NRL: A disallowed try in the 23rd minute has resulted in an all-time Wayne-Bennett blow up in the Dolphins press conference.
NRL head of football Graham Annesley has backed the Bunker’s controversial no-try call in the Dolphins’ narrow, season-ending loss to the Knights that left Wayne Bennett fuming.
“If that’s the case, then there will be no more of those tries scored because they’ll run straight into the deliberately because they know they’ll get a penalty. You understand what I’m saying? “Involved in this incident we’ve got Connelly Lemuelu who is the lead runner, Jack Cogger and Brodie Jones are the two defenders, and Trai Fuller is the player who ultimately crosses to claim the try.
“As Lemuelu comes through you can see Jones bounce back there, he has to reset, set off in the chase and gets there. So in this situation would he have got there one or two steps earlier, would he have been able to effect a better tackle? Potentially, we’ll never know the answer to that, but the fact is that there was contact by the lead runner on a player who is entitled to try and defend without being impacted by a player from the team in possession who doesn’t have the ball.
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