{"id":286018,"date":"2023-04-15T07:29:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T07:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=286018"},"modified":"2023-04-15T15:21:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T15:21:34","slug":"greats-baffled-by-bizarre-bunker-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=286018","title":{"rendered":"Greats baffled by bizarre bunker call"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Warriors<\/a> have held on to beat the Cowboys<\/a> in one of the scrappiest affairs of the season at Mt Smart Stadium.<\/p>\n

The match – which statistics might suggest was played in the wet – was riddled with errors and poor discipline from both sides, as neither was ever really able to truly get a grip on the contest.<\/p>\n

Even the Bunker got on in the action late in the clash.<\/p>\n

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Late in the second half, Warriors winger Edward Kosi looked for all money to have lost the ball – and referee Chris Sutton ruled as such.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Warriors threw what appeared to be a speculative at best captain's challenge, and replays seemed to show the ball clearly touched the ground, but the Bunker ruled he regathered it, and the challenge was successful.<\/p>\n

"Oh come on – OPSM," league great Steve Roach quipped in commentary for Fox Sports.<\/p>\n

"But it was right just as it hit the ground, just a little bobble there."<\/p>\n

Although going down in the final scoreline, the Cowboys dominated possession for much of the match, winning the stat 57-43.<\/p>\n

They also made 80 fewer tackles than the Warriors, and made six errors to the Warriors' 10.<\/p>\n

\"NRL<\/p>\n

But they conceded nine penalties to seven, and missed a whopping 40 tackles.<\/p>\n

The afternoon was summed up by a farcical sequence of play in the dying minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scott Drinkwater gave away a penalty for an early tackle, but the Cowboys escaped further punishment when Shaun Johnson missed the kick.<\/p>\n

From the 20m drop out though, Drinkwater put the ball out on the full to give Johnson another crack from dead in front, which he didn't miss.<\/p>\n

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