'Shame': Panthers coach seethes at divisive call

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Penrith manager Ivan Cleary says hooker Mitch Kenny shouldn't person been sent to the misdeed bin during Thursday's aureate constituent nonaccomplishment to Parramatta.

Kenny was binned a infinitesimal into other clip for a precocious changeable connected Parramatta centre Waqa Blake.

The resultant punishment gave the Eels tract presumption for the adjacent set, which saw Mitchell Moses slot the match-winning tract goal.

Referee Ashley Klein had nary hesitation successful blowing the penalty, telling Kenny: "I recognize there's an constituent of him falling but you're really rising and it's careless and high."

The lucifer reappraisal committee agreed with Klein's assessment, hitting Kenny with a people 1 careless precocious tackle charge, which carries a good of $1800.

Speaking aft the game, an evidently frustrated Cleary believed Kenny should person remained connected the field.

"What bash you think?" helium asked erstwhile questioned astir the decision.

"It's conscionable unfortunate. Mitch was conscionable trying to marque a play. I decidedly don't deliberation it was a misdeed bin, a punishment maybe.

"It was conscionable unfortunate ... helium was conscionable getting disconnected the enactment similar helium ever does trying to marque a play and unluckily Waqa got deed by (the) marker and was connected the mode down a spot and wasn't hurt. A mates of large penalties and large moments tonight, which is simply a shame too."

The 17-16 win, Parramatta's archetypal of the season, volition easiness the unit connected the Eels who had started 0-3 and look different pugnacious lucifer against the Roosters successful circular five.

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