Bunker ‘failure’ sparks concern; Rabbitohs’ ‘relief’ as next men up shine: Rd 4 Talking Points

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NRL: The Sunday Night with Matty Johns crew discussed the NRL admitting their bunker blunder on Thursday evening.

NRL 2024: South Sydney Rabbitohs, Jason Demetriou, Tyrell Sloan, Dragons, Brad Schneider, Panthers, Nathan Cleary’s replacement, Tristan Sailor, Talking Points, Round 4The Bunker was back in the headlines during an action-packed Round 4 that produced multiple upsets.That left the Titans as the only winless team in the competition as they were thrashed again, this time by the Dolphins, which triggered an all-time Des Hasler spray.

“He is required to stop prior to interfering with any defenders, at this point he stops Dylan Edwards from being able to slide and assist in defending this play, which is an obstruction,” Bunker official Chris Butler said when giving his decision of no try.“In the circumstances, the Bunker does have discretion to consider whether a defender could have prevented the try,” Annesley said.

“They were black and white with the obstruction because Edwards changes his line as well, and so they were black and white with the call. But on the one where there was an obstruction, they leave it to interpretation,” Robinson said.While his team were on the right end of the two calls, Cleary couldn’t hide his frustration with the interpretation.

“I was concerned last week with one of them, I was concerned yesterday with one I saw last night,” Bennett said. Adding another complication to this issue is that it appears some defensive players are doing all that they can to take advantage of the way obstructions are policed.That prompted a “gee whiz” from Fox League’s Greg Alexander before his co-commentator Andrew Voss, said what everybody was thinking.“You can’t go near a player, you breathe on him and he falls over,” Alexander responded.Titans coach Des Hasler has now lost 10 games in a row, dating back to his time at the Sea Eagles.

Hasler was more composed in his post-match press conference but also didn’t beat around the bush when asked about his bottom-of-the-table side. “We start well, create some good platforms and then we give it all away. And it’s not going to get easier.”“We’re just not consistent enough with our attack at the moment, we’re coming up with silly errors early on,” Foran said.

The 21-year-old scored a double against the Sea Eagles on Saturday, taking his season tally to six tries in four games, and Sloan has now crossed in five straight games at WIN Stadium. “I think Shane Flanagan has mentally got him right, body wise he looks better, and he looks more confident.”

 

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