As a shattered Nicho Hynes rued the Sharks' two-point decision to the Cowboys successful a marathon qualifying last connected Saturday night, the Cronulla halfback made it wide helium disagreed with a sin-bin call.
A pulsating clash betwixt Cronulla and North Queensland astatine Shark Park, won by the Cowboys 32-20 aft 92 minutes, was deed by contention erstwhile Connor Tracey was sin-binned successful the 73rd minute.
As Valentine Holmes pursued a Chad Townsend grubber heavy successful Cronulla territory, Tracey impeded the North Queensland centre illegally, the Bunker deemed.
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The Cowboys capitalised connected the Sharks being 1 antheral down for 10 minutes, salvaging 8 points to quadrate the scores astatine 30-30 by the extremity of the 80 minutes.
Moments aft a 45-metre Holmes tract extremity clinched triumph for the Cowboys successful aureate point, Hynes ripped the determination to nonstop Tracey to the misdeed bin successful a earthy interrogation connected Nine's coverage.
"A spot hard done by, I reckon, (with) that sin-bin," Hynes said.
"Shoulder to enarthrosis and you get sin-binned for that.
"But we've inactive got to support our enactment there."
Brad Fittler defended the sin-bin decision.
"Connor Tracey did his champion to really look similar helium was going for the ball, and helium was getting his limb astir Valentine Holmes," Fittler said.
"It'd beryllium absorbing if you really sat him down and asked him what helium was really doing.
"I felt similar helium was going a spot some ways.
"But I deliberation it was reasonably legitimate.
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"The ref and the Bunker are enactment successful a precise pugnacious concern there.
"The information is helium goes into Valentine Holmes and uses his assemblage to propulsion him."
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Cameron Smith offered a antithetic perspective.
"I deliberation due to the fact that Val Holmes was betwixt him and the ball ... helium was benignant of blinded of erstwhile Val Holmes was going to instrumentality power of that football," Smith said.
"So I deliberation helium was conscionable banking connected Val getting the shot successful his hands and trying to sound it escaped oregon adjacent trying to clasp him up.
"A spot of a pugnacious 1 there."
Saturday night's qualifying last was a clash betwixt the second-placed Sharks and third-placed Cowboys.
The Cowboys earned the 2nd play of the finals disconnected successful their gripping triumph, portion the Sharks volition conscionable the victor of the Roosters-Rabbitohs elimination last successful a semi final.
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