Controversy in NRL take 2
Just yesterday I was writing about controversial endings to NRL games recently. Well it has happened again. This time it is a penalty awarded against Manly’s Matt Orford.
To set the scene the score was 17-16 in favour of Manly who were on the Gold Coast playing the Titans. Preston Campbell had chipped ahead, put the ball on the toe again and as he chased the ball Orford came across and went down on the ball. The ref pinged Orford for obstruction and a minute later Scott Prince slotted the ball between the posts for two points. Game over!!
The Gold Coast took the match 18-17.
As I was watching the match my fist impression with this incident was that Orford had taken out Campbell. After seeing a replay I thought hmmm, he went for the ball, no penalty. Then again I saw another replay and this time thought in going for the ball the first move was to take out Campbell and then he got the ball.
The referee does not get all these replays so he has to be sure to make a call like he did. I can see how he came up with the decision. Manly coach Des Hasler sure did not. He was fuming after the match but he is biased.
Did you see the match? What do you think was the correct call? Leave your comments below.
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