Frustrated Manly coach Des Hasler has demanded referees front players and offer face-to-face apologies for game-changing mistakes.

RUGBY league refereeing lurched into its greatest crisis last night following an admission from the NRL of another catastrophic blunder over the weekend.

Des Hasler refused to blame a controversial eight-point try for Manly's 30-14 capitulation to the Roosters at Sydney Football Stadium on Sunday.

Manly lock Glenn Stewart might have played his last match for the season, after being hit with a grade five striking charge by the NRL judiciary.

SEA Eagles legend Steve “Beaver” Menzies has a baby boy to follow in his footsteps following the birth of his first son, Harper Mackie Menzies.

DECIPHERING Sunshine Coast’s team changes in yesterday’s match programme was harder than picking the nation’s next leader.