Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has made a shocking declare relating to the NRL’s management of the referees in a press convention for the ages after his facet’s loss to the Broncos.
Quite a lot of contentious calls had been made in opposition to his workforce, with Jordan Rapana being despatched to the sin bin for an unsightly journey on Brisbane winger Selwyn Cobbo.
Hudson Young was additionally penalised for an escort in a second that left Stuart enraged, forcing him to query if referees boss Jared Maxwell had his energy taken away by NRL powerbrokers.
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“Jared Maxwell is a very good operator, he is a very good boss of the referees,” Stuart stated.
“I reckon the power has been taken off Jared in a number of areas, because they aren’t improving and Jared was a very intelligent referee.
“He is a very good boss of the referees, I honestly believe there has been a lot of power taken off him.
“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.
“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.”
Stuart remained brief with an offended look on his face all through the entire press convention, slamming referee Adam Gee’s efforts constantly.
“It wasn’t just that call mate, it went for 80 minutes,” Stuart stated.
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“We try not to get frustrated at referees but some of the calls tonight, I can’t not get frustrated at them,” Elliott Whitehead stated.
“Best not say anything myself because I don’t want a fine at the end of the day.”
Post-match, Raiders followers gave the referees a bit of their thoughts and booed the match officers off the bottom and Stuart believes he is aware of why the gang had been raucous.
“It doesn’t matter what my view is… why do you reckon they do it?” Stuart stated.
“Why do you think little old ladies sit on their chairs, they’ve had a bad day. When little old ladies are going off their head, you’ve had a bad day.
“I can’t do nothing, you’ve just got to cop it.”
The skilled coach additionally left reporters ready for over an hour after the ultimate whistle sounded, revealing NRL bosses had been questioning why he hadn’t fronted the media.
“I get bought in here, I’ve got the NRL ringing up my media manager saying ‘why isn’t he in this press conference?’. The reason I’m not in this press conference,” Stuart stated.
“And why I have to keep you poor people waiting, is because I’m pissed off.
“Because people aren’t doing their jobs properly.”
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While Stuart was clearly fuming with Young’s escort penalty, league legends Greg Alexander Corey Parker believed it was time for some self reflection.
They each agreed that the decision was debatable however pointed to Rapana’s sin bin amongst different errors made by the Raiders all through the evening.
“It [the escort call] was a big turning point for the Raiders. We see that sort of stuff game in and game out and he’s obviously highly frustrated,” Parker stated.
“It was a real difference [in the game]. They were really pressing at that point in time and they had a couple of calls go against them.
“Having said that, we’ve already touched on the Rapana 10 in the bin. At that point it was 20 points to 18.
“That was a real costly moment. So if he wants to get peeved off with someone, he should get peeved off with Rapana.”
“I don’t think Hudson Young played any part in where Selwyn Cobbo ended up. He ran towards him… his arm barely brushed him,” Alexander added.
“But Selwyn was going to get no closer to the ball if Hudson was there or not there. I thought it was a tough penalty.
“But there were a lot of things that happened in the game that Ricky could look to his players and go, ‘You did the wrong there’.”
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