The Bulldogs have sensationally been awarded a penalty strive within the last minutes of their loss to the Raiders within the first match of the NRL’s Magic Round.
With three minutes remaining and trailing 34-24, Bulldogs fullback Hayze Perham was taken out with out the ball by Raiders ahead Ata Mariota two metres out from Canberra’s objective line.
While clearly a penalty, the Bunker decided that Perham would have scored had he not been tackled.
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“There is drama here. We have a grandstand finish here in game 1 of Magic Round,” Warren Smith stated on Fox League.
“He (Mariota) makes contact with Hayze Perham, who in the opinion of the video referee, would have scored if not contacted with.”
Matt Burton added the 2 factors to make the rating 34-30 however the Raiders had been capable of maintain on and safe the win, their fourth in a row.
Adding to the drama was that the Raiders had a strive disallowed a minute earlier which might have iced the sport, after a ball that ricocheted of Jack Wighton’s head was dominated to have been misplaced ahead.
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Winger Xavier Savage scooped up the misplaced ball and ran 50 metres to attain however referee Chris Sutton rapidly dominated it no strive.
“Raiders are blowing up deluxe … It’s hit him straight on the forehead,” Warren Smith stated.
“That’s an awful call against the Raiders and Jack Wighton.”
“What a 60 seconds it’s been,” Smith stated after the Perham penalty strive.
Source: www.foxsports.com.au