'Pissed off' Seibold goes nuclear on 'ridiculous' call

Manly manager Anthony Seibold has teed disconnected astatine the "absolutely ridiculous" determination not to penalise Warriors fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad for a mid-air tackle.

With the scores level and Manly's play connected the line, Daly Cherry-Evans' tract extremity effort was charged down by the Warriors No.1.

The shot rebounded to Reuben Garrick, down Cherry-Evans, who jumped to instrumentality the ball. Nicoll-Klokstad took Garrick's legs out, and helium landed level connected his back.

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Once connected the ground, and apt assuming a punishment was going to beryllium blown, Garrick fto spell of the ball, which constituted a sound on.

Seibold said portion the question astir the technicality of the rules surrounding the shot wasn't successful question, helium argued Nicoll-Klokstad enactment Garrick successful a unsafe position.

"Absolutely ridiculous … that's a punishment each time of the week," helium told media aft the match.

"Now, the rules accidental it's not … due to the fact that the shot bounced oregon it wasn't a kick. 

"But however galore times bash we propulsion tackles up for a flimsy crusher, springiness a punishment for idiosyncratic slipping up from thorax to the jaw. Fair dinkum."

In the pursuing set, the Warriors scored the winning try.

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Garrick smashed by ineligible mid-air tackle

Seibold went connected to accidental Garrick was receiving attraction from doctors pursuing the lucifer and indicated helium could beryllium successful uncertainty for the Sea Eagles' adjacent clash against the Bulldogs.

"Reuben can't run. We made a mediocre antiaircraft error, but our fullback can't tally and we're saying it's not a unsafe tackle. 

"I'll get a telephone telephone from (NRL referee coach) Dave Fairleigh time oregon idiosyncratic from the NRL and they'll apologise oregon say, 'Oh, look, you cognize that's the close determination or, it wasn't a unsafe tackle'.

"It was a unsafe tackle, he's injured. He couldn't decorativeness the crippled and it's our play connected the enactment truthful I'm pissed disconnected astir it.

"But our CEO volition bull a telephone from (NRL caput of football) Graham Annesley and Graham volition travel retired connected Monday and they'll spell done it, but that is simply a dormant acceptable penalty.

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"It's 2 weeks successful a enactment we've gotten dud decisions. Two weeks successful a enactment against apical 4 teams and you request a bounce of the ball, you request a telephone to spell your way."

"I'm not a manager who comes retired and has a whinge (about referees), but I'm sick of it."

Despite the outburst, Seibold was inactive capable to find praise for his squad.

"I couldn't beryllium much arrogant of the boys. They fought hard but yet weren't bully enough," helium said.

"The maturation for america is however to grip immoderate of those decisions."

Cherry-Evans agreed, questioning the explanation of a unsafe position. 

"I deliberation we each recognize the rule. The regularisation is not successful contention here. It's a unsafe position. If that's not a unsafe position. I don't cognize what it is," helium said.