Legend shocked at 'soft' call in Warriors rampage

Andrew Johns has expressed his daze astatine referee Adam Gee's determination to misdeed bin Marata Niukore aft a precocious changeable connected Moses Suli ruled the Dragons centre retired for the remainder of the game.

Suli was ruled to beryllium suffering from class 1 symptoms during his caput wounded assessment, ending his nighttime arsenic the Warriors went connected to win the crippled 48-18.

The Warriors second-rower was fixed his marching orders successful the 42nd minute, with Shaun Johnson heard to beryllium screaming "no way" aft the decision.

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NRL large Andrew Johns was besides shocked.

"Really? For that?," helium said connected Nine's coverage.

"In this concern you're looking astatine it successful dilatory motion. If you look astatine it successful existent clip ... Niukore's footwork is determination and he's planted and acceptable to go, astatine the past infinitesimal Suli drops his assemblage presumption which past drops his caput into the shoulder."

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"In that divided 2nd it's intolerable for the defender to alteration the constituent of wherever he's going to tackle. It's a existent pugnacious one."

Minutes aft the incident, Johns was inactive fired up implicit the call.

"It was a brushed misdeed bin," helium said.

Post-game Cameron Smith said it was "difficult" for Niukore to alteration his positioning.

"It's wide precocious interaction but it's a hard one," helium said.

"It's been made wide to the players, they speech astir work of attraction to defenders, and showing work of attraction to the shot carriers but it's precise hard successful situations similar that erstwhile you've got a large antheral successful Moses Suli bringing the shot backmost similar that with precocious footwork."

The misdeed bin didn't beryllium excessively costly for the Warriors, arsenic they continued to predominate the Dragons with Paul Gallen noting connected Nine's sum that the location fans walked retired precocious successful the game.

At half-time, the Warriors led 20-6 with tries to Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Marcelo Montoya, Bayley Sironen and Jackson Ford.

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Post-game, Shaun Johnson revealed a "rocket" from manager Andrew Webster astatine half-time inspired the broadside to a ascendant 2nd half.

It wasn't disconnected to the top commencement erstwhile Niukore was sent from the tract and Zane Musgrove scoring 3 minutes later. 

Watene-Zelezniak had his 2nd portion the Warriors were down to 12-men and continued the rampage with Johnson and Rocco Berry besides going over. Watene-Zelezniak finished with 4 tries portion Francis Molo scored the different for the Dragons. 

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Throughout the game, NRL large Cameron Smith was highly complimentary of the Warriors arsenic they moved into the apical four.

"Nights similar contiguous erstwhile their onslaught clicks, they're arsenic unsafe arsenic immoderate squad successful the competition," helium said.

"Winning contiguous ... they tin determination temporarily into the apical four, they are the astir improved shot broadside successful this competition, by a state mile. I'm definite travel finals time, if they're there, whoever they travel up against volition beryllium precise nervous."

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