the ruck.
But let’s go back to the Su’a sin binning because that is the call that was ultimately match-defining.
The hit on Panthers playmaker Sean O’Sullivan was not late. It was not even high.
And it should not have been a penalty, let alone a sin bin.
Yet because O’Sullivan stayed down Su’A was marched.
It was a disgraceful call.
here is the link to the rest of it: