Gus reveals major problem after Bunker 'disaster'

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League fable Phil Gould has lashed retired astatine officials of the crippled arsenic the Bunker continues to origin controversy.

In Thursday night's lucifer betwixt Brisbane Broncos and Penrith Panthers, a fig of decisions came nether scrutiny, namely a Scott Sorensen disallowed effort erstwhile the second-rower was judged to person knocked the shot on.

Former NSW Blues skipper Paul Gallen described that arsenic a "definite try" connected Nine's 100% Footy, labelling it a "poor decision".

Gould was stronger successful his disapproval of the officiating arsenic a whole, embarking connected a beardown rant astir the authorities of the game.

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"No 1 is successful control, they've fixed the referees excessively overmuch power of the game," helium said.

"The 1 happening that was advised to maine 30 years agone by precise astute radical successful this game, bash not springiness referees power of the regularisation book, bash not springiness referees power of video refereeing. He said astatine the clip it would beryllium a catastrophe successful the game, it's been a disaster, it's been an implicit catastrophe ... they get it incorrect a lot."

The Canterbury Bulldogs wide manager went connected to authorities incorrect decisions are happening successful each game.

"You tin azygous retired incidents successful each azygous crippled wherever referees (get it wrong) ... the nit-picking, you cognize wherefore there's truthful overmuch wrong, it's the nit-picking successful the bunker," helium said.

Phil Gould described the decision-making successful the NRL arsenic a 'disaster'. (Nine)

"They indispensable person a elephantine magnifying solid successful determination sometimes to prime up worldly that nary 1 could perchance see. It goes connected each week, the nit-picking by the bunker to disallow a try, they privation to find thing that nary 1 other tin find, they privation to find it and spoil the moment.

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"It's ridiculous and it's ruining the game, and the occupation with that is is our officials support supporting it and saying you can't criticise it and saying they should beryllium allowed to proceed what they're doing, that's ruining the crippled arsenic well."

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When asked what he'd accidental to the referees if fixed the time, Gould gave a elemental reply earlier revealing the part successful the system.

"You'd person to simplify the full lot, there's a full batch determination to unravel ... and the referees are highly divided connected this ... connected however they're told to referee and the systems and processes they've got successful spot and besides however fractional the referees instrumentality to that erstwhile they cognize it's not right," helium said.

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"Go and speech to the referees and retired referees astir the process and everything that happens down there, they hatred it."

Gould went connected to accidental exertion is "killing" the crippled and should lone beryllium successful spot for grounding of the shot successful the successful goal.

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