It appears the only people who thought Bailey Simonsson committed a professional foul during the NRL clash between the Raiders and Storm were the ones sitting in the video referees' bunker.
The NRL bunker will have questions to answer after attracting almost consensus disapproval over a crucial decision to send a Raiders player to the sin bin on Saturday night against the Storm.The video referee was asked to rule on interference as Josh Addo-Carr and Bailey Simonsson chased a ball
While in real time it appeared to be worth a penalty and the possibility of a penalty try was even floated, the replays showed Simonsson only had eyes for the ball despite coming into contact with Addo-Carr. The Storm took advantage of Simonsson's absence to touch down where he would have been defending less than a minute later.
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