{"id":120960,"date":"2021-08-29T06:55:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T06:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=120960"},"modified":"2021-08-29T08:58:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T08:58:03","slug":"dogs-robbed-as-bunker-makes-howler-of-a-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=120960","title":{"rendered":"Dogs 'robbed' as bunker makes howler of a call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manly<\/a> have powered through Canterbury<\/a> in the second half to clinch a 36-18 win<\/a> and move into fourth on the ladder, but the victory was soured by controversy.<\/p>\n

After heading into the half-time break trailing the Bulldogs 12-10, the Sea Eagles took the lead through a Tom Trbojevic<\/a> try in the 44th minute of the Brisbane clash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the superstar fullback appeared to fail to ground the ball cleanly as he wrestled with a tenacious Jack Hetherington<\/a> in the in-goal area.<\/p>\n

Trbojevic didn't ground the ball as he made a first attempt and, although the footy eventually found the turf on a second attempt, the Manly flyer appeared to have bobbled it.<\/p>\n

Despite that, bunker official Chris Butler awarded Manly the try, leaving the rugby league world staggered.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

"The Bulldogs fans right now are saying, 'You're kidding'. They are saying, 'The bottom teams get the dud calls'," said Fox League commentator Andrew Voss.<\/p>\n

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Former Panthers<\/a> captain Greg Alexander took aim at the inconsistency of decisions.<\/p>\n

"How many times have you heard that when the ball comes free of the hand of a player, if he doesn't regrip that ball before getting it down it's no try?" Alexander said.<\/p>\n

Voss added: "The ground doesn't constitute control of the ball. And surely they're not saying Trbojevic got it down at first attempt."<\/p>\n

Alexander: "No, well he didn't do that."<\/p>\n

The man behind the famous call of "Queenslander" during the 1995 State of Origin<\/a> series, Billy Moore, said Canterbury supporters had reason to be filthy.<\/p>\n

"To me there's a lack of control and … Bulldogs fans have a right to feel robbed," Moore said.<\/p>\n

The polarising try triggered a swing of momentum as Manly ran in four second-half tries to Canterbury's one, racing away to deny the Bulldogs a monumental upset win.<\/p>\n

Manly were buoyed by the fourth hat-trick of Trbojevic's scintillating 2021 campaign.<\/p>\n

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