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Latrell's telling admission after milking claim - CtrlF.XYZ

Latrell's telling admission after milking claim

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Latrell Mitchell has denied milking penalties during Sunday's fiery elimination final, but admits the "Bunker's taken implicit the game" successful a telling penetration into however players whitethorn enactment connected an NRL field.

The blockbuster clash astatine Allianz Stadium descended into chaos arsenic a grounds 7 sin-bins and 15 penalties were blown by referee Ashley Klein and his authoritative successful the video reappraisal Bunker.

The reappraisal authoritative has the powerfulness to analyse on-field incidents and past counsel the referee to instrumentality action, adjacent if the crippled has continued for respective plays.

This happened much than erstwhile connected Sunday. Roosters firebrand Victor Radley was sin-binned erstwhile the Bunker spotted a brushed punch to a South Sydney player's head, contempt Klein being further up the tract wherever play was continuing.

In his file for Wide World of Sports connected Monday, NRL large Paul Gallen called for the Bunker to person little powerfulness to interfere portion play is ongoing - an sentiment that is shared and has been voiced by a fig of the game's legends implicit the years.

Mitchell - who was the taxable of a fig of high-contact penalties against Roosters players during the last - laughed disconnected the proposition helium milked any, but says there's nary uncertainty players recognize the Bunker is inclined to grant penalties adjacent for comparatively insignificant offences.

"I play the crippled hard and tough, and honestly I've ne'er felt the forces (to my head) that (those hits from the Roosters) brought - I deliberation they were head-hunting a small bit," Mitchell told media connected Tuesday.

"But astatine the extremity of the time that's rugby league, and if the Bunker doesn't spot it and ref doesn't spot it... that's the game.

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"I didn't bash anything, I didn't laic down, I got up connected my genu and beauteous overmuch looked astatine the ref and was similar 'what's going on?'.

"But that's the crippled of rugby league astatine the moment... we don't laic down for penalties, we don't look for them.

"The Bunker's taken implicit the game, truthful I conjecture that's however the crippled is played. It is what it is."

Rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns is 1 who has consistently voiced his vexation astatine the level of the Bunker's power connected NRL games.

He says if the NRL insists connected utilizing the video reappraisal technology, it should beryllium constricted to try-scoring situations and not wide play.

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Mitchell says helium doesn't person an contented with the fig of sin-bins and penalties handed down, arsenic agelong arsenic they're delivered successful a just mode for some teams.

"It's semi-final footy, the ref likes to enactment the whistle distant a small but, and that's however it should be," helium said.

"You've conscionable got to beryllium accordant successful a mode wherever it works for some sides."

The Rabbitohs volition instrumentality connected the Sharks successful different do-or-die clash connected Saturday night.

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