Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett has taken purpose on the NRL’s referees, slamming inconsistency in determination making surrounding excessive tackles.
Early within the second half of his facet’s loss to the Roosters, enforcer Ray Stone was despatched to the sin bin for a excessive sort out on Roosters playmaker Drew Hutchison.
Stone’s arm caught Hutchison’s head, who was falling with one other Dolphins defender wrapped round his legs in a sort out.
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Referee Todd Smith raised ten fingers and gave Stone his marching orders and within the 10 minutes he was sidelined the Roosters prolonged their lead from 12-8 to 24-8.
Speaking within the post-match press convention, Bennett stated his group’s loss didn’t come right down to perspective and as a substitute laid the blame on the refereeing selections.
“The decision we got on the sin bin, it was as much to do with the result as anything else,” Bennett stated.
“There’s no doubt he got hit in the head, not denying that for a moment. He got put on report and that was fair enough.
“But we had Kodi Nikorima who got hit in the head with an elbow and that was just put on report and a penalty.
“The tackle Ray was in he got hit below, he was coming in to tackle and he just dropped his height.
“That’s one of those things that happens in the game and you put it on report and go from there… but I think it was way over the top.
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“Look at the impact it has on the game, it has a huge impact on the game. Look at the games over the weekend, a few guys have got hit high but they stay on the field.
“They haven’t got it right, it is as simple as that… they haven’t got it right.”
The Dolphins additionally misplaced three gamers to concussion in addition to hooker Jeremy Marshall-King who left the sector, together with his lingering shoulder harm getting the perfect of him.
Bennett hailed his facet’s efficiency, praising the Dolphins for nonetheless trying to safe victory with a number of gamers sidelined.
“He (Marshall-King) won’t play again this season, he’s finished now,” Bennett stated.
“There was a few more in there as well, I think we have a broken toe, something else and hamstring problems. We will sort it out during the week.
“It was a bad night, but our effort was outstanding. I can’t fault our effort with the amount of adversity we went through.
“I thought they were tremendous the way they kept at it.”
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