{"id":62048,"date":"2021-04-23T13:14:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=62048"},"modified":"2021-04-23T16:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T16:58:55","slug":"holbrook-whacks-nrl-over-slow-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=62048","title":{"rendered":"Holbrook whacks NRL over slow officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook hit out at the officiating during the Titans&#x27; 40-30 loss to the Rabbitohs, claiming his side was on the wrong end of game-delaying moments during a tense second half.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a first-half hat-trick from star back-rower David Fifita which handed the Titans a 14-point lead at the end of the first 40 minutes, Holbrook&#x27;s men were unable to go on with it as <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/benji-marshall-winds-back-clock-in-south-sydneys-win-over-gold-coast\/17cefb31-4464-48c9-8d4e-99a54db6fd5b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Rabbitohs veteran Benji Marshall starred in a stunning second-half comeback\">Rabbitohs veteran Benji Marshall starred in a stunning second-half comeback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Holbrook after the match took aim at a post-try delay when Tyrone Peachey levelled scores at 30-all in the 69th minute.<\/p>\n<p>After Peachey put the ball down for the Titans, a small melee occurred between players from both sides, which prompted referee Chris Sutton to call for a closer look at what occurred and whether anything further would be made of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans coach said the delay following Peachey&#x27;s try highlighted a number of moments that handed Souths a &quot;rest&quot; as they fought their way back into the match.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"600ff439-a652-4869-b9db-9d9ffbc82178\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/600ff439-a652-4869-b9db-9d9ffbc82178\" alt=\"Titans coach Justin Holbrook\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I thought we got a bit of momentum there with that try from Peach and the game is meant to quicken up but then we stop for 15 minutes, I thought that&#x27;s terrific there goes our momentum gone now,&quot; Holbrook said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Souths got a 10-minute break, they then got a good rest at a scrum which the new rule is if you have cramp you go off the field.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They&#x27;re the things I&#x27;m talking about we just couldn&#x27;t get a chance.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Score the try, kick the goal, get back, let them kick off to us and all of a sudden the game must&#x27;ve stopped for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We must&#x27;ve gone over the timeslot, that second half must&#x27;ve gone for two hours. There are too many officials to have a chit-chat, just get on with the game.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You need everything to go right to win games of footy. Even right from the start, we had to use a captain&#x27;s challenge to get a try and I thought &#x27;oh geez&#x27;. Because we&#x27;re playing a good side I feel like you can cop a lot of harsh decisions and six agains for no reason and things like that I find difficult to take but I&#x27;ve got to cop it.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook hit out at the officiating during the Titans&#x27; 40-30 loss to the Rabbitohs, claiming his side was on the wrong <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=62048\" title=\"Holbrook whacks NRL over slow officials\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62050,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62048\/revisions\/62050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}