Brissie Kid said:
Hard to believe but I actually feel sorry for Cechin. It was a 50/50 call whether to let that play the ball go or not, but the NRL have after hours of reviewing replays now come out said it was the wrong call. He had to make a split second decision with the game on the line. Thrown him under a bus.
Yeah, rather than say he made the decision in the run of play and we'll all live with it they say it was a wrong call. The NRL are tweaking the rules constantly to keep the ball in play but won't back the ref on this.
Plenty of times when there has been a blatantly wrong call they say nothing, they should either back their refs, drop them or not say a word.
The game was there to be won and lost, Melbourne would be blowing up if they weren't allowed to play the ball. I know as a spectator I'd prefer if the player is making an attempt to get up and play it, it should be play on.
We've got to think if a Dragons player conceded a penalty in the ruck at that moment what would the consequences be? The siren's gone, game over then the Storm would be blowing up saying they were denied a chance to win or level it.
The amount of times they just blow full time prematurely far outweighs the times they don't.
The video ref allowed the Dragons try when Dugan was offside which to me is more concerning as they've got plenty of looks at it and the rule is black and white.
Saints should be looking at themselves for letting the Storm get in that position in the first place.