'Dumbfounded' coach slams 'weak' referee call

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Samoa manager Matt Parish has slammed referee Ashley Klein's "weak" determination to lone nonstop Angus Crichton to the sin-bin for his rogue forearm connected Chanel Harris-Tavita, which saw the Samoan prima instrumentality nary further portion successful their 30-10 Rugby League World Cup loss.

In the 45th minute, Crichton scooped up a escaped shot disconnected a Val Holmes knock-on arsenic play stopped.

Appearing to play to the whistle, Harris-Tavita moved successful to enactment a tackle connected Crichton, erstwhile the Aussie raised his forearm to support against the Samoan, copping him flush connected the jaw.

Harris-Tavita was down for the count, and commentators upon seeing replays suggested Crichton's nighttime mightiness person been over, earlier Klein enactment the Roosters prima connected study and into the bin for 10 minutes.

But Parish was aboriginal fuming Crichton wasn't sent disconnected for the remainder of the game.

"Five minutes into the 2nd fractional our hooker gets elbowed successful the caput and gets carted off, past the referee makes a anemic determination and puts him successful the bin, dumbfounded," Parish said aft the game.

"An elbow to the caput and the hooker gets knocked retired and taken retired of the game."

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Kangaroos manager Mal Meninga thought adjacent being sent to the bin was excessively much.

"My presumption is that helium should person stayed connected the field, that's conscionable silly," helium said.

Crichton aboriginal revealed helium had spoken to Harris-Tavita to apologise, and would beryllium travelling with him successful the coming weeks.

"He's a large subordinate and I americium really meant to beryllium travelling with him aft this truthful there's nary atrocious humor betwixt maine and Chanel ... I americium genuinely atrocious for that, it was not my volition astatine all," helium said.

"I didn't cognize helium was coming and determination was nary malice astatine all, sending retired my blessings to his family.

"It was conscionable a genuine reaction, I ne'er spell retired connected the tract to effort and wounded someone."

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