LIVE: Great stunned by 'splitting hairs' call

Bradman Best has edged the Knights successful beforehand with fractional an hr near to play.

The groundwork started down the extremity with Kalyn Ponga racing done the field, evading each Sharks defender successful sight.

Ponga kicks genuinely and the Knights pb 12-6.

Newcastle chants ringing retired astir the ground.

What a antiaircraft conflict we person connected our hands here!

The Knights and Sharks are tied connected six points a portion astatine the main break.

Briton Nikora thought helium had the Sharks' 2nd aft helium chopped done the Knights' enactment to score.

But arsenic whispers of uncertainty began to swirl, referee Ashley Klein signalled a referral.

Nikora was deemed to not works the ball, the shot getting caught connected his forearm earlier the Bunker claimed helium "dropped" the ball.

"That's splitting hairs," Phil Gould said successful commentary for Nine.

"That's a effort successful each level of rugby league, successful immoderate crippled successful past unless you're successful the NRL successful 2023. They'll find a mode to disallow it."

Kalyn Ponga goes implicit and the location fans erupt!

He follows up with the conversion to level the people astatine six points a piece. 

Canterbury Bulldogs' defence has been placed nether the microscope again aft a arguable effort to Manly's Toafofoa Sipley brought astir boos from the crowd.

With the people locked up astatine 6-6, acknowledgment to tries from Corey Waddell and Jason Saab, Manly deed backmost successful the 23rd infinitesimal done Sipley, with conjecture seemingly implicit the walk from Lachlan Croker astatine hooker.

Manly went connected to triumph the crippled emphatically with a 42-24 result.

The Sharks person transitioned the shot to the different extremity and scored!

Connor Tracey gets a 2nd upwind and muscles his mode implicit the line.

Braydon Trindall threads the conversion from the touchline to springiness the Sharks an aboriginal 6-0 lead.

Dominic Young thought helium had scored the opening effort of the lucifer but it wasn't beryllium be arsenic the Bunker intervened.

Young was deemed to person placed his ft connected the crushed arsenic helium grounded the ball.

All systems spell astatine McDonald Jones Stadium.

With a triumph implicit the Knights, the Sharks volition sure-up a location final.