Bryson Goodwin was run down by Shaun Johnson and appeared held but was allowed to get up and play on by referees Jared Maxwell and Chris Butler and score. Photo / Getty Images
Bryson Goodwin was run down by Shaun Johnson and appeared held but was allowed to get up and play on by referees Jared Maxwell and Chris Butler and score. Photo / Getty Images
Referees boss Tony Archer has confirmed his charges made a number of officiating blunders in round 13 of the NRL last weekend.
At the halfway point of the 2015 competition, the performances of the game's whistleblowers continue to be criticised, brought about by a number of contentious decisions.
Among thosewas a try awarded to Wests Tigers utility Chris Lawrence in the second half of the joint venture's loss to Gold Coast on Friday, a try to South Sydney three-quarter Bryson Goodwin early in the thumping of the Warriors in Perth on Saturday and a tackle on Josh Dugan in St George Illawarra's loss to Canterbury on Monday.
In his weekly video address, Archer has confirmed that Goodwin's try, before which he was run down by Shaun Johnson and appeared held but was allowed to get up and play on by referees Jared Maxwell and Chris Butler and score, should not have been allowed.
"He was held," Archer said. "At that point he was tackled, there is still contact on the player on the ground."
Archer also asserted that Josh Reynolds should have been penalised by referees Gerard Sutton and Chris James when the Bulldogs utility lifted Dugan in a tackle in Monday's match. He also defended the video referee, who awarded Lawrence a try on Friday despite fullback James Tedesco appearing to knock the ball on in the lead up.
