Manly coach Des Hasler unloaded on the referees after the Sea Eagles went down to the Ellis 22-20 on Friday night.
Despite leading by 10 points late in the second half, Manley fell short when Mitch Moses slotted through a game-winning conversion from the sidelines in the shadow of the full time.
The life of Hasler’s men was particularly difficult when star fullback Tom Trobozevic came off the field with a shoulder injury, while Shaun Keppi did not even have a scene bin for a dangerous tackle in the 72nd minute, holding a four-point lead. Help
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After his team lost the last half, Hasler called out several incidents from the match that he claimed his team had lost.
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He was particularly disappointed with the decision to penalize Christian Tuipulotu for a high tackle, which gave the Eagles a set of new tackles at the end of the game, just as the Manly players celebrated thinking they had regained their possession.
“Yes, it wasn’t much, it was a good tackle. It’s a brave tackle, it’s called a tri-saver,” Hasser told reporters at his post-match press conference.
“The idea of a game is to defend … and bring big drama.
“It somehow adds to the frustration of the result, behind a 9-2 penalty count. They (Il) are back in the game, I thought.
“We punished some idiots.”
When Moses hit the match-winner to burn the Ellis late, that effort was behind Will Penicini’s attempt in the corner.
Penicini’s attempt at the lead-up sparked some controversy when the question arose as to whether Junior Paolo made a forward pass that found its way to Morgan Harper, who was unable to hold the ball before the referee Ben Cummins ruled with a knock. -Continued.
League legend Andrew Johns said in Nine’s NRL coverage, “That ball goes ahead … I thought it went ahead of junior.”
Although Hasler did not mention which forward pass moment he was referring to, he did suggest that one was missed.
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Claiming a forward pass was missed, Hasler referred to the loss to the Sea of Eagles’ controversial 2020 eagle, where Manley denied attempting to win a match when a forward pass was ruled out in the lead-up.
“I thought the call was very suspicious,” Hasler added.
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“A forward pass, it was the same call as a few years ago – did not miss that forward pass.
“Gutherson kick-chase was probably at least one meter off-side.
“So, I’m sure Ben (Cummins) will review his game.”
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