{"id":296516,"date":"2023-05-14T07:11:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T07:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=296516"},"modified":"2023-05-14T10:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T10:58:22","slug":"holbrook-frustrated-by-crucial-bunker-call-that-burnt-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=296516","title":{"rendered":"Holbrook frustrated by crucial Bunker call that burnt Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gold Coast Titans<\/a> coach Justin Holbrook<\/a> has expressed his frustration over a costly Bunker call that allowed the Newcastle Knights to gain momentum and finish with a 46-26 win against his side<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ufeffDown 28-18, the Titans were still a chance at victory with around 16 minutes to go, but a Dane Gagai try ruined all hopes.<\/p>\n

The centre ran through a hole created by Tyson Frizell after the Knights' second-rower ran to the inside shoulder of Kieran Foran. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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The Gold Coast five-eighth then struggled to get anywhere near Gagai who went on to score.<\/p>\n

Upon investigation, the Bunker ruled Foran made a defensive decision to initiate contact, however the veteran didn't see it that way.<\/p>\n

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"Because I've lowered my centre of gravity, he thinks I've made a defensive decision … he still impedes me trying to get to him mate," Foran told referee Peter Gough.<\/p>\n

Foran had a supporter in Penrith great Greg Alexander.<\/p>\n

"I agree with everything Kieran Foran just said there, Tyson Frizell almost tripped Kieran Foran over, you just can't do that," he said on commentary for Fox League.<\/p>\n

"It might be towards the inside shoulder but you still can't make contact with the defender and not give him the opportunity to make that tackle."<\/p>\n

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While he was not too scathing of the obstruction call post-game, Holbrook believed Foran was impeded when defending in the line. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"I thought it wasn't a defensive decision, he stopped and then Frizell ran into him and then he couldn't re-go and get Gagai," he said.<\/p>\n

"It's a hard thing for the Bunker, they don't really understand it so they've just called it a defensive decision from Foran."<\/p>\n

\"Ponga<\/p>\n

Albeit disappointed at the Bunker's call, Holbrook wasn't interested in making excuses, instead laying the blame for the loss on his side's errors in defence.<\/p>\n

"We let too many soft tries in," he said.<\/p>\n

"We let that one in, could've been overturned; Tanah Boyd trying to get out of the in-goal, we had four blokes on Greg Marzhew in the corner."<\/p>\n

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