{"id":286009,"date":"2023-04-15T10:04:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T10:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=286009"},"modified":"2023-04-15T15:20:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T15:20:48","slug":"tie-his-hair-up-ridiculous-penalty-blasted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=286009","title":{"rendered":"'Tie his hair up': 'Ridiculous' penalty blasted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle Knights<\/a> coach \ufeffAdam O'Brien<\/a> has blasted a referee decision that led to a crucial try in their golden point loss to the Panthers\ufeff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With 23 minutes left in the match, the Panthers<\/a> were down 14-8 before Knights second-rower Tyson Frizell was penalised for a hair pull on Jarome Luai.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffSpeaking at the post-match press conference, Frizell was originally asked for his opinion on the penalty before turning to O'Brien and saying 'should I answer that?'<\/p>\n

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Frizell then went on to explain the incident was completely accidental.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffWhen his hair is hanging halfway down his back and I'm going to \ufeffmake a tackle its incidental if I do pull his hair, it's classified as a penalty but it wasn't intentional," he said.<\/p>\n

"I'd like for him to tie his hair up. It's pretty hard not to grab a bit of it\ufeff."<\/p>\n

O'Brien was stronger in his criticism of the referee to award a penalty.<\/p>\n

"It's ridiculous," he said.<\/p>\n

"I'll advise them all to start growing their hair long, to try and get an advantage."<\/p>\n

The Knights coach went on to say the players deserve credit for trying to make takes inside the law. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"They're trying to make tackles and get people on the ground and there's a lot of innuendo that players are out there to mane each other … it's not the case ," he said.<\/p>\n

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The Frizell penalty wasn't the only call to go against Newcastle.<\/p>\n

In the first half Dane Gagai was penalised, after referee Peter Gough judged the centre's 'f–k me dead' rant during the play the ball as being directed at him.<\/p>\n

\ufeffA frustrated O'Brien believes the two calls were too much.<\/p>\n

"We had penalties for bad language and another penalty for hair pulling, how many do we want to have? ," he said.<\/p>\n

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary was also asked for his thoughts on the hair pulling incident but didn't wish to add any comment to the adjudication from his side's miracle victory.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I don't want to talk about referees, I think they (Newcastle) might have got a few good ones too, keep it at that," he said. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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