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The Monday Bunker crew aren’t happy about Parramatta’s top four hopes being dashed because of a “disgraceful” decision on Brisbane’s golden point field goal.
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The Monday Bunker crew have ripped into the referees after yet another stuff-up threatens to rob a team of their season.
Brisbane’s match-winning field goal against Parramatta appeared to clearly show Darius Boyd taking out Clint Gutherson as Brisbane snuck home with a 17-16 victory.
“It’s terrible. It’s game-defining. A top four opportunity for the Eels has evaporated because the referee didn’t blow his penalty,” said The Daily Telegraph’s Paul Crawley.
“It was a deadest penalty, when it happened I couldn’t believe the commentators didn’t blow up about it, it was so obvious!”
“Once again, they’ve forgotten what the rules are!”
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Jamayne Isaako’s field goal wasn’t the only play to earn Crawley’s ire with a questionable decision to deny a try to Blake Ferguson due to a forward pass from Gutherson also copping some heat.
“It’s just wrong that they don’t do anything, and the Eels cop some rotten calls,” Crawley said.
“That no-try for Blake Ferguson, the rules says you have to pass backwards – but it doesn’t say the ball has to travel backwards.
“That could have been one of the great tries of the season. It’s a shocking call.”
The Courier-Mail’s Mike Colman could at least see the lighter side of things, but claimed rules seems to be forgotten during golden point.
“Everyone’s been waiting for Darius Boyd to do something this season and he finally has,” Colman said.
“It’s a problem – not just up here but it’s a problem whenever a game goes to golden point, because the whistle goes in the back pocket.
“Otherwise you’re going to get it going for 20 minutes cause nobody can kick a field goal, apart from Aidan Sezer.
“The offside rules seems to be completely forgotten in golden point”