Panthers nice Greg Alexander has branded the awarding of Jake Wardle’s controversial attempt within the World Club Challenge “the worst video referee decision” he has ever seen.
It comes after the England centre maintained that he did the truth is get the ball down amid criticism from Penrith winger Brian To’o, who instructed The Sydney Morning Herald Wardle “already knows he didn’t get it over the line”.
The contentious name was one in all many who favoured Wigan within the 16-12 victory, with the Warriors showing to throw a pair of ahead passes within the lead-up to their second attempt of the sport.
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Penrith second rower Liam Martin was additionally penalised for a one-on-one steal whereas Panthers winger Taylan May had a last-gasp attempt disallowed after the video referee dominated inconclusive proof to overturn the on-field name.
While the May resolution was the correct one given the referee had initially dominated it not a attempt, it was one more robust break for Penrith particularly when contemplating the on-field name had confirmed pivotal within the awarding of Wardle’s attempt.
Although Alexander believed there was sufficient proof from the replays to counsel Wardle was effectively wanting the road and that the attempt shouldn’t have been given.
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“The video referee performance, especially in the second half with the awarding of the Jake Wardle try, was the worst I’ve ever seen. The worst video referee decision I’ve ever seen,” Alexander mentioned on SEN Breakfast.
“He had the temerity to say there is insufficient evidence to change the on-field decision… he was a foot short. He was a foot short of the try-line. I don’t think you could get a better camera angle to make a better decision on that incident.”
Alexander additionally went on so as to add that if that was not sufficient, there was additionally “100 per cent” grounds for the attempt to be taken off the Warriors for a double motion.
“The tackle was over once he was halted, the ball stopped, he was on the ground, that was the end of play and then he sort of pushed it forward,” Alexander mentioned.
He was not the one one to be left annoyed by the refereeing from Sunday’s recreation, with former NRL and Super League playmaker Josh Reynolds “riled up” by the errors.
“That Wardle try was an absolutely terrible call,” Reynolds mentioned on Big Sports Breakfast.
“He was behind him. There was no possible way he could have seen him get it down. It just annoyed me… I don’t want to go too far into it because it riled me right up.
“You cannot call that. You cannot absolutely say he got that down from the back. We couldn’t see it from 1000 different angles, so how is he going to see it? People are going to say he made a judgement call, there is no way in any sort of judgement he could have seen that. I don’t care what anybody says.”
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That begs the query — if the referee doesn’t have an instantly robust lean both means when a possible attempt is scored, ought to they even make a ruling within the first place?
“You definitely can’t send it upstairs with a decision when you just don’t know. That’s throwing darts. That’s just having a stab,” Fox League commentator Andrew Voss mentioned on SEN Breakfast.
Previously referees used to ship tries upstairs to the video referee who, if they may not make a name, would then depart it to the on-field official to ship the ultimate ruling.
There was additionally a “benefit of the doubt” rule in favour of the attacking staff that was scrapped in 2013 in a transfer that was met with widespread reward on the time.
Despite the overwhelming criticism of the Wardle resolution, the person on the centre of the controversy is adamant that he did the truth is rating.
“I actually do think I got it down,” Wardle instructed The Mirror.
“It was never a double-movement. I think I had the tip of the ball down on the line. And he gave it. That’s all that matters.”
While there was loads of exterior noise surrounding the decision, The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield credited the Panthers for displaying a “stack of class” within the face of the drama.
“I think the entire club after the game showed a stack of class… the way the Penrith players swapped jerseys, shook hands,” Rothfield mentioned on Big Sports Breakfast.
“The coach [Ivan Cleary] with his class at the press conference. That club has copped a lot of criticism for a bit of carry-on, the way they celebrate tries. I thought they showed over in England they are a wonderful advertisement for league.”
Further to this, Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary was additionally noticed posing for selfies and signing autographs half-an-hour after the sport completed.
Former Panthers gamers Jamie Soward and Josh Mansour each took to social media to specific their anger with the rulings on Sunday, with Soward declaring the Wardle name “absolutely rubbish”.
“This is comical. Why if we are the elite league do we not have our ref over there?” Soward wrote in one other put up.
“Bias [sic] refereeing,” Mansour added.
“How does the ref award try with the angle and look from the last Wigan try and in similar circumstances award no try on Taylan [May’s] effort [on the full-time siren]?”
Panthers winger To’o mentioned within the aftermath that “lying is a sin” when requested concerning the Wardle try to was supported by Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould, who branded the English centre a “fibber” on Nine’s broadcast.
“He’s a long way short of the line there,” Gould mentioned.
“You could build a block of units between the ball and the line. He hasn’t got anywhere near the line.”
Meanwhile, on Fox League’s protection, each Braith Anasta and James Graham questioned how the referee may confidently make a name given the place he was in.
“I don’t know how he [the on-field referee] could award that a try or go up with a try,” Anasta mentioned.
“He wasn’t in a good position. He couldn’t see the ball go down on the ground. That’s a no try.”
“He couldn’t, and he’s made an assumption,” replied Graham.
“I guess that’s in the wording isn’t it? Send up it as a try, versus the moment in the dying moments where he sends it up as no-try.
“You could make a strong case for them to be the opposite. You could probably send both up as ‘I have got no-try’. I don’t know if that ball (Wardle’s try) gets to the line.”
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