NRL's fierce defence of record sin-bin frenzy

The NRL has launched a resolute defence of the utmost usage of the misdeed bin during Sunday's elimination last betwixt the Roosters and Rabbitohs.

The Allianz Stadium clash, won 30-14 by the Rabbitohs, featured a grounds 7 sin-bins.

The Roosters' Victor Radley was sin-binned for punching and again for racing successful to articulation a melee, portion teammate Jared Waerea-Hargreaves was ordered disconnected for what Andrew Johns described arsenic a "head slam".

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The NRL has launched a staunch defence of the utmost usage of the misdeed bin during Sunday's elimination last betwixt the Roosters and Rabbitohs. (Getty)

The Rabbitohs' Taane Milne was sin-binned doubly for precocious contact, teammate Tom Burgess was fixed his marching orders for a precocious shot and Tevita Tatola was sin-binned for a caput push.

Darren Lockyer and Brad Fittler were among those captious of the officiating.

"I deliberation this should beryllium refereed a spot similar an Origin. (Give the players) a spot of leeway," Lockyer said.

"It was rather evident aboriginal however this crippled was going to beryllium played, and the referees needed to person a chill caput astir it," Fittler added.

But erstwhile NRL caput of shot Graham Annesley was asked wherefore truthful galore sin-bins were enforced, helium attributed it to "a deficiency of subject by the players".

"The lucifer officials respond to what happens," Annesley said.

"We surely don't spell retired successful immoderate crippled with the instructions to lucifer officials that they should beryllium dismissing players from the field, whether it beryllium a impermanent play of 10 minutes successful the misdeed bin oregon whether it beryllium for the remainder of the match.

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"Our nonsubjective is to support everybody connected the field. But that's not successful the hands of the lucifer officials; that's successful the hands of the players and however they attack the game.

"We saw a full scope of incidents that took spot wherever the players took those decisions, frankly, retired of the hands of the referees and the Bunker. It was disappointing that we saw arsenic galore incidents successful the crippled arsenic we did.

"It was a precise intense, carnal game, determination was a batch of emotion successful it. And each of that is fine, that's 100 per cent fine. We don't person a occupation with immoderate of that. That's the quality of our game. It's precise physical, it's precise intense, it's precise emotional. But players cognize wherever that enactment successful the soil is astir compliance with the rules ... and what's acceptable and what's not ... connected aggregate occasions they crossed that line."

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Ashley Klein refereed the match, Kasey Badger and David Munro were the interaction judges, and Grant Atkins was the Bunker official.

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"That's not the responsibility of the referee, it's not the responsibility of the Bunker, nor the interaction judges; that's the actions of the players," Annesley added.

"That's not an acceptable mode to play the crippled connected immoderate of those occasions.

"These incidents that took spot unluckily marred the spectacle and brought the referees into the crippled wherever determination was nary request for the referees to beryllium brought into the game."

When asked if helium thought the officials mislaid power of the game, Annesley remained defiant.

"No, I don't," helium said.

"In fact, I commend them for staying the course.

"There would beryllium occasions successful the past wherever immoderate mightiness person expected the referees to say, 'Gee, I can't enactment immoderate much players successful the bin', and deterioration the referee down, truthful to speak.

"But we've worked precise hard, too, connected consistency with the referees, and they cognize what's acceptable and not acceptable successful the game."

Two binned arsenic Roosters, Rabbitohs clash

Annesley said the NRL had had nary correspondence with clubs regarding foul play up of the archetypal play of the finals.

He besides denied the Roosters-Rabbitohs clash was the effect of a 'crackdown', similar the 1 employed successful past season's Magic Round.

"The strongest memo that the NRL sent to the clubs was 7 players sent to the misdeed bin and aggregate charges," Annesley said.

"Everyone knows that immoderate of the incidents that took spot were implicit the top. So, we don't request to archer either of the 2 clubs that; they cognize that."

The 2nd play of the finals volition spot the Eels look the Raiders astatine CommBank Stadium connected Friday night, earlier the Sharks conscionable the Rabbitohs astatine Allianz Stadium connected Saturday night.

Top-four teams Penrith and North Queensland won connected the opening play to beforehand to the preliminary finals.

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