{"id":297945,"date":"2023-05-18T12:35:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T12:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=297945"},"modified":"2023-05-18T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T12:58:35","slug":"legends-puzzled-by-denied-tries-in-panthers-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=297945","title":{"rendered":"Legends puzzled by denied tries in Panthers win"},"content":{"rendered":"

A trio of l\ufeffeague greats have been left baffled after the Bunker disallowed a try to Scott Sorensen in the first half of the Panthers<\/a>' clash against the Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Penrith went on to win the game 15-4 in a clinical performance with Nathan Cleary making history, becoming the youngest player to score 1,300 points\ufeff, but the game wasn't without controversy.<\/p>\n

Sorensen thought he'd scored his team's second try of the night in the 32nd minute after swooping onto a loose ball near the try line, but the Bunker ruled that his left hand had knocked the ball on despite replays appearing to show a clean gather.<\/p>\n

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"\ufeffIf that ball's touched the ground it's a try," Maroons great Paul Vautin<\/a> said on Nine's NRL coverage.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

"He's gathered that in I reckon. He gathered it into his chest, that's not a knock on champ! You're gathering."<\/p>\n

Vautin doubled down post-game, continuing to express his confusion at the decision.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Cameron Smith<\/a> and Johnathan Thurston<\/a> were also unconvinced by the ruling, with Thurston saying the Panthers were "very hard done by".<\/p>\n

"I thought it was a try," he said.<\/p>\n

"He's done a tremendous job gathering the ball in, Sorensen. He's just picked the ball up there, no knock on in my eyes. They're very hard done by there, the Panthers."<\/p>\n

\"NRL<\/p>\n

"I don't know if any of us thought that in the commentary box. It looked like he scooped that up clean," Smith added.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The Sorensen try was one of two Panthers tries chalked off by the Bunker in the first half as the reigning premiers took an 8-0 lead into the sheds.<\/p>\n

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Thurston doubled down post-game, continuing to express his confusion at the decision.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffHe's dived on the ball, I didn't see any other movement that (would suggest) the ball has slid off his hand and travelled forward," he said. "It's like he's got control the whole time there."<\/p>\n

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