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Referee 'farce' sees NRL record sin-bin mayhem - CtrlF.XYZ

Referee 'farce' sees NRL record sin-bin mayhem

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NRL referee Ashley Klein has travel nether occurrence aft making a league grounds 7 sin-bin calls successful South Sydney's fiery elimination last triumph implicit the Roosters.

There was nary emotion mislaid betwixt the 2 rivals close from the archetypal minute, arsenic Klein struggled to support spotfires each implicit the crushed passim the match.

Roosters prima Victor Radley and Taane Milne were some binned twice, with Tom Burgess, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Junior Tatola each fixed their marching orders by Klein.

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Klein sensationally made a uncommon treble sin-bin telephone successful the 2nd fractional aft Radley sparked a fiery scuffle, sending the Rooster disconnected on with Tatola for what seemed an innocuous pat to the caput of Egan Butcher.

The telephone near a fig of league greats scratching their heads.

"Junior Tatola, I deliberation helium pushes idiosyncratic successful the head, thing successful it. If helium sin-bins him for this, honestly, it is an implicit farce," Andrew Johns said connected Nine's NRL coverage.

"It's laughable, perfectly laughable. Tatola comes in, helium conscionable benignant of pats him connected the head.

"Victor comes successful and pushes him due to the fact that deity forbid, if you propulsion a punch, what a joke."

"That's a misdeed bin due to the fact that they're disquieted astir what's going to happen," Billy Slater added.

Klein admitted the referees had "massive power issues" erstwhile speaking to stand-in Souths skipper Latrell Mitchell aft Tatola was binned.

Tensions boil aft 3rd sin-bin

The brutal and chaotic quality of the contention drew comparisons to the unthinkable Origin decider earlier this year.

Maroons icon Darren Lockyer and NSW Blues manager Brad Fittler were besides captious of the refereeing.

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"I deliberation this should beryllium refereed a spot similar an Origin, (give the players) a spot of leeway," Lockyer said connected NIne's coverage.

"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.

"What Victor did was perfectly thing ... it was over-aggressive, yes, but a misdeed bin, no."

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