{"id":53809,"date":"2021-04-04T08:46:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T08:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=53809"},"modified":"2021-04-04T13:00:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T13:00:24","slug":"controversial-call-denies-newcastles-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=53809","title":{"rendered":"Controversial call denies Newcastle's comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

St George Illawarra's 22-13 win over the Newcastle<\/a> today wasn't without controversy after the Knights were denied a late try which would've set up a close finish in the dying stages.<\/p>\n

Trailing by nine points with just over five minutes remaining, Knights winger Hymel Hunt appeared to score in the corner before the linesman deemed Mitch Barnett's pass in the lead-up to have gone forward.<\/p>\n

The controversial call left the 27-year-old winger in disbelief as he pleaded his case to the linesman to no avail.<\/p>\n

While rugby league great Phil Gould took aim at the NRL for overreacting, with the decision of a forward pass today coming off the back of a controversial pass which went uncalled during the Warriors' win over the Raiders<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

\"Forward<\/p>\n

"That's not forward by any stretch of the imagination," Gould said on Nine's NRL coverage.<\/p>\n

"Last week there was one where the league came out and said it should've been ruled a forward pass. You know you're going to get a reaction this week where linesmen will start calling them and ruling them forward when they're not<\/p>\n

"The overreaction is always predictable. There is no way that ball was forward."<\/p>\n

The former Blues Origin coach said the decision ultimately cost the Knights fans at McDonald Jones Stadium of a "grandstand finish".<\/p>\n

"No way it was forward, not in any era," he added.<\/p>\n

"You kill the home fans right there. What a terrible blow for the Knights.<\/p>\n

"It would've given us a grandstand finish."<\/p>\n

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