Australian Ref rules in favour of Australia in Australia. In one of the sports most defining moments of 2014, international Rugby League was rocked by a decision deemed controversial in some quarters.
Australia reeling from a defeat to New Zealand in the first game, needed to make amends and post a win to keep themselves in the tournament.
The competition being held in Australia was at 16-12 to the Australians, Australian Greg Inglis looked to have knocked the ball dead, Australian referee Gerard Sutton referred it up to Australian video referee Bernard Sutton but the Australians decided to disallow it saying the ball was on the way up when it was touched by Ryan Hall.
Australian Ref rules in favour of Australia in Australia. In one of the sports most defining moments of 2014, international Rugby League was rocked by a decision deemed controversial in some quarters.
Australia reeling from a defeat to New Zealand in the first game, needed to make amends and post a win to keep themselves in the tournament.
The competition being held in Australia was at 16-12 to the Australians, Australian Greg Inglis looked to have knocked the ball dead, Australian referee Gerard Sutton referred it up to Australian video referee Bernard Sutton but the Australians decided to disallow it saying the ball was on the way up when it was touched by Ryan Hall.
They say it touched Halls finger on the upward bounce off the floor. What a load of clap trap, the picture showed the ball definitely on the ground with the finger on it. When are we going to man up and refuse the Aussies their own way with the officials. Many times Australia could have been penalised for moving off the mark to play the ball, to be ignored completely. In fact we got penalised for not standing square when the player strode past our markers to play it.
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