Memo NRL: One wrong bunker call per weekend is unacceptable

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ANALYSIS: Memo NRL: One wrong bunker call per weekend is unacceptable

Another weekend, another terrible mistake from the bunker.in the Sharks-Dragons matchWe thought it was a try first up in the commentary position at Kogarah, but the first view we had of the replay, we realised Matt Dufty got his hand to the ball and it should have been a line drop out.Then the messages started piling in to us on ABC Grandstand saying the same thing.

I'm not saying the Dragons would have won had the try not been given, but if that try doesn't get awarded, it could have been a different ball game — and I'm saying this as a Sharks supporter. Blake ran 90 metres and scored for a try and Manly, quite rightly, blew up about it. It didn't cost them the game in the end, but it was another poor decision.

I understand it will take time if they are all going to have a debate about every decision, but if there are three people in there, at least majority rules in those tight decisions.If we get one call wrong in eight weeks, you can live with it, butYou're going to get wrong calls in matches, but technology is meant to eliminate the really bad ones and that is not happening at the moment.The referees are almost better off not going to the video because, at the moment, it's a coin toss.

Kieran Foran's leadership and kicking game were among the reasons behind the Bulldogs' smart play in the wet in Newcastle.

 

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