Roosters coach Trent Robinson has put the blowtorch on a referee and bunker after a “disappointing” no-try choice that he believes was a “soft call.”
The Roosters misplaced 22-12 to the Sharks at PointsBet Stadium on Friday evening however solely trailed by 4 factors with seven minutes left on the clock.
Prop Lindsay Collins charged in direction of the road and seemed to have grounded the ball very shut — if not on — the road.
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Referee Grant Atkins despatched it as much as the bunker as a no-try and the bunker didn’t have enough proof to overturn that decision.
Robinson referred to as the choice “disappointing” as a result of he had “two guys saying it was 100 per cent a try” in Collins and Brandon Smith.
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He additionally believes Atkins might have missed the ball touching the tryline and referred to as the choice to ship it up as a no-try a “poor excuse.”
“Lindsay’s try was disappointing. To miss that, he’s 100 per cent sure he scored it, he looked like it was on the line — ‘Smitty’ (Brandon Smith) saw it so to not get that it was really disappointing,” Robinson stated.
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“I think they missed it, to be honest. I feel like the way that Lindsay lunged late and then got there, they got surprised by it and so therefore the bunker needed to look at that.
“It was pretty clear from the angles that I saw that the ball was on the line and then they just… I felt that was a poor excuse, the on-field decision.
“There was enough angles there to say it was on the line… That’s the role of that. If they miss it on field, which they did because they were surprised by it, then ‘Smitty’ saw it and Lindsay saw it and went ‘hey, try.’
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“There was no negative reaction from the opposition and they just make a soft call.”
Robinson was fast so as to add although that his aspect “should’ve held that next bar” following the choice.
Smith was despatched to the sin bin two minutes later for a excessive shot earlier than the Sharks scored to seal the win. Victor Radley then joined Smith within the bin for the ultimate two minutes of the sport for an expert foul.
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