Veteran rugby league reporter Phil Rothfield has joined Raiders coach Ricky Stuart in slamming one essential choice which went towards Canberra in Round 26.
With minutes left on the clock and the sport within the stability, Raiders backrower Hudson Young was penalised for an escort in a second that left Stuart enraged.
In his post-match press convention, the skilled coach questioned if energy had been taken off referee’s boss Jared Maxwell.
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With a digicam skilled in on him late within the sport, Stuart was additionally noticed screaming “f**k off” as his aspect conceded two late tries.
“Every escort is going to be exactly the same as Hudson’s, but why does it go against us? As it did here three or four weeks ago,” Stuart mentioned.
“It happens every game on these escorts, I don’t understand why it has been us. Or I do understand but that’s probably the part I can’t talk about.”
Now Rothfield has echoed Stuart’s feedback and defined that comparable conditions go unsanctioned each week.
“When the Bunker is there to help the referees who are under enormous pressure with the pace of game in the middle of the field,” Rothfield mentioned on the Big Sports Breakfast.
“Places on the line, finals spots up for grabs… did you guys watch the Raiders? They were six points behind, there was about five or ten minutes to go.
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“They take a line dropout and Hudson Young was penalised for being a blocker or interference, it was one of the weakest penalties I’ve ever seen.
“I see it happen every week, every game and every team. The old nitpicking Bunker ping him, and the Broncos go down the other end and score.
“That cost the Raiders an opportunity to level the game and it is just not good enough.”
Stuart additionally claimed choices went towards his aspect for “80 minutes” with the on-field referees booed off the bottom after his aspect’s Saturday night time conflict.
“Why do you think little old ladies sit on their chairs, they’ve (the referees) had a bad day. When little old ladies are going off their head, you’ve had a bad day,” Stuart added.
“I can’t do nothing, you’ve just got to cop it.”
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