Eels coach Brad Arthur has queried an absence of enforcement of recent guidelines from the referees throughout his aspect’s 26-18 loss to the Panthers at BlueBet Stadium.
Arthur was pleased with his aspect for the best way they competed, particularly after they misplaced strike centre Bailey Simonsson early after a head knock.
However, Arthur was miffed that his staff didn’t get the rub of the inexperienced with refereeing selections.
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“We didn’t have a lot go right and a few things go against us, but we just have to suck it up and deal with it,” Arthur stated in his post-game press convention.
“I didn’t think we did a lot wrong, while they were very good, there were just a couple of big moments that didn’t go our way which wasn’t great.
“Not a lot went right for us with a few calls I reckon.
“I just thought there are some rule changes there that need to be enforced. You can’t jump in front of blokes when they are catching the ball, you can’t be downtown in front of kicks.
“It was downtown. It’s the rule. It is what it is.”
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The play that Arthur is referencing was Penrith’s first strive of the evening when Dylan Edwards chased down a Nathan Cleary grubber within the tenth minute.
When Cleary put the kick in, Panthers again rower Isaah Yeo was transferring ahead in direction of the road about 2-3 metres in entrance of the star halfback and in entrance of the place the earlier play the ball befell.
A brand new interpretation on the ‘downtown’ rule was put in place by the NRL this season, which if policed appropriately on this occasion, ought to have meant a disallowed attempt to a penalty to Parramatta.
The rule reads: ‘In general play, if a player is in front of the kicker and intentionally advances beyond the point of the previous play the ball before the ball has gone past the chasers, a penalty will be awarded at the mark of the play the ball’.
Eels captain Clint Gutherson says his staff nonetheless have to beat dangerous calls to win video games regardless of considering they have been “dudded”.
“Rules are rules. As Brad said we probably thought we got dudded on a couple, but we still got to try and win the game but we didn’t win,” he stated.
“We’ve adjusted to them (the new rules) alright,” Arthur added.
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